Fieldbot has pioneered a new precision irrigation injection technology.
Fieldbot UltraFast™ Chemigation transforms existing irrigation pivots into all-electric, autonomous crop protection platforms by enabling the precise injection of irrigation-labeled chemical and biological crop protection products into the pressurized irrigation water supply.
The Fieldbot UltraFast™ Chemigation Trailer is a complete, mobile precision irrigation injection platform integrating a 550-gallon chemical mixing tank, agitation system, 400-gallon-per-hour (GPH) precision injection pump, and intelligent controller—featuring Fieldbot’s patented Cruise Control™ technology—that networks directly with any UltraFast™ Constant Move irrigation pivot—all within a single, road-ready solution designed for easy towing behind any properly equipped pickup truck.
Fieldbot’s patented Cruise Control™ feature—standard with every Fieldbot UltraFast™ Chemigation Trailer—synchronizes precision injection with the real-time speed and GPS position of the UltraFast™ Constant Move irrigation pivot, continuously calculating the machine’s projected arrival time and dynamically adjusting the injection rate and volume of crop protection products delivered directly into the center-fed, pressurized irrigation water supply—enabling precise, uniform, and consistent application across the field.
Designed for rapid deployment across multiple farms and fields, the trailer enables agricultural equipment and technology dealers, agricultural input retailers, and professional crop protection service providers to deliver, mix, and precisely inject irrigation-labeled chemical and biological crop protection products into the pressurized irrigation water supply of any UltraFast™ Constant Move irrigation pivot—creating a scalable, provider-operated crop protection service model that combines precision injection technology, UltraFast™ Constant Move, and autonomous application capabilities into a complete end-to-end crop protection solution.
Fully networked and integrated with Fieldbot’s autonomous crop protection platform, the trailer enables precise, operator-free UltraFast™ Chemigation by continuously synchronizing crop protection product injection with the UltraFast™ Constant Move irrigation pivot’s real-time movement and projected arrival at its programmed stop position—coordinating product delivery throughout the entire field-scale application to help prevent premature chemical depletion and minimize unused product remaining in the mixing tank upon completion (U.S. Patent No. 12,490,669).
Fieldbot has pioneered a new sustainable foliar application method.
Delivering herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and other crop protection products through UltraFast™ Constant Move irrigation pivot infrastructure creates a new sustainable method for uniform, timely, precise, and effective foliar applications—the application of crop inputs directly to above-ground plant surfaces—with reduced pesticide spray drift and improved crop-canopy penetration enabled by substantially higher carrier-water volumes (~576 gallons per acre) compared with those used in conventional helicopter aerial spraying (~1.2 gallons per acre).
This new sustainable foliar application method enables farmers to extend application windows, improve crop protection efficacy, preserve yield potential, and potentially extend the growing season to increase crop production while lowering labor requirements, equipment costs, agrochemical use, and reliance on aerial application services.
“Many insecticides and fungicides—especially those applied to control pathogens like various rots, molds, and wilts—need to be applied such that the chemical stays on the leaves,” says Dr. Troy Peters, Professor and Director of the Center for Precision and Automated Agriculture Systems (CPAAS) at Washington State University. “A pivot that moves faster can apply less water and therefore results in a more concentrated chemical application that doesn’t run off the leaves. A faster pivot can apply chemicals in a manner closer to that of a sprayer, whose objective is to get the leaves wet, in contrast to an irrigation system whose objective is to get water into the soil.”–Potato Grower Magazine
Conventional start-stop move irrigation pivots can chemigate, but they are fundamentally designed for non-foliar applications, applying crop inputs with sufficient water to reach the soil and root zone. Their slow travel speeds result in relatively high water application depths, making them poorly suited for crop protection products intended to remain concentrated on the plant canopy.
That distinction explains why irrigation pivots need to operate at a radically faster, 10× speed.
The objective is not simply to chemigate—it is to transform the irrigation pivot into an effective, all-electric, autonomous crop protection platform capable of delivering crop protection products directly to the crop canopy at appropriate carrier-water volumes and concentrations for foliar application.
The result is a fundamentally expanded use of existing irrigation infrastructure.
Beyond transforming how crop protection products are applied, Fieldbot UltraCore™ Precision Upgrades create an entirely new market opportunity for agricultural chemical and biological manufacturers to develop, formulate, register, produce, and commercialize a new category of irrigation-labeled crop protection products specifically designed for UltraFast™ Chemigation.
By enabling rapid, precise, field-scale applications through existing irrigation infrastructure, Fieldbot opens a new pathway for crop protection innovation—expanding the potential market for both conventional chemistries and next-generation biological products while creating new commercial opportunities across the agricultural inputs industry.
This emerging product category also creates a compelling new business model for agricultural input retailers and local Fieldbot UltraCore™ Precision Upgrades providers.
Retailers could wholesale purchase fleets of Fieldbot UltraFast™ Chemigation Trailers and then offer farmers complimentary product delivery and injection services in exchange for purchasing their UltraFast™ Chemigation-compatible crop protection products directly from the retailer.
By partnering with local Fieldbot UltraCore™ Precision Upgrades providers responsible for machine installation, maintenance, and support, agricultural input retailers could jointly market and deliver a complete, end-to-end autonomous crop protection solution—integrating UltraFast™ Constant Move irrigation pivot infrastructure, specialized chemical and biological crop protection products, automated chemical injection, and local service and support into a single, scalable commercial offering.
Rather than alternating conventional chemigation with costly helicopter aerial spraying, farmers can use the same all-electric irrigation pivot for both irrigation and autonomous crop protection across traditional non-foliar and, now, foliar product applications—dramatically reducing, and potentially eliminating, reliance on helicopters.
“You’re turning my pivot into a sprayer,” says Rexburg, Idaho, potato grower Terry Wilcox.–Potato Grower Magazine
Fieldbot offers a compelling return on investment (ROI) through higher crop yields, lower production costs, and the elimination of fuel-related emissions associated with conventional aerial application equipment.
By enabling autonomous crop protection through UltraFast™ Chemigation, Fieldbot empowers farmers to continuously optimize crop health throughout the entire growing season—advancing a more sustainable, cost-effective, and lower-emission approach to high-value crop production.
Fieldbot has pioneered new pesticide spray drift mitigation.
Commercial adoption of Fieldbot UltraCore™ Precision Upgrades, powered by patented UltraFast™ Constant Move technology, across small, medium, and large farming operations will initially be driven by autonomous crop protection enabled by UltraFast™ Chemigation, delivering immediate and measurable customer value through crop-yield increases of up to 20%—with full-season, supervised, side-by-side field trials demonstrating yield gains as high as 20.8%.
Additional benefits include improved crop-input application uniformity, more timely crop-input interventions, lower labor requirements, reduced equipment cost and complexity, reduced pesticide spray drift, and potential reductions in agrochemical use of up to 30%.
This creates an initial commercial wedge built on immediate, measurable economic gains for customers—allowing farmer economics to finance the deployment and expansion of the agronomic intelligence network, while the proprietary agricultural AI data continuously generated and aggregated across that network becomes the far larger long-term strategic upside.