Dear Sprayer Santa, “I tried to be good this year. It was hard, though. Yes, I know that fast driving causes drift and lots of other problems. But I couldn’t help it – the 375 horses under the hood needed the exercise. I honestly didn’t mean it. I’d have stopped had the air-ride not cushioned […]
The introduction of dicamba and 2,4-D tolerance traits in corn and soybeans was accompanied by an unprecedented emphasis on spray drift management by the registrants. Product label statements for 2,4-D choline and the new formulations of dicamba emphasize spray drift control to a greater degree than previous products. In Canada, labels make prominent reference to […]
I like good ideas. And at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock this fall, I saw a sprayer that puts a lot of them in one place. I’m talking about the Agrifac Condor Endurance. I’ve seen European sprayers before, even operated a few. And although they are all well-engineered machines, the Netherlands-based Condor might be […]
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Sung to the tune of “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the spray is gone All my drops pass before my eyes, oh no – a drift complaint Drift in the wind All it is is drift in the wind Same old spray, just a tank […]
I always await a trade show with excitement. Everyone’s going to be there, showing their latest and greatest. You see old friends. And of course, trade-show food. Every year, I search for the Fiddle Sticks I learned to love in the 80s. They’ve been replaced by the Pocket Dawg, it seems. Not the same. Touring […]