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Smart Apply
Oct 3, 2024
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2 minute read
USDA Hurricane Helene Recovery Assistance
As a service to our grower friends and customers, Smart Apply is sharing this important information from the USDA. In the wake of...
Smart Apply
Oct 2, 2024
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3 minute read
See Smart Apply at FIRA USA 2024 October 22-24 in Woodland, California - All Things Ag Automation + Robotics
In just a few short weeks, the Smart Apply team will be heading to Woodland, California, for the world’s premier event for agricultural...
Smart Apply
Jul 11, 2024
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3 minute read
Power Up with Pistachios: This Little Nut Is on the Rise
What was your first experience with pistachios? Likely it was as an ingredient in ice cream, cookies or cake. Today, however, people are...
Smart Apply
Jun 18, 2024
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6 minute read
Georgia Pecan Growers Are All in on Smart Apply. Are Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma Growers Next?
Georgia pecan growers know a good thing when they see it. Since the Smart Apply Intelligent Spray Control System was introduced in 2019,...
Smart Apply
Jun 14, 2024
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2 minute read
Craving Binge-Worthy Videos? Tune into Smart Apply
If you’re looking for some mesmerizing content this summer, we have a suggestion: tune into the Smart Apply YouTube channel. While it...
Smart Apply
Jun 6, 2024
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3 minute read
Chemical Dependence in High-Value Crops Is a Global Crisis
Spraying high-value crops such as grapes, tree fruits and nuts, and hops for pest and disease control is necessary to achieve the yields...
Smart Apply
Jun 3, 2024
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3 minute read
Smart Apply Welcomes Lasseter Tractor as an Authorized Dealer, Adds Six Locations in South Georgia
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (June 4, 2024) – – Smart Apply, Inc., maker of the Intelligent Spray Control System that enables high value crop...
Smart Apply
May 13, 2024
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3 minute read
Smart Apply, ProgressiveAg Sign Agreement to Install Smart Apply Intelligent Spray Control Systems in LectroBlast® Electrostatic Sprayers
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (May 14, 2024) – – Smart Apply, Inc., today announced it has signed an agreement with Progressive Ag, Inc.,...
Smart Apply
Apr 24, 2024
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2 minute read
Smart Apply Adds Noah Sanders as District Sales Manager, Expands Presence in California and Southwestern U.S.
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (April 24, 2024) – – Smart Apply, Inc., creator of the Smart Apply Intelligent Spray Control System for...
Smart Apply
Apr 14, 2024
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2 minute read
Celebrating Belkorp Ag, Central and Coastal California’s Source for the Smart Apply Intelligent Spray Control System
Belkorp Ag became a Smart Apply dealer because of a customer. Trinchero Family Estates had seen the precision spray and data system at a...
Smart Apply
Mar 11, 2024
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2 minute read
Celebrating Flint Ag & Turf, Southwest Georgia’s Source for the Smart Apply Intelligent Spray Control System
Three years ago, Flint Ag & Turf, the premier John Deere dealer in southwest Georgia, made the decision to add the Smart Apply...
Smart Apply
Mar 8, 2024
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6 minute read
In the Orchard with Blair Krebs, Executive Director of the Texas Pecan Growers Association + Publisher of Pecan South
Smart Apply’s very first customer in Georgia was a pecan grower named Tim Sikes. He was poking around YouTube when he clicked on a video...
Smart Apply
Mar 7, 2024
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2 minute read
Smart Apply Welcomes Campbell Tractor as an Authorized Dealer, Adding Six Locations in Idaho and Oregon
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (March 7, 2024) – – Smart Apply ® , makers of the Intelligent Spray Control System™ that helps growers of high...
Smart Apply
Mar 6, 2024
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2 minute read
Smart Apply's Biggest Fan in Georgia Ready to Kick Off Season 4
Four years ago, Georgia pecan grower Tim Sikes was cruising the internet looking for better ways to spray his trees. While poking around...
Smart Apply
Jan 30, 2024
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4 minute read
Smart Apply Agrees: The World Ag Expo® Is the Best Farm Show on Dirt
Quick question for you: Where are you going to be in mid-February? If you’re like us, you’ll be at the World Ag Expo® in Tulare,...
Smart Apply
Dec 26, 2023
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5 minute read
One for the Books: Smart Apply's Year in Review
It’s hard to believe that 2023 is drawing to a close. We started the year with big goals. Perhaps bigger than our lean agtech startup...
Smart Apply
Nov 7, 2023
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3 minute read
Pernod Ricard Winemakers to Showcase Smart Apply System at New Zealand Tech Event Nov. 9
Pernod Ricard Winemakers is one of New Zealand’s leading wine companies and maker of iconic New Zealand wines, including Church Road and...
Smart Apply
Oct 25, 2023
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7 minute read
In the Field: Catching Up with RDO's Precision Ag Manager, Dick Muhlbeier
Smart Apply is fortunate to be represented by outstanding agriculture equipment dealers . Among them is RDO Equipment Co., a certified...
Smart Apply
Oct 24, 2023
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2 minute read
Smart Apply Drops Video of Mini GUSS Autonomous Sprayer Integration
What do you get when you combine the Smart Apply System’s precision spraying, data collection and analytics with a Mini GUSS Autonomous...
