Calibrating a Plot Sprayer for Airblast Crops

The calibration of handheld plot sprayers is an important part of agricultural research, and this article already covers all
Pesticide Safety for Student Workers

This article is based on a presentation by Dr. Melanie Filotas, who delivered it as part of the 2019 agriculture
Airblast Spring Start-up and Winterizing

Any description of airblast sprayer start-up must, contextually, make assumptions on how it was winterized for long-term storage. This
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Calibrating a Plot Sprayer for Airblast Crops

Aidan Morgan Calibration & Air Adjustment, Featured Article, Rates and Calibration, Speciality Sprayers, Spray Basics

The calibration of handheld plot sprayers is an important part of agricultural research, and this article already covers all the bases… as long as you are spraying broadacre or row crops. But what happens when you are trying to emulate an airblast sprayer and ...Read More

Pesticide Safety for Student Workers

Melanie Filotas Boom Sprayers, Featured Article, General Concepts, Speciality Sprayers, Spray Basics

This article is based on a presentation by Dr. Melanie Filotas, who delivered it as part of the 2019 agriculture summer student orientation day. Most crops are sprayed with organic or synthetic pesticides at some point during the growing season. Use caution before entering any ...Read More

Calibrating a Plot Sprayer

Nozzle_Guy Boom Sprayers, Calibration, Rates and Calibration

It’s the rite of passage of many agricultural summer students across the world: applying experimental treatments to field plots using a research sprayer. The results of these experiments may be the basis of new product use registrations, or provide clues into future scientific studies. ...Read More

ExactApply: How to add “Section Flow %” Module to Run Screen

Nozzle_Guy Boom Sprayers, Calibration, General Operation, Nozzles & Droplets

The John Deere ExactApply system has a pulsing feature, more commonly known as “Pulse Width Modulation” (PWM). From the operator’s perspective, it’s important to know the Duty Cycle that the system is operating at. The Duty Cycle (DC) is the percentage of time that ...Read More

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