November | 2015 | Sprayers 101

The effect of pressure drop on coverage

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In 2015, Tom and Jason ran demonstrations at Ontario’s Southwest Agriculture Crop Diagnostic Days. The 20 minute sessions were designed to explain: The phenomenon of pressure drop, how to measure it, how to correct for it, and how low pressure affects coverage. Although manufacturers of air ...Read More

Agrifac Condor: A Wake-up Call For North American Sprayer Manufacturers?

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I like good ideas. And at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock this fall, I saw a sprayer that puts a lot of them in one place. I’m talking about the Agrifac Condor Endurance. I’ve seen European sprayers before, even operated a few. And ...Read More

Sprayer Math for Banded Applications

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Where crops are planted in rows, growers can save on chemical costs and reduce potentially wasted spray by performing banded applications. A banded application is treating parallel bands (Figure 1), unlike a broadcast application where the entire area is treated (Figure 2). This means ...Read More

When is fungicide coverage critical? Always!

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Introduction A local strawberry producer was just beginning his harvest when the entire field was suddenly stricken with anthracnose. He would have done almost anything to save it, but he could only watch in frustration as the disease quickly devastated his crop. While he ...Read More

Monthly Archive:: November 2015