What was your first experience with pistachios? Likely it was as an ingredient in ice cream, cookies or cake. Today, however, people are enjoying pistachios as a healthy, high protein snack. As a result, pistachio production is on the rise…
Georgia pecan growers know a good thing when they see it. Since the Smart Apply Intelligent Spray Control System was introduced in 2019, Georgia pecan growers have been quick to adopt the precision spray and data system that reduces chemical…
If you’re looking for some mesmerizing content this summer, we have a suggestion: tune into the Smart Apply YouTube channel. While it may not be Yellowstone, The Mandalorian or Stranger Things, there is excitement, drama and yes, global impact. The…
Spraying high-value crops such as grapes, tree fruits and nuts, and hops for pest and disease control is necessary to achieve the yields required to feed the world. However, unintentional over spraying leads to a plethora of problems: Many have…
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (June 4, 2024) – – Smart Apply, Inc., maker of the Intelligent Spray Control System that enables high value crop growers to achieve significant reductions in chemical use and costs, automate spraying, minimize environmental impact, and capture data while spraying, today…
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (April 24, 2024) – – Smart Apply, Inc., creator of the Smart Apply Intelligent Spray Control System for high-value crops, today announced Noah Sanders has joined the company as district sales manager. Based in Bakersfield, California, Sanders will provide…
Belkorp Ag became a Smart Apply dealer because of a customer. Trinchero Family Estates had seen the precision spray and data system at a trade show and wanted it for their vineyard. With the help of Smart Apply technicians, Trinchero and Belkorp…
Three years ago, Flint Ag & Turf, the premier John Deere dealer in southwest Georgia, made the decision to add the Smart Apply Intelligent Spray Control System to its portfolio of solutions for high-valley crop growers. And in Georgia, that…
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 on Smart Apply’s precision spraying system. Tim gave us a call, added a Smart Apply…
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (March 7, 2024) – – Smart Apply®, makers of the Intelligent Spray Control System™ that helps growers of high value crops significantly reduce chemical use and costs, minimize environmental impact and capture data while spraying, today announced that…
Four years ago, Georgia pecan grower Tim Sikes was cruising the internet looking for better ways to spray his trees. While poking around on YouTube, he found a video on the Smart Apply Intelligent Spray Control System. What caught his…
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, California, February 13-15. With more than 1,225 exhibitors spread over 2.6 million square feet of…
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 team could even dream of achieving. But lo and behold, the Smart Apply team hit…
Smart Apply is fortunate to be represented by outstanding agriculture equipment dealers. Among them is RDO Equipment Co., a certified John Deere dealer with locations across nine U.S. states. RDO is among our highest-performing dealerships, and we were curious about…
As the owner of an orchard with her husband in the largest tree fruit–growing state in the America, Ines Hanrahan understands all too well the myriad of challenges growers face on a daily basis. Hanrahan is also the executive director…
Specialty crop growers who have added the Smart Apply Intelligent Spray Control System to their air blast sprayers are loving it. And what’s not to love? The average savings on chemicals is 50%, with a corresponding reduction in water use.…
It’s one thing to tell an orchard or vineyard owner about the Smart Apply Precision Spray + Data System. It’s an entirely different scenario when you show them. You know the old saying—seeing is believing. Well, it’s true. Trying to…
Zhu has dedicated over 20 years to developing specialty crop sprayer systems, including the foundational technology behind the Smart Apply® Intelligent Spray Control System™ OMAHA, Nebraska (July 12, 2023) – – Today at the Annual International Meeting of the American Society…
Smart Apply is fortunate to be represented by sharp agriculture equipment dealers across North America and around the world. One of our early adopters was Belkorp Ag, a certified John Deere dealer led by President Peter Young. A native of…
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (September 6, 2023) – – Smart Apply®, maker of the Intelligent Spray Control System™ that helps growers of high-value specialty crops significantly reduce chemical use and costs, minimize environmental impact and capture critical data while spraying, today announced…
Smart Apply technology virtually eliminates over spraying. MOLINE, Illinois (July 14, 2023) — Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) has acquired Smart Apply, Inc., a precision spraying equipment company based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company developed the Smart Apply Intelligent Spray…
In December 2022, Maggie Elliot of the Washington Hop Commission invited Smart Apply to make a presentation to member growers at the annual meeting in Yakima, Washington. She stressed that Smart Apply should explain the technology behind the Intelligent Spray…
An editorial by Gary Vandenbark, Chief Engineer, Smart Apply Inc. The pressure to reduce chemicals on apples and other specialty crops has never been greater. If you’re a grower, you know what I’m talking about. Whether you’re selling to wholesalers,…
We talk a lot about customers who raise almonds, apples, grapes, pecans, hops, and other tree fruits and nuts, and how Smart Apply is impacting their operations. But did you know that the Smart Apply® Intelligent Spray Control System™ is…
Hurricane Michael, which ravaged South Georgia in 2018, was particularly unkind to Nilo Plantation. The 11,000-acre estate, whose bread-and-butter business is quail hunts but also has 1,200 acres in pecan trees, took a direct hit. The devastation was so bad,…
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 Earth Day website and they have plenty of ideas. Use renewable energy.…
Smart Apply is fortunate to be represented by savvy ag equipment dealers across North America and increasingly around the world. One of our early adopters was LandPro Equipment led by CEO and President Tom Sutter. A graduate of the University…
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (March 30, 2023) – – Smart Apply®, makers of the Intelligent Spray Control System™ that helps growers of high value crops significantly reduce chemical use and costs, minimize environmental impact and capture critical data while spraying, today announced…
In early March, Hutson, a fast-growing John Deere certified dealer in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee, became Smart Apply’s newest authorized dealer for our Intelligent Spray Control System.The timing couldn’t have been better as this region, particularly the State of…
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently issued its U.S. Specialty Crops Trade Issues Report for Fiscal Year 2021, introducing the findings on this high note: In fiscal year 2021, the export value for U.S. specialty crops increased from…
The 2023 growing season in North America is getting ready to get real busy real quick, especially up in the Pacific Northwest where specialty crops like hops reign supreme. Coming off of a challenging year for U.S. hop production in…
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (March 7, 2023) – – Smart Apply®, makers of the Intelligent Spray Control System™ that helps growers of high value crops significantly reduce chemical use and costs, minimize environmental impact and capture critical data while spraying, today announced…
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 LiDAR-enabled Intelligent Spray Control System is, the bottom line is we’re knee deep…
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (February 22, 2023) – – Smart Apply®, makers of the Intelligent Spray Control System™ that helps growers of high value crops significantly reduce chemical use and costs, minimize environmental impact and capture critical data while spraying, today announced…
Since launching the original Intelligent Spray Control System in 2019, Smart Apply has continued to build out the LiDAR-enabled precision spraying and data solution’s functionality with the goal of making the system more robust in the field and in the…
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (January 25, 2023) – – Heading into the 2023, specialty crop growers are looking for any advantage they can to improve operational costs, satisfy mandates on chemical and water use, meet sustainability goals, and increase healthy harvests. Just…
On January 10, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DiSantos signed an executive order making $3.5 billion available for projects to restore the Everglades and improve the state’s water quality. The Executive Order directs strategic action with a focus on accountability, sound…
Growers of specialty crops such as tree fruits and nuts, grapes and hops are curious about how the Smart Apply Intelligent Spray Control System is able to reduce chemical use by an average of 50% and up to 80% in…
