Massachusetts based agritech company, AgZen, has collaborated with Corteva to explore the commercial potential of its RealCoverage technology, which focuses on optimizing crop spraying applications. The agreement will involve detailed evaluations of RealCoverage both in controlled laboratory conditions and through extensive on-field trials. The testing will be conducted across various Corteva crop protection solutions to assess how the technology can enhance spraying precision and input efficiency in real world agricultural environments.
Exploring New Frontiers in Crop Spraying Optimization
At the core of the collaboration lies AgZen’s RealCoverage system, a technology that can be seamlessly attached to any existing sprayer. It is currently the only system capable of measuring and optimizing the number of droplets of agrochemicals applied to crops. By enabling real-time monitoring and optimization, RealCoverage introduces a feedback-based approach to agrochemical application that aims to improve both efficacy and efficiency.
AgZen’s model of feedback optimization represents a new approach to the agrochemical inputs sector, targeting improved outcomes while lowering operational costs for growers and agrochemical providers alike. The company’s technology allows farmers to gain an exact understanding of how much of each chemical actually reaches plant surfaces, addressing long-standing inefficiencies in traditional spraying methods.
Leveraging AI and Computer Vision to Reduce Input Costs
The RealCoverage platform uses a combination of artificial intelligence and computer vision to analyze spray coverage and droplet behavior. Through this data-driven process, the system enables farmers and agricultural enterprises to optimize application parameters based on measurable performance feedback. AgZen’s customers have reported savings of 30 to 50 percent in input costs, achieved by reducing waste and improving the precision of chemical application.
Beyond the direct cost benefits, AgZen’s technology also contributes to a growing database of insights about droplet dynamics and chemical behavior. The company is mapping relationships between droplet coverage, droplet lifetime, and the ultimate efficacy of each agrochemical applied. These findings are expected to deepen understanding of how to enhance the performance of crop protection products under varying environmental and field conditions.
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Strategic Collaboration for Crop Protection Advancement
The partnership with Corteva marks a step toward integrating data-driven optimization into mainstream agricultural practices. Vishnu Jayaprakash, CEO of AgZen, emphasized the potential of the collaboration.
We’ve already seen how much RealCoverage can help optimize spraying at the farm level, but 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.
Corteva, which has an extensive portfolio of crop protection products, views the collaboration as an opportunity to enhance operational effectiveness across its solutions.
We’re constantly looking for ways to bring improved solutions to our customers, and this collaboration with AgZen is another way to do just that – by helping us identify opportunities to optimize efficiency and effectiveness across our crop protection portfolio.
Expanding Data Insights
Since its commercial launch in 2024, AgZen’s RealCoverage has expanded its footprint rapidly. By 2025, the system has been deployed across more than 970,000 acres of commercial farmland in the United States, covering both row crops and specialty crops. This large-scale implementation has generated a substantial dataset on spraying patterns and chemical performance under diverse agricultural conditions.
Kripa Varanasi, Co-Founder of AgZen and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, highlighted the importance of this data, stating, “By uncovering what’s happening at a droplet level across these acres, we are gathering vast amounts of in-field application performance data and we’re shining a light on things that were previously invisible to the industry at large.”
Towards Data-Driven Efficiency in Agrochemical Applications
Through this partnership, AgZen and Corteva aim to jointly explore how advanced sensing, data analytics, and optimization technologies can be used to enhance the precision and performance of crop protection applications. The collaboration is expected to provide a more detailed understanding of the dynamics of spray application, helping the agriculture sector achieve greater efficiency, reduced waste, and improved environmental stewardship.
The agreement positions both companies to advance the next generation of crop spraying systems, rooted in measurable outcomes and continuous optimization across the agricultural value chain.