Erik Wilcox, GROWMARK manager of crop protection application and equipment, showcased the realistic effects of the new FS applicator simulator to ag media recently by purposely driving into a fence.

The cab seat of the generic sprayer, which closely resembles a RoGator on the digital screens of the simulator, shuddered and the instrument panel shook.

“When you hit something, you feel it,” Wilcox said during the public unveiling of the simulator at the...