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Exploding Sprayer Myths (ep. 12): The Buffer Zone

Jason Deveau (Spray_Guy) Boom Sprayers, Environmental Impacts, Exploding Sprayer Myths, General Concepts, General Operation, General Operation, Multimedia, Speciality Sprayers, Spray Basics

In this episode of Exploding Sprayer Myths we reduce a complicated best practice to black and white… literally. Watch as Jason and Tom get a creepy lesson in the do’s and do not’s of no-spray areas. Under the watchful eye of Dr. Jim Todd ...Read More

Exploding Sprayer Myths (ep.11): Drift

Jason Deveau (Spray_Guy) Boom Sprayers, Drift, Environmental Impacts, Exploding Sprayer Myths, Multimedia, Spray Basics

This video won the Gold 2019 Canadian Farm Writers Federation’s Jack McPherson Award for Electronic Media. This award is for the best video, news story or feature broadcast by a Canadian medium less than 15 minutes in length on an agricultural topic. We’d like ...Read More

Rainfastness of Insecticides and Fungicides on Fruit

Wendy McFadden-Smith Coverage, Coverage, Environmental Impacts, Speciality Sprayers, Spray Basics

This article was co-authored by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin, OMAFRA Horticulture IPM Specialist In view of the frequent heavy rains in many regions this season, understanding rainfastness, or the ability of a pesticide to withstand rainfall, is important to ensure proper efficacy. All pesticides require a ...Read More

Airblast Spraying in Poor Conditions

Jason Deveau (Spray_Guy) Environmental Impacts, General Operation, Speciality Sprayers, Spray Basics

For many airblast operators, the spring of 2019 has been very difficult. The frequency and duration of rain events has left limited opportunity for orchard sprays. Even then, the periods between rains are transitions between warm and moist conditions and cold fronts, which makes ...Read More

What is Delta T and why is it important for spraying?

Tom Wolf (Nozzle_Guy) Boom Sprayers, Drift, Drift, Environmental Impacts, Nozzles & Droplets, Speciality Sprayers, Spray Basics

Delta T, also known as “wet bulb depression”, is an atmospheric moisture parameter whose use in spraying has made its way to North America from Australian operations. It is defined as the dry bulb temperature minus the wet bulb temperature, and provides an indication ...Read More

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