Nozzle Selection for See & Spray Select Spot Sprayers

Spot sprays are becoming mainstream. As of 2024, John Deere’s See & Spray Select, their Green-on-Brown technology, is selling well in western Canada but it’s creating some confusion about how to outfit and run the system. Quick Overview: See & Spray Select is available on 120’ booms with either 15” or 20” spacing. It can […]

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Why are my airblast nozzles plugging?

This article was inspired by the following email: “I’m an organic apple grower with constant nozzle-clogging problems. These problems occur when we use wettable powders such as micronized sulfur and Surround WP. We always premix before adding to the tank through its strainer. Our airblast sprayers have towers and employ mechanical agitation. The nozzle/filter combo […]

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Canada Gazette Part II – Recent and upcoming changes to Canadian rules for operating Remote Piloted Aerial Systems

Summary The Government of Canada introduced the first set of Remote Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS) rules in 2019, which addressed safety concerns and created a flexible and predictable environment for small RPAS flown within visual line-of-sight (VLOS). On March 6, 2025, amendments were made to the Canadian Aviation Regulations (RPAS – Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight and […]

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Characterizing RPAS coverage at four cardinal points on a vertical plane: Practical implications for spraying wheat at T3

Context Global research into Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS) is producing pesticide residue, drift and efficacy data that is helping to inform federal regulatory policy. It is reasonable to assume that Canada will ultimately sanction the use of RPAS for agricultural spraying. The first registered products will likely be fungicides intended for broad acre crops […]

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Celebrating 10 Years of Sprayers101

On May 29, 2015, we launched www.sprayers101.com. Actually, that date is practically correct, but not technically correct. To celebrate our anniversary, I thought I’d share the history of how of we got to where we are today. 2013 On December 21, 2013, I launched www.sprayers101.com… sort of. Back then, the website was different. I’d just […]

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