AgZen partners with Corteva to evaluate RealCoverage spraying technology

AgZen has signed an agreement with Corteva Agriscience to assess the commercial potential of AgZen’s RealCoverage technology, a system designed to optimize crop spraying through real-time measurement and feedback. The collaboration will include both laboratory and field evaluations of Corteva’s crop protection products using AgZen’s optimization platform. The companies aim to determine how precision feedback can improve chemical efficacy and reduce waste in agrochemical applications.

“By partnering with Corteva, one of the world’s largest input providers, we’re excited to explore opportunities for improvement to crop protection at a fundamental level,” said Vishnu Jayaprakash, chief executive of AgZen.

AgZen’s RealCoverage system, launched in 2024, can be installed on any sprayer and measures the number of droplets applied to crops, adjusting spray parameters in real time. The company says farmers using the technology have reduced input costs by 30–50% while improving field performance.

“By uncovering what’s happening at a droplet level across these acres, we are gathering vast amounts of in-field application performance data and shining a light on things that were previously invisible to the industry,” said Kripa Varanasi, AgZen’s co-founder and a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Marta Garcia, Corteva’s crop protection business and strategy enablement lead, said the collaboration aligns with the company’s goal of improving efficiency and effectiveness across its crop protection portfolio.

Since entering the market, AgZen has expanded its RealCoverage technology to more than 970,000 acres of commercial applications across the United States on both row and specialty crops.