I HATE WIND....

[SASKFARMER3]

And with all the wind our expert farmers
Broadass were out spraying all day!

[ColevilleH2S]

Spraying? BS. What kind of wind speeds are we
talking about?

[farmaholic]

Sumdum: No trees to speak of as a shelterbelt around the yard. Spoke of that in a previous thread, I don't know if it would have helped much anyway and besides the bins take up alot of space. As I mentioned before this family spent more time clearing trees than planting them, unfortunately!! Yes these bins (except the 5000 bu) were anchored and it pulled them out of the ground. I can see the ones that didn't tip, but caved in, did move afew inches. Is the fact that they didn't tip any better than them being buckled? I am in SE Sask, not too far from Regina.

[farmaholic]

Sask: if Broad was out spraying today something is wrong, winds were nuts today--sustained heavy wind here. I can't imagine.

[riders2010]

For curiosity sakes what wind speed max do you spray for example if you have wheat to spray and the neighbor has canola right next? I'd rather my crop be too late and weedy before I spray with wind blowing at the neighbor's susceptible crop. Guys are getting nuts around here wind blowