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Cross-Section Averaged Spray Characteristics

A new ASTM International standard, E2872, Guide for Determining Cross-Section Averaged Characteristics of a Spray Using Laser-Diffraction Instruments in a Wind Tunnel Apparatus, will be used to guide characterization of nozzles and atomizers using laser diffraction instruments. E2872 is primarily applicable to aerial agricultural spraying, aerial forest sprays and air-blast spraying. ...

Jun. 19, 2014

By ASTM International

PINEYE® Emulsion, a new adjuvant for aerial spraying

With the development of applied science, agricultural sprayers have become a key equipment in crop production. How to choose a suitable sprayer is a topical issue for growers. It is, in fact, the first step to improve the usage rate of pesticides and fungicides, a smart way to save farm management cost. Growers, however, may try to select innovative adjuvants to adequately protect crops. ...

Oct. 8, 2018

By Foreverest Resources Ltd.

Semios Receives Canadian Regulatory Approval for Aerosol Pheromones in Agriculture

Semios, provider of real-time agricultural information and precision pest management tools, has been given approval by Health Canada, Pest Management Regulatory Authority for their Semios OFM Plus pheromone product that disrupts the mating of oriental fruit moth. “We have already had great success rates with this product in the US and Europe, so we are especially pleased to have the ...

May 13, 2015

By SemiosBio Technologies Inc.

EPA Launches a Voluntary Star-Rating Program to Reduce Pesticide Drift and Protect People, Wildlife and the Environment

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a new voluntary Drift Reduction Technology (DRT) program to encourage the use of verified, safer pesticide spray products to reduce exposure and pesticide movement while saving farmers money in pesticide loss. “Every year state and local agencies receive thousands of complaints about the impacts of pesticide drift on people, wildlife ...

Oct. 21, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Techniques to reduce spray drift pollution from vineyards

Several mitigation techniques can greatly reduce spray drift pollution from pesticide spraying in agricultural systems, shows a new study. Researchers tested the effectiveness of several strategies; results ranged from a 38% reduction in spray drift using low-drift equipment to a 98% reduction when hedgerows are present alongside fields. When pesticides are sprayed on agricultural fields, some ...

Oct. 29, 2015

By European Commission, Environment DG

UF/IFAS-created strawberry monitoring system set to expand

A strawberry monitoring web system that will soon expand to South Carolina is one of many reasons a University of Florida faculty member has won the Lee M. Hutchins Award from the American Phytopathological Society (APS). The Hutchins award goes to the author or authors of significant published research on basic or applied aspects of diseases of perennial fruit plants, according to the ...

Oct. 8, 2014

By University of Florida Powell Center for Construction & Environment

Ocean Spray on Sustainability

-- and where did Craisins® come from? SOURCE: Wisconsin Institute For Sustainable Technology DESCRIPTION:Kristine Young is sustainability manager at Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Young will be speaking at Focal Point 2012: Capitalizing on Sustainable Technology on Oct. 10 in Stevens Point, WI. In an email interview, we asked her about sustainability initiatives at the grower cooperative, and ...

Sep. 25, 2012

By 3BL Media

Are we running out of phosphate?

The scientific community has issued a stark warning that we may exhaust supplies of phosphate, a fertiliser that is crucial to ensuring global food security, in the next few decades. Along with nitrogen, phosphate comprises an integral component of the fertiliser that farmers use to spray crops and maximise agricultural yields all over the world. But while our atmosphere is composed of nearly ...

Oct. 22, 2019

By Environmental Technology Publications Limited

Helicopter spraying is dangerous, drones will replace It

CHAMPAIGN — With hot, rainy weather this spring, fungi have had an ideal environment to grow in. That's kept helicopter pilot Frank Pagel busy spraying fungicides on area farms. "We'll sit in these things 12, 14 hours a day, and it's exhausting," said Pagel, co-owner of Helicopter Services of Illinois in Fisher. "It's fun flying them ... but after the first hour of the season, I'm over ...

Aug. 31, 2019

By Fly Dragon Drone Tech co., ltd

AgriTechNews Money Saving Rice Crops to a New Innovative Fertiliser Approach

Another week, another agri-tech development taking progress to the next level. From rice crops that can save farmers money and cut pollution to an innovative approach to a new fertiliser, here’s four articles that caught our eye. It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a USDA Aerial Cover Crop Seeding Helicopter “For a few years now, the USDA has been administering an ...

Aug. 12, 2016

By Rethink Events Ltd.

Big society can help tackle ragwort risk

Tackling Common Ragwort can be a practical example of the Big Society in action, Agriculture Minister Jim Paice said today. Tackling Common Ragwort can be a practical example of the Big Society in action, Agriculture Minister Jim Paice said today. With the Common Ragwort season in full bloom, Mr Paice is calling on landowners, local groups and nature-lovers to work together to help control the ...

Aug. 2, 2010

By Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Fertiliser Helps Grower Claim Record Wheat Yield

A Peterborough-based fertiliser tank supplier is reinforcing the importance of storing large volumes of fertiliser correctly in order to benefit from bulk-buying savings and to reduce wastage. As a Northumberland grower attributes his claimed world record wheat yield to fertiliser. Northumberland farmer, Rod Smith, claims to have achieved a world record wheat yield of 16.52t/ha and attributes ...

Oct. 30, 2015

By ENDURAMAXX Storage Tanks

10 Agriculture Automation Companies Shaping the Future of Farming

Automation and robotics are changing the face of agriculture at an alarming pace. The advantages of agriculture automation are apparent: prices are reduced for consumers, the environmental footprint of farming is significantly reduced, and efficiently reduces labor costs across the board. From self-driving tractors to weeding robots and controlled environment agriculture, agriculture automation ...

May 5, 2019

By American Robotics, Inc.

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