Before You Spray: 3 Things That Could Cost You Money This Season
About this episode
Tom Wolf discusses essential checks for Prairie operators before the spraying season.
Tom Wolf, co-founder of Sprayers 101 and a 35-year spray application researcher, joined Dan Aberhart and Darren Sander of Crop-Aid Nutrition to work through three things Prairie operators should check before the spraying window gets away from them: water quality, coverage, and sprayer productivity. The conversation opened with Tom's line from the prep call -- "doing the right thing at the right time; take away the right time part and the right thing is irrelevant" -- and held that frame for the full hour. Farmer contributors Jeff Bennett and Jay Peterson brought real water test results and operational questions into the session live, making the five-number water quality framework immediately applicable. What came through clearly is that most spray misses are not careless -- they are caused by tighter windows, more complex tank mixes, and a series of small time losses that add up to a quarter section of capacity gone.
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