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How airblast spray droplets behave, or misbehave

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Some pesticide labels require or prohibit certain droplet sizes to reduce the potential for drift. But, even when labels are silent about size restrictions, operators should be aware of the potential for droplet size to affect coverage. In the case of airblast, droplets should ...Read More

Exploding Sprayer Myths (ep.11)

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Welcome to season four of Exploding Sprayer Myths, featuring a new opening sequence and a new guest star. Have fun accidently learning about reducing pesticide drift as we poke fun at Canadian and Australian stereotypes. If you’re unfamiliar with the McKenzie Brothers and the ...Read More

The Label Summary Sheet Proposal

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In an earlier article we identified shortcomings in the content and design of today’s pesticide labels. From the perspective of the spray applicator, the information needed most often can be difficult to locate, anachronistic, contradictory, subjective or even missing from the label altogether. To truly encourage an applicator to read ...Read More

Evaluating electrostatic spraying in carrot

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This research was performed with Dennis Van Dyk, OMAFRA Vegetable Crop Specialist. In 2018, MS Gregson introduced a line of electrostatic sprayers (the Ecostatik) in Canada. While electrostatic technology has been used in agriculture since the 1980’s, this is the first time ground rigs have been ...Read More

Electrostatic Spraying in Agriculture

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Electrostatic nozzles have been tested in agriculture since the late 1970’s. Predominantly used in aerial applications, they are sometimes employed on airblast sprayers in orchard and berry operations, and on horizontal booms in vegetable crops. To a lesser extent, they are even mounted on wands for ...Read More

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