The challenges of spraying by drone

Spray application by drone is here. It’s common practice in South East Asia, with a very significant proportion of
New use for Bourgault 1460 field sprayer

This week I spoke with Gerry Bell, a producer from near Gravelbourg in southern Saskatchewan (a beautiful town with
Optical Spot Spraying and AI Scouting

Site-specific treatments have long been a goal in agriculture. It makes sense to provide inputs or treatments at rates
How low can you go?

There’s a lot of talk about lowering the boom to reduce drift and make twin fan nozzles more effective.

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The challenges of spraying by drone

Nozzle_Guy Drift, Drift, Featured Article, General Operation, General Operation, Nozzles & Droplets, Nozzles & Droplets, Speciality Sprayers, Spray Basics

Spray application by drone is here. It’s common practice in South East Asia, with a very significant proportion of ag areas now treated by drone. Estimates from South Korea, for example, suggest about 30% of their ag area being sprayed by drone. It’s in ...Read More

New use for Bourgault 1460 field sprayer

Nozzle_Guy Boom Sprayers, Directed & Air-Assist, Featured Article, General Operation

This week I spoke with Gerry Bell, a producer from near Gravelbourg in southern Saskatchewan (a beautiful town with a historic downtown, church and school, also, home of the Gravelbourger at the local diner). He told me about a project he recently completed, converting ...Read More

Optical Spot Spraying and AI Scouting

Nozzle_Guy Boom Sprayers, Featured Article, General Concepts, General Operation, Spray Basics

Site-specific treatments have long been a goal in agriculture. It makes sense to provide inputs or treatments at rates that reflect the local situation. And to a large degree, those capabilities have been available for fertility and seed inputs for some time, with input ...Read More

How low can you go?

Nozzle_Guy Boom Sprayers, Calibration, Coverage, Featured Article, Lookup Tables, Nozzles & Droplets, Nozzles and Droplets, Rates and Calibration, Spray Basics

There’s a lot of talk about lowering the boom to reduce drift and make twin fan nozzles more effective. But how low can we actually go with a boom before striping becomes a problem? We’ve done some calculating and have come up with answers. ...Read More

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Jason Deveau@Spray_Guy@marianoluna79 Fair enough. I’ve seen some surprising things in north america, too. Top of my list is airblast spra… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Feb 17

Jason Deveau@Spray_GuySo here’s an excellent case for PWM, boom levelling and an accelerometer. Aftermarket install should compensate th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Feb 17

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