Smart Apply
Oct 16, 2023
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6 minute read
Ines Hanrahan Sees Opportunities in Tech for Washington Tree Fruit Growers’ Challenges
As the owner of an orchard with her husband in the largest tree fruit–growing state in the America, Ines Hanrahan understands all too...
Is the True Power of the Smart Apply System Its Data?
Specialty crop growers who have added the Smart Apply Intelligent Spray Control System to their air blast sprayers are loving it. And...
Smart Apply
Oct 12, 20232 min read
Seeing Is Believing: A Smart Apply System Field Trial How-To
It’s one thing to tell an orchard or vineyard owner about the Smart Apply Precision Spray + Data System. It’s an entirely different...
Smart Apply
Oct 2, 20235 min read
USDA Researcher Heping Zhu Awarded ASABE's Prestigious McCormick Case Gold Medal
Zhu has dedicated over 20 years to developing specialty crop sprayer systems, including the foundational technology behind the Smart...
Smart Apply
Sep 22, 20234 min read
In the Field: Catching Up with Belkorp Ag President Peter Young
Smart Apply is fortunate to be represented by sharp agriculture equipment dealers across North America and around the world. One of our...
Smart Apply
Sep 11, 20235 min read
Smart Apply Welcomes Hutcheon & Pearce as an Authorized Dealer, Adding 17 Locations in Australia
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (September 6, 2023) – – Smart Apply ® , maker of the Intelligent Spray Control System™ that helps growers of...
Smart Apply
Sep 6, 20233 min read
John Deere Acquires Smart Apply
Smart Apply technology virtually eliminates over spraying. MOLINE, Illinois (July 14, 2023) — Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) has acquired...
Smart Apply
Jul 17, 20232 min read
In the Field with Maggie Elliot, Science + Comms Director, Washington Hop Commission
In December 2022, Maggie Elliot of the Washington Hop Commission invited Smart Apply to make a presentation to member growers at the...
Smart Apply
May 30, 20235 min read
Reducing Chemical Costs in Apples: Meeting Mandates, Rising Costs Head On
An editorial by Gary Vandenbark, Chief Engineer, Smart Apply Inc. The pressure to reduce chemicals on apples and other specialty crops...
Smart Apply
May 22, 20232 min read
In the Field: Catching Up with Deon Dekkers of Twin Lakes Nursery
We talk a lot about customers who raise almonds, apples, grapes, pecans, hops, and other tree fruits and nuts, and how Smart Apply is...
Smart Apply
May 18, 20236 min read
A Second Look - and Adoption - of Smart Apply Saves the 2022 Growing Season for Nilo Plantation
Hurricane Michael, which ravaged South Georgia in 2018, was particularly unkind to Nilo Plantation. The 11,000-acre estate, whose...
Smart Apply
Apr 24, 20234 min read
Earth Day 2023: Invest in Our Planet
This Saturday, as we celebrate Earth Day 2023, we’d like to ask the question: what are you going to do to invest in the planet? Go to the...
Smart Apply
Apr 18, 20233 min read
In the Orchard: Catching Up with LandPro Equipment CEO Tom Sutter
Smart Apply is fortunate to be represented by savvy ag equipment dealers across North America and increasingly around the world. One of...
Smart Apply
Apr 17, 20235 min read
Smart Apply Welcomes Atlantic Tractor as an Authorized Dealer, Adding 18 Locations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (March 30, 2023) – – Smart Apply ® , makers of the Intelligent Spray Control System™ that helps growers of high...
Smart Apply
Mar 30, 20232 min read
In the Orchard: Catching Up with Hutson CEO Josh Waggener
In early March, Hutson , a fast-growing John Deere certified dealer in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee, became Smart Apply’s ...
Smart Apply
Mar 24, 20233 min read
Global Crackdown on Pesticide Use Threatens U.S. Specialty Crops
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently issued its U.S. Specialty Crops Trade Issues Report for Fiscal Year 2021,...
Smart Apply
Mar 22, 20234 min read
5 Reasons Why Hop Growers Should Deploy Smart Apply this Season
The 2023 growing season in North America is getting ready to get real busy real quick, especially up in the Pacific Northwest where...
Smart Apply
Mar 9, 20234 min read
Smart Apply Welcomes Hutson as an Authorized Dealer, Establishing a Strong Presence in Michigan
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (March 7, 2023) – – Smart Apply ® , makers of the Intelligent Spray Control System™ that helps growers of high...
Smart Apply
Mar 6, 20233 min read
Smart Apply GEN2 System Ups Toughness with New RuggON Tablet
Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs has nothing on Smart Apply. We know how to get dirty and keep on getting the job done. As sophisticated as our...
Smart Apply
Feb 27, 20232 min read
Smart Apply Welcomes Burrows Tractor as an Authorized Dealer, Expanding Presence in Pacific Northwest
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (February 22, 2023) – – Smart Apply ® , makers of the Intelligent Spray Control System™ that helps growers of high...
Smart Apply
Feb 21, 20232 min read
Intelligent Spray Control System GEN2 to Debut at World Ag Expo
Since launching the original Intelligent Spray Control System in 2019, Smart Apply has continued to build out the LiDAR-enabled...
Smart Apply
Feb 9, 20233 min read
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