Crop farming · robot maker
GUSS Automation, LLC
Makes 3 robots for spraying & crop protection and weeding.
Status: acquired · Deere & Company (John Deere) - full acquisition announced 27 Aug 2025, after 2022 JV.
At a glance
Robots (3)
Mini GUSS
Autonomous sprayer ~25% smaller than Orchard GUSS for high-density orchards, vineyards and berries; Apple Tower…
Orchard GUSS
Driverless autonomous air-blast sprayer for orchards; fleet supervised by one operator
Herbicide GUSS
Autonomous herbicide (under-tree/strip) sprayer
Spain and Portugal
None found. Dealer locator lists only USA (AZ, CA, OR, WA) and Australia (Hutcheon and Pearce, RDO Equipment, Haeusler's). Source: https://gussag.com/dealer-locator/
Company size and funding
>250 machines deployed globally, ~2.6M acres sprayed, >500k autonomous hours (per acquisition release, Aug 2025)
Company and contact
- Company
- GUSS Automation, LLC
- Based in
- Kingsburg, CA, United States
- Owner
- Deere & Company (John Deere) - full acquisition announced 27 Aug 2025, after 2022 JV
- Industry
- Crop farming
- Address
- 2545 Simpson St., Kingsburg, CA 93631, USA
- Phone
- +1 559-897-0245
- Sales
- Sold/serviced only via John Deere dealers; locator https://gussag.com/dealer-locator/
- Contact page
- gussag.com ↗
Facts from the maker’s own website, last checked 2026-10-29.
Documents (6)
Brochure (3)
- Orchard GUSS brochure (Sep 2026, JDE)
- Mini GUSS brochure (Sep 2026, JDE)
- Mini GUSS brochure (Dec 2021)