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Starting in June, farmers can order a 4 Series John Deere sprayer with a 120- or 132-foot carbon fibre boom.
Machinery

Sprayer updates from John Deere

Carbon fibre booms, new cab and more technology for John Deere's 4 Series

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Last August John Deere gave everyone a heads up that its 4 Series sprayers would eventually be available with new carbon fibre booms, but it didn’t say when they would hit the market. In February at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky, the company made it official. Starting in June, 120- and 132-foot […] Read more
Understanding temperature inversions
Crops, Weather

Understanding temperature inversions

Those calm, cloudless days may not be 
the perfect days to get out the sprayer

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If you’re planning to spray, beware air temperature inversions on calm, cloudless days. That was the message from Andrew Thostenson during the Canola Council of Canada’s CanoLAB at Vermilion’s Lakeland College this winter. Thostenson is an extension pesticide specialist with North Dakota University. Avoiding pesticide damage during an inversion comes down to understanding how inversions work and recognizing the environmental conditions that cause them, Thost­enson […] Read more
To help celebrate their 20-year anniversary, Apache-brand sprayers get a host of improvements.
Machinery

Apache sprayer updates

The brand adds another boom 
choice and system enhancements

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Indiana-based ET Works recently announced several new options and updates for its 2017 line of Apache sprayers. The Apaches’ standard spray booms will now feature quick-service, Banjo-style manifold fittings and Hypro nozzle bodies. Stainless steel boom plumbing will now be an option too. To support all that equipment, the brand’s 90- and 100-foot booms get […] Read more
Agrifac’s new FastFoldPlus can unfold a 48 metre (157.5 foot) sprayer boom in 22 seconds.
Machinery

Agrifac speeds things up

FastFoldPlus boom system deploys in seconds

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Dutch sprayer manufacturer Agrifac just added a new feature to its unique line of SP sprayers, the FastFoldPlus boom. This new system significantly reduces the amount of time it takes to fold and unfold the boom. Although exact times vary depending on the overall width, the company says a three-fold, 48 metre (157.5 foot) boom […] Read more
Maximize your sprayer productivity
Crops, Features

Maximize your sprayer productivity

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How efficient are you when you’re using your sprayer? Tom Wolf, applications specialist with AgriMetrix Research & Training, told farmers at the November Saskatchewan oilseed grower meetings about a new sprayer productivity calculator his group has developed to help farmers answer this question. Read more: Herbicide drift not always wind-based Read more: Dicamba drift gets real In […] Read more
Two new guidance aids, AutoTrac Vision and AutoTrac RowSense, can be retrofitted to existing sprayers for use in row crop fields.
Machinery

Deere introduces row crop guidance aids

AutoTrac Vision and 
AutoTrac RowSense help limit 
sprayer crop damage

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Adding to its suite of guidance products, John Deere has just introduced two new features, AutoTrac Vision and AutoTrac RowSense, which it says will help sprayer operators minimize damage in row crops like corn and soybeans. AutoTrac Vision is a single-lens camera that mounts on the front of a sprayer. It can detect the location […] Read more
John Deere expects to offer light weight carbon fibre booms on its 4 Series sprayers in the not-to-distant future. 
It displayed this model at its Des Moines Works plant in August.
Machinery

New sprayer features from John Deere

John Deere’s “intelligent” nozzle control and new booms for 4 Series models

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John Deere gave ag equipment journalists a glimpse into the future in August. At a media event held at its Des Moines Works assembly plant, the brand displayed one of its 4 Series sprayers equipped with a prototype carbon fibre boom. “We’re very excited to show you an innovation we’re working on,” said Deere’s Jason […] Read more
Sarah Hoffman shares a picker truck, a heavy harrow and yes, even this sprayer with various neighbours.
Columns

The neighbours that spray together…

How we make sharing a crucial piece of farm equipment work on our farm

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I’m not dead, I’m just married!” These were my words to Grainews editor Leeann when she wondered if I was writing another column anytime soon. That was several weeks ago. Being married and also farming in two different locations has certainly blown my hair back these last several months. The logistical challenges, not to mention […] Read more
Agrifac’s Condor sprayer took part in a field test recently at the DLG (German Agriculture Society) Field Days in Hassfurt, Germany. 

Machinery

Sprayer aims at Canadian market

Grainews checked out an in-field demonstration of Agrifac sprayers

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If you’ve seen a different coloured sprayer moving through the Prairies, it’s not a custom paint job. Agrifac, a Dutch company with more than 30 years of experience in the design and manufacture of self-propelled sprayers, is taking direct aim at the self-propelled sprayer market with two versions of high-capacity, high-clearance sprayers with features and […] Read more
Small sprayer with a big reach
Machinery

Small sprayer with a big reach

Top Air pull-type UTV sprayer now available with 60-foot boom

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Unverforth Manufacturing just announced the release of a 60-foot boom for its small Top Air sprayer, which is designed to be pulled behind a UTV. The boom can be set to operating heights of between 12 and 30 inches without the use of any tools. The outer sections use a breakaway design to help prevent […] Read more

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