Green-on-Brown Spot Spraying
Turn your sprayer into a spot sprayer.
Map weeds with a drone. Spot spray with the sprayer you already own. Plug the USB into your John Deere, Raven, or Trimble monitor and spray at full speed. Know exactly how much chemical to mix before you start.
The Right Tool for the Right Field
Spot spraying isn’t the answer to every field.
Sometimes a blanket spray is the right decision. Sometimes spot spraying saves thousands of dollars.
How much sense does it make to have expensive cameras riding on your booms, rattling over rough ground for thousands of hours when you aren't even using them? With Agcopter, the cameras stay on the drone. Fly the field. Measure the weed pressure. Decide whether spot spraying makes sense. Then load the prescription into the sprayer you already own.
You know which fields are worth spot spraying — before the sprayer leaves the yard.
One System. One Price.
Own the system. No subscriptions.
Pay once and own the complete system — drone, sensor, laptop, and software. No per-acre fees, no annual licenses, and no expensive sensor repairs.
Hardware Included
- Heavy-lift drone (flight ready)
- Agcopter Duo weed sensor (800 ac/hr)
- High-speed processing laptop
- Flight batteries & fast charger
Service & Software
- Perpetual software license
- On-site training at your farm
- Workflow setup with your sprayer
- Ongoing technical support
Fly · Spray · Save
The $89k system that turns your existing sprayer into a precision machine.
Fly
Detect weeds that boom sensors can miss. Our top-down view sees over stubble and eliminates false triggers from dust or shadows.
See the workflowSpray
Works with the sprayer you already own. Our "Know-Before-You-Go" system tells you exactly how much chemical to mix — so you don't finish a job with expensive mix left in the tank.
Compatibility & killSave
Pay once. Own the system forever. No per-acre fees, no annual licenses, and no expensive sensor repairs.
Run the numbersDrone Mapping vs. Boom-Mounted Detection
Two ways to build a spot sprayer.
Both systems reduce herbicide use. The difference isn't what they spray — it's how they get there.
| Agcopter | Boom-Mounted Detection | |
|---|---|---|
| System price | $89,000 turnkey system | ~$160,000 for a 120' boom retrofit |
| Where the intelligence lives | On the drone | On the sprayer |
| When decisions are made | Before spraying | While spraying |
| Sensor environment | Flying only during mapping | Constant vibration, dust, mud & impacts |
| Investment utilization | Fly when you need to map — in the case the rest of the year | Cameras spend thousands of hours riding the boom, even during blanket spraying |
| Detection quality | Whole field analyzed before spraying | Split-second decisions at field speed |
| Treatment control | Adjustable buffers around every weed | Limited to the real-time detection footprint |
| Spray planning | Know water & chemical needs before leaving the yard | Actual usage determined during spraying |
| Fleet flexibility | One system can supply multiple sprayers — even at the same time | Hardware dedicated to one sprayer |
| Blanket spraying | Your sprayer stays a normal sprayer | Expensive cameras ride every acre |
| Changing sprayers | Keep the same drone | Move or buy another sensor system |
| Compatibility | John Deere, Raven, Trimble | Manufacturer-specific |
Detection technology
| Agcopter | Weed-It | John Deere | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary sensing | RGB + Fluorescence | Fluorescence | RGB vision |
Agcopter combines RGB imaging with fluorescence sensing rather than relying on a single sensing method.
Calculate Your Savings
What would this save on YOUR farm?
Weeds often cover less than 20% of a fallow field — so you only spray the fraction that matters. Punch in your numbers and see the math.
From the Field
Real farms. Real savings.
Hear it straight from growers running Agcopter — click any card to watch.
"$20,000 saved on one spray job — 900 acres."
"$35/acre mix, but only spraying 10–20% of the field. Better kill, less money."
"One tank load covered what used to take three or four. I sprayed 4AM to 9AM and never refilled."
"500 acres I didn't have to spray. $12,000 saved in one pass."
The Workflow
From "flight" to "flash drive" — the same day.
Autonomous mission planning
Draw the field perimeter in the flight software, one time. It builds the flight path automatically, with distances and times.
Cover 2,000+ acres a day
Press Start and the drone flies the route at ~800 acres an hour, 225ft up, at 30mph, handling winds over 20mph. Swap batteries about every 40 minutes.
Local processing, no cloud
Process everything on the included laptop that same day. Target weeds by size, adjust the spray buffer, and calculate exactly how much chemical you'll use.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Both approaches can dramatically reduce herbicide use — the difference is where you invest. Boom-mounted systems put roughly $160,000 of cameras on your sprayer, where they ride over rough ground every day. Agcopter puts the intelligence in the air: fly the field, create a prescription, and use the sprayer you already own.
Absolutely. Many growers already own optical spraying equipment. Agcopter can complement those systems by providing whole-field weed maps, planning herbicide requirements before spraying, and identifying where spot spraying makes the most economic sense.
No. If your sprayer can read prescription maps, you're ready to go. No cameras, wiring harnesses, boom modifications, or expensive retrofit are required.
Because mapping gives you time to think. Before you ever leave the yard, you know:
- whether the field is worth spot spraying
- how much chemical you'll need
- where the weed pressure is
- which sprayer should do the work
During spraying, the sprayer simply follows the prescription.
Both systems can be highly effective. One advantage of prescription mapping is that you can apply an adjustable buffer around every detected weed — instead of spraying only the exact pixels detected in real time, you can intentionally treat the surrounding area too. In our field experience, this often produces more complete control.
Yes. One mapping flight can produce prescription maps for multiple compatible sprayers. Large operations can run several sprayers from the same map at the same time — without buying multiple sensor systems.
No. Spot spraying is an incredible tool — but it's not the answer for every acre. Some fields are simply too dirty, and a blanket application makes more agronomic and economic sense. Agcopter helps you make that decision before you start spraying.
Get Started
See what Agcopter would save on your operation.
Interested in reducing input costs and chemical use? Reach out about precision weed mapping and spot spraying — we'll walk your numbers with you.