General Operation Articles

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

It was Saturday morning in April, 2016 when I received an email from Steven Bierlink, an orchardist in Washington State. He was curious about the impact of air induction nozzles on lime-sulphur applications (intended to thin apple blossoms). Work-life balance notwithstanding, I happily grabbed ...Read More

The pump is the heart of the sprayer and a key component for producing the flow of spray material and sprayer output. Because various spraying situations require different pressures and flow rates, using the correct sprayer pump is essential to achieving desired results. In ...Read More

In the home farm’s west field, where the soybeans won’t grow, and the wind blows the soil from deep tillage you know, and no pollinators come, excepting old crows is the patch of resistant pigweed. And downhill in the boundary, some neighbours say, if ...Read More