Displaying items by tag: spraying

Tuesday, 19 April 2016 07:55

Improves spraying’s bottomline

Agrichemicals can be one of the larger costs of crop production, so a new system from Amazone that suggests costs savings could be worth a look.

Published in Machinery & Products
Tuesday, 25 August 2015 08:10

Light helps twilight spraying

A clever light from Tyri will suit spray rig operators.

Published in Machinery & Products
Sunday, 07 June 2015 16:18

Nozzle for changing spray regimes

Cropland's launch of its TurboDrop variable rate (VR) spray nozzle makes available a unit with greater flexibility of application rates than those of traditional air inclusion (AI) units. 

Published in Special Events

If hundreds of sheep or cattle were found dying at a farmgate there would be a national uproar, Federated Farmers bee industry chair John Hartnell told a recent conference.

Published in General News
Friday, 06 February 2015 00:00

The flying knapsack

It started off as a project to spray rice in Japan, now it could provide a solution to spot spraying noxious weeds on seemingly inaccessible places on New Zealand farms.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 16 December 2014 00:00

No excuses for spray drift

WHEN YOUR spray applications drift they can cause thousands of dollars of damage to neighbouring crops and “there’s really no excuse,” says a US scientist now working in New Zealand. 

Published in Management

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