Chapter 20 - Calibration of Application Equipment
Spray Coverage vs. Travel Speed
Helmut Spieser, OMAFRA Agricultural Engineer at the Southwest Crop Diagnostic Days 2011. Helmut discusses the issue of travel speed while spraying and how it affects spray coverage achieved. Helmut does a demonstration traveling at two speeds to emphasize his point.
Year Released: 2011
Length: 18 min, 17 sec
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Dr. Jason S.T. Deveau, Application Technology Specialist, OMAFRA, Simcoe reminds growers that OMAFRA has new fact sheets on calibration, adjusting sprayers and getting good coverage.
Year Released: 2010
Length: 20 sec
Damaged Nozzles: Replace Don't Waste
Dr. Jason S.T. Deveau, Application Technology Specialist, OMAFRA, Simcoe discusses three kinds of damaged nozzles and how to test the nozzle output.
Year Released: 2010
Length: 1 min, 28 sec
Nozzle Selection and Sprayer Setup
When growers are spraying crop protection products, they are attempting to achieve three conflicting goals. These are what research scientist Tom Wolf refers to as the three E's of spraying: Efficacy in controlling a pest, Efficiency in accomplishing the job economically and in a timely fashion, and Environmental protection.
Year Released: Unknown
Length: 8 min, 52 sec
Field Sprayer Calibration © 2006
Proper calibration of your sprayer can save you money! Pesticides can be expensive. It pays to know, accurately, the calibrated output of your sprayer. You will never know from your tractor seat, how each nozzle tips performs. Do you check each of your nozzles when you calibrate? It only takes one hour of your time to complete these easy steps of calibration. An hour well worth your time.
Year Released: 2006
Length: 10 min, 1 sec