This story is sponsored by John Deere.
John Deere is known for its cutting edge machinery and for being a leader in innovation. With sustainability a cornerstone of the company’s philosophy, John Deere prioritizes long-term goals over short-term gains and has announced its continued commitment to staying green.
The company’s 2022 sustainability goals include reducing environmental impact, including CO2e emissions, on 90% of new products, increasing the use of sustainable materials by growing remanufacturing and increasing recyclable, renewable and recycled content. Other initiatives include reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 15% through 50% renewable electricity supply and excellence in energy efficiency, implementing water best management practices (BMP) in 100% of water scarce manufacturing locations, and recycling 85% of total waste.
Sunshine Quality Solutions offers a robust inventory of new and used John Deere equipment to give farmers a one-stop solution for their agricultural and turf needs to ensure their land is treated properly.
Sunshine and John Deere recognize that farmers are the true caretakers of the land, as no one is closer to the earth than farmers. Farmers are continuously researching and experimenting how to best look after the land in their care.
Among the John Deere products available at Sunshine are tools that maximize productivity and increase sustainability in areas such as herbicides and harvesting sugarcane.
See & Spray Select
See & Spray Select offers more weed control with less chemical use. See & Spray Select provides an innovative targeted broadcast-spraying solution that can significantly reduce the amount of contact herbicides applied in sugarcane production. Used on unplanted ground, the "green-on-brown" technology differentiates color and can distinguish green from soil. When green areas are detected, spray nozzles are activated in varying degrees based on target rates needed. On average, See & Spray Select can reduce contact-herbicide usage by up to 77 percent while still hitting 98 percent of the weeds in the field.
CH950 Sugar Cane Harvester
Launched in 2021, the CH950 Sugar Cane Harvester is the first mass-produced independent two-row sugarcane harvester in the industry. Previous models allowed for harvesting only one row of cane at a time because of the sheer weight of the crop, the CH950 nearly doubles the intake of sugarcane. The CH950 also increases the likelihood the typical five-year growth cycle for the plant can be extended to seven or even eight years. Adding even one more year to the cycle could lead to an additional 20 percent in reduced costs and a positive impact on sustainability. The increase in productivity of a single machine also reduces the number of harvesters needed to do the same job by a staggering 50 percent.
To find out more about these and other innovative John Deere products, visit one of 17 Sunshine Quality Solutions locations across southern Louisiana and Mississippi.