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How Spot Spraying will Affect Sprayer Design

Tom Wolf (Nozzle_Guy) March 19, 2021

Some years ago, a friend recommended that I read The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. In this book, Gladwell tries to understand why some things catch on, and others don’t. It’s a compelling read full of Gladwell’s trademark stories and his knack to deftly ...Read More

John Deere See & Spray Select

Tom Wolf (Nozzle_Guy) March 13, 2021

On March 2, 2021, John Deere entered the optical spot spray market with its first product, See & Spray Select™. This “Green on Brown” system identifies green material on a non-green background and is thus suited for pre-seed burnoff, chem fallow, or post harvest. ...Read More

Airblast Spring Start-up and Winterizing

Jason Deveau (Spray_Guy) March 3, 2021

Any description of airblast sprayer start-up must, contextually, make assumptions on how it was winterized for long-term storage. This cyclic relationship is why I use a chicken-and-egg title slide when giving this presentation. The inability to describe one process without the other is further complicated ...Read More

Tortured Numbers: Basic Statistics for Growers

Jason Deveau (Spray_Guy) January 21, 2021

In North America, winter is agriculture conference and lecture season. Growers are inundated with graphs and charts and left to make sense of what they’re seeing. It might be an agrichemical rep promoting a new pesticide or a seed dealer comparing yields. Maybe an equipment dealer ...Read More

Minimizing Pesticide Waste

Tom Wolf (Nozzle_Guy) January 18, 2021

Waste (noun): an act or instance of using or expending something to no purpose. In agriculture, environment and economy are intertwined. Producers strive to obtain the maximum return on their inputs. They study incremental returns and avoid applying more inputs than necessary, especially if ...Read More

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