Category: Exploding Sprayer Myths

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  • Exploding Sprayer Myths (ep.15): Where will it land?

    Exploding Sprayer Myths (ep.15): Where will it land?

    Celebrating 10 years of “thinking we’re funny”, Exploding Sprayer Myths is back with a new opening sequence! This video won silver at the 2026 Canadian Farm Writers’ and Broadcasters’ Awards in the Electronic Media-Video category (The Jack McPherson Award).

    Join cheesy game show host Wink Boomwobbly and his unsuspecting contestant Joe Mama as they discuss the factors that influence spray droplet fate. How do wind, travel speed, boom height and droplet size affect your pesticide application? Knowing how droplets respond to these forces makes the difference between coverage and drift. Brush up on your fundamentals in a fun way.

    Long-suffering RealAgriculture editor Dr. Jay Strove has also hidden an Easter Egg photo so you can play along! Bonus points if you know where it was taken and who it is.

    Thanks to our special guest from the UK, and be sure to stick around for the bloopers.

  • Exploding Sprayer Myths (ep.14): Maverick’s Mojo

    Exploding Sprayer Myths (ep.14): Maverick’s Mojo

    Have you lost that loving feeling?

    Well here’s your chance to get it back while learning how to operate spray drones safely, effectively, and legally.

    Join Maverick and Goose as Viper barks out best practices when using this new application technology.

    Remember: You’re not just a pilot – you’re an applicator!

    Thanks to RealAgriculture, the Simcoe Research Station, Drone Spray Canada and special guest, Dr. Michael Reinke.

  • Exploding Sprayer Myths (ep.13): Reading Nozzles and Nozzle Tables

    Exploding Sprayer Myths (ep.13): Reading Nozzles and Nozzle Tables

    After a long hiatus, it’s lucky episode 13!

    In this installment, Dr. Tom Wolf, intrepid reporter, braves the unforgiving wilds of Saskatoon as he investigates claims of mysterious devices popping up all over the city. Colloquially referred to as “nozzles” these items are imprinted with obscure codes that scientists are struggling to decipher. Be the first to learn how to read a nozzle and nozzle table in our newest installment.

    Want to know more about selecting nozzles? Check out this article and this one.

    Special thanks to the @RealAgriculture team and the Western Grains Research Foundation.

  • Nozzle Night in Canada – Parody

    Nozzle Night in Canada – Parody

    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 were asked if we would like to collaborate on one of the sponsor reels. What a question.

    Michiganders they may be, but they’re as big a group of hockey fans as any Canadian. Since then the podcast was discontinued, but you can still give a listen to our spoof sponsor reel “Spring Sprayer Startup on Centre Ice”.

  • Exploding Sprayer Myths (ep.4): Speed Spraying

    Exploding Sprayer Myths (ep.4): Speed Spraying

    All set for Star Wars VII
    All set for Star Wars VII

    With due respect to Mickey and Mr. Lucas, and the massive hype surrounding Star Wars Episode VII, we felt we should jump on the bandwagon. Here’s episode IV in our series of short, educational and irreverent videos made with Real Agriculture.

    If there’s a single take-home message in this episode it’s this:

    …may the force be with you – always.