Tag: myth

  • 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!

    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.

  • 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.

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

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

    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 (OMAFRA Industrial Crops Specialist and Rod Serling cos-player), brace yourself as you enter The Buffer Zone.

    Learn more about how vegetative filter strips mitigate runoff on this Health Canada webpage.

    Thanks to the staff at the Simcoe Resource Station and to RealAgriculture for making this video possible.

    And if you’re curious about the kitchen-appliance cameo, you’ll have refer back to earlier episodes.