In 2021 we were invited to participate in an episode of The Vegetable Beet podcast on the Great Lakes Vegetable Producer’s Network. As well as providing excellent agronomic information for vegetable producers, the hosts and producers were talented entertainers. Many of their episodes end with a mock sponsor reel that rivals Saturday Night Live. We […]
Never fail, as spring turns to summer we get questions about algal growth in water tanks. There are lots of suggested solutions, but questions about pH antagonism and phytotoxicity seem to linger. In 2021/22 we ran trials to explore how well home-grown algicides like copper, bleach, and ammonia work, and whether they cause antagonistic responses […]
Bridgette Readel (@BMReadel) is back! This time singing that holiday classic “Larry the Low-Drift Nozzle”! Read the lyrics and then head to the bottom of the article to enjoy Bridgette’s rendition. You know Flat Fan and Flood Jet and Pulse Width and Wilger,Hypro and Greenleaf and TeeJet and Lechler.But do you recallThe most famous nozzle […]
Enjoy our take on a Dr. Seuss work-of-art. We’re sure the fine doctor would want to end resistant pig weed’s reign of terror as much as we do. Hear us recite it in the sound bar, read it yourself, or head to the bottom of the article to see the talented Bridgette Readel (@bmreadel) read […]
Variable rate spray application is receiving a lot or attention with our increased ability to farm according to prescription maps. For dry products such as seed or fertilizer, metering is relatively straight-forward and variable rate application has been possible for many years. However, liquid product application has been more complex and requires special approaches Hydraulic […]