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Tag Archives Sprayers

What to look for in a new sprayer
Consider good cleaning, easy filling, the right boom — and ignore colour
Sprayers are expensive, absurdly so, according to Tom Wolf, Saskatoon-based spray application specialist. In an Ontario Agricultural Conference seminar with Jason Deveau, application specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, […] Read more

John Deere connects with sprayer control company
Smart-Apply precisely places spray based on high-value crop canopy
John Deere is moving further into precision spaying of specialty crops with an alliance with an innovator of intelligent control systems. The company has entered into an allied distribution agreement […] Read more

Simple smart technology helps fleet and spray monitoring
Keeping ahead of maintenance can help reduce downtime and repair costs on farms
A group of University of Waterloo engineering graduates who first got together as a student design team to convert a Camaro into a hybrid electric vehicle has turned its talents […] Read more

Horsch self-propelled sprayer to roll into Canada
The company’s Leeb SP 6300 brings some new features to the market
Glacier FarmMedia – The Horsch Leeb SP 6300 self-propelled sprayer is a different platform and concept than what’s offered by most sprayers, said Jeremy Hughes, product manager for Horsch. “The […] Read more

Total boom section cleanout possible in five minutes
New valve maintains aggressive recirculation when most needed
Glacier FarmMedia – A new spray boom recirculation valve promises to reduce sprayer clean-out time to five minutes, and eliminate dumping rinsate and active product on the ground. The Sectional […] Read more

Buhler to halt Farm King manufacturing at Fargo
Work to move to company's Minnesota plant
Farm equipment maker Buhler Industries plans to gather its U.S. manufacturing work into one plant in Minnesota this summer and halt operations at nearby Fargo, N.D. The Winnipeg company, whose […] Read more

Easyconnect seals chemical transfer
A specially designed fill valve creates a sealed connection with a chemical container
Glacier FarmMedia – It’s not often we see major crop protection companies work together on technology, but that’s what’s happening as they develop a new universal closed transfer system (CTS) […] Read more

What’s piloting interest in sprayer drones?
Users say flexibility, lower costs are key factors in growing interest despite technological and regulatory limitations
Drones are now being used for spray applications in countries around the world. And while not commercially commonplace in Canada yet, companies and ag-service providers continue investing time and resources […] Read more

Lemken launches self-propelled sprayer
The larger sprayer completes the gradual addition of application equipment to the company’s lineup
Lemken is jumping into the self-propelled sprayer market with its new Nova machine. The company has been working on creating a self-propelled sprayer since it entered a strategic partnership with […] Read more

Smart sprayer shoots weeds with a targeted herbicide blast
The technology will mean driving slower, but using much less product
Glacier FarmMedia – A Smart Sprayer, equipped with boom-mount cameras coupled to Xarvio image recognition technology, can identify 20 species of weeds and trigger a surgically precise herbicide blast to […] Read more