Saltash Monitor Farm meeting: Getting the best out of your sprays and sprayer

Please join Ashley Jones at Saltash Monitor Farm along with Tom Robinson for an interactive in-depth operator workshop looking at all aspects  of sprays and sprayers. 

Note: this is an earlier than usual start and a long all morning meeting 

On the agenda:  

• AHDB update, news and notices 

Tom Robinson 

• Background to Modern Labels 
• Development of UK spraying and what happens in other countries 
• Spraying Practice and The Law including LERAPS and Reduced Volumes. 
• Water Volumes 
• Adjuvants 
• Sprayer Components and Plumbing (Practical Indoor) 
• Sprayer Filling 
• Features of a good sprayer 
• Getting the best out of GPS 
• Nozzle Physics (Practical Indoor) 
• Characteristics of Different Nozzles 
• Spray Drift, causes and prevention 
• Targets, and how to hit them 
• Setting the sprayer to optimise performance 
• Design and Development of Improved Nozzles (Practical, outdoor with sprayer, or indoor with nozzle 
• bath). 
• New Technologies, including Pulse Width Modulation, Spot Spraying, and Variable Rate Application