Mike Gryp, district sales manager, with Kinze Mfg., highlights features of the company's new prototype split-row planter.

John Deere Labs focuses it attention to AI in food production.

Anson Boak, marketing manager for Salford Group, details the company's new 9620 Air Boom applicator, which includes a 70 foot stainless steel boom and 660 cubic feet of hopper capacity.

360 Yield Center product development lead Tony Carbaugh unveils the new 360 Dash fertilizer injection system. The system applies "shots" of fertilizer in furrow, on the seed or next to it, 2.5 inches from center of row and 3/4 inches deep.

Raven Industries product manager Gary Esselink details the consolidated features of the company's new RS1 system. The platform combines auto-steer, GPS, and Raven's Slingshot into one unit for navigation.

Jason Gahimer with Beck's Hybrids, explains the motivation and collaborative effort to design a multi-row width, multi-hybrid concept planter. Industry partners in the project included Beck's, Harvest International, Precision Planting, Yetter Mfg., SureFire Ag Systems and Schlipf Precision Ag.

Widespread availability of fully autonomous vehicles in agriculture may still be several years away. But in recent years, companies have publicly showcased self-driving innovations, advancing development to the cusp of commercial production.

For the first time, Dawn Equipment Co., unveiled its new Gen 5 Pluribus row unit, which features row-by-row down pressure, an equalizer gauge wheel arm setup and redesigned guards which help flow soil through the unit, while keeping it the row.