Synergy of Weed Science & Engineering
Revolutionizing flaming equipment and techniques for certified organic weed and pest control

Our Mission
Provide safe and efficient flame weeding equipment that yield higher quality treatments
Our Approach To
Flaming
Not all flame weeders are created equal. Flame weeding is like a surgery, where a malignancy needs to be removed without causing damage to the surrounding normal tissue. Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln guided the development of AFI flame weeders and AFI flame weeding recipes which kill the weeds without causing damage to the surrounding crop. AFI’s optimized designs have proven to maintain the crop yield at or near the same level as hand weeding. Poorly designed flame weeders with no proven treatment recipes, although they may eliminate all the weeds, can cause lasting damage to the crop and drop the yield below the capacity of a given field.
5-7
Bushels/Acre
Yield increase in soybeans
20-60
Bushels/Acre
Yield increase in corn
$400
Per Acre
Potential increase in corn crop revenue with AFI equipment
2
Days of Flaming
Potential payoff period on an investment in AFI equipment
Control Weeds.
Increase Yield.
Safety First
Specially designed Hoods
Robust Torches
Electronic ignition & Flame detection
Flame Weeding Manual
Convenience & Flexibility
Ecological weed control
49+
Years of Research
49+
Years of Research
Testimonials
Meet the Team

Chris Bruening
Director, Engineering
12+ years of research and development on flame weeding equipment
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Lanny Nissen
Director, Manufacturing
40+ years of experience in product development and manufacturing
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Stevan Knezevic
Director, Agronomy Research
30+ plus years of research in integrated weed management and extension work
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Our Vision:
Revolutionize flame weeding equipment and techniques for weed and pest control.
Our Mission:
Provide safe and efficient flaming equipment that yields higher quality treatments.
Synergy of Weed Science and Engineering
Agricultural Flaming Innovations (AFI) is an equipment research, development, and manufacturing company that is helping to solve the biggest problem for farmers: weeds. The collaboration between engineers and weed scientists allows the AFI team to offer farmers a highly innovative product with key innovations that U.S. competitors have failed to bring to the market. AFI’s equipment provides weed control in numerous agronomic crops like corn, soybean, sunflower and sorghum.
AFI has addressed the issues with flaming through the key innovations of hood technology (patented), efficient vaporizer/torch unit (patented), an electronic ignition and flame detection system (patented), and treatment recipes for individual crops. These innovations offer farmers four major improvements in flame weeding equipment: increased safety (#1 top priority), increased energy efficiency, higher quality weed control, especially in windy conditions, and improved ease of use. In collaboration with the University of Nebraska, AFI has also made significant contributions to flaming treatment knowledge. Testing has shown that an AFI flamer can significantly improve weed control levels. These results offer organic producers reduced expenses through lower weed control costs and increased crop revenue through higher yields. The flaming treatments cost from $5-10/acre (depending on type of treatment: banded or full flaming), and even more important, it can effectively treat weeds that grow within the crop row, which are typically more difficult to control through cultivation. As a result, using AFI flame weeders can regularly increase crop revenue from $300-400 per acre through increased yields (compared to revenues and yields obtained through cultivation alone).
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