U.S. Sugar Corp. and Everglades Equipment Grow in New Partnership

South Florida-based U.S. Sugar Corp. announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Everglades Equipment Group, also based in South Florida and one of the nation’s leading providers of John Deere equipment and precision agriculture technology solutions. The partnership includes the use of the latest John Deere technology solutions on sugarcane harvesters and tractors used by U.S. Sugar farmers and operators across the company’s South Florida farms.

Through the new U.S. Sugar and Everglades Equipment Group’s partnership, the following technology solutions are being used across U.S. Sugar’s nearly 255,000 acres of farmland:

• JDLink: Connects equipment to provide Machine Data, Machine Health, and Work Data to John Deere’s cloud-based software, Operations Center.

• Work Plans: Sends field boundaries, guidance lines, and tasks to machines that will auto-detect when entering the field.

• Embedded Machine Tech/Efficiency Manager: Saves fuel by controlling the transmission based on engine load.

• Multi-section dry fertilizer applicators: Provides operators with the the ability to use section control by row, significantly controlling fertilizer usage.

• T3rra Cutta Landforming software: Use of drones to survey field elevations and design the desired field level control file, which ultimately improves GPS land leveling and water retention capabilities.

The strategic partnership between U.S. Sugar and Everglades also leverages the latest John Deere sugarcane harvester technology, including auto idle, auto Field Cruise, and Smart Clean to reduce fuel consumption. The harvester’s technology also includes base cutter height control and Floating Crop Dividers to maintain a consistent cut of the sugarcane crop.

In addition, the companies also announced they are working collaboratively on an Autonomous Tractor Solution, which is currently still in the research and development phase.

For more information, visit ussugar.com.