The Ontario Weed Tour at the Elora Research Station discussed how plant staging accuracy, timing and weather conditions can significantly impact crop health, yield and limit potential herbicide application injury.
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Staging slip leads to corn damage after Dicamba spray
Ontario Weed Tour highlights how timing, cold snaps and late spraying contribute to herbicide damage in corn
Ecorobotix ARA tech’s ultra-precision crop spraying levels the field
Advanced three-phase system uses internal wifi and AI imaging to spray by plant type or size, transforming how farmers apply inputs
The Ecorobotix ARA uses AI, image recognition, and ultra-precise plant-by-plant spraying to reduce chemical use, lower input costs, and boost sustainability in modern farming.
Case IH introduces SenseApply
Variable-rate and spot-spray technology are now on offer for Patriot sprayers and Trident applicators
SenseApply from Case IH is a sense-and-act application technology. It’s a live, variable-rate application technology, as well as a selective spray technology.
Closed transfer improves safety and speed
But work is needed to optimize the systems for the North American market
A new safer and more environmentally friendly crop protection technology will create challenges and opportunties for innovation in the agricultural sector. Closed transfer systems (CTS) “…permit the direct transfer of pesticides from container to sprayer while isolating the process from the operator and the environment,” according to the website Sprayers101.com. Chris Duyvelshoff, the Ontario Fruit […] Read more
Metos Dropsight checks sprayer droplet desposition
The technology creates a report using a tracer dye, a light box and an app
Metos Dropsight technology creates a report on spray deposition using a tracer dye, a light box and an app.
Sprayer modifications that work
How applicators find solutions to in-field and efficiency challenges
From cheap plastic pails to aftermarket tech, sprayer operators find a variety of ways to improve how they and their machines accomplish application jobs.
How sprayer operators find unique approaches to common challenges
Application technology specialist Jason Deveau details it in his Drive-along Diaries
In the spring and summer of 2024, Jason Deveau, OMAFA’s application technology specialist, embarked on a series of in-cab visits with sprayer operators to see how they find a balance between what’s technically correct and what’s practical in the field.
From AIM: Expect a year of drone drama
Spray regulations haven't kept up with drone advancements.
New awareness campaign asks Ontario growers to ‘Be Drift Aware’
As Ontario growers head to the fields this spring, they have easy access to new stewardship resources, no matter what they’re growing. A partnership between multiple farm organizations has created a new awareness campaign, Be Drift Aware. Drift is the unintentional aerial movement of plant protection products away from the intended target. It’s an issue […] Read more
How important is water quality for spray applications?
It’s garnering more attention in a less forgiving world
Water quality can affect spray applications in how well the product mixes and how the sprayer performs. It can reduce product efficacy and result in negative environmental impacts. Jim Reiss from Precision Laboratories in Kenosha, Wisconsin, explained several water quality issues during the second day of the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s annual meeting […] Read more
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