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OrchardMAX 2.0
[wpsummarize]OrchardMAX won the 2016 Canadian Agri-Marketing Association’s “Certificate of Merit” in the Mobile Apps Category. OrchardMAX is a free decision-support tool that helps apple growers match…
How Much Pesticide in the Tank?
[wpsummarize]Sprayer math can be intimidating, but the effort gives solid value. When combined with a calibrated sprayer you reap the following benefits: There are…
Improve your Drone Spraying Productivity
[wpsummarize]Drone operational settings such as capacity, speed, and swath width are useful figures for calculating productivity, but they only describe the airborne portion of…
Determining Airblast Travel Speed – The “Air Displacements” Method
[wpsummarize]What is the “right” speed to drive when spraying? Airblast sprayer operators must know their average travel speed to calculate how much pesticide and…
Calibrating a Plot Sprayer for Airblast Crops
[wpsummarize]The calibration of handheld plot sprayers is an important part of agricultural research, and this article already covers all the bases… as long as…
Airblast Calibration – Clearing up Confusion
[wpsummarize]“Sprayer calibration is an important part of any crop protection program.” Everyone says so, so it must be important. But what exactly are they…
Sprayer Math for Banded Applications
[wpsummarize]Where crops are planted in rows, growers can save on chemical costs and reduce potentially wasted spray by performing banded applications. A banded application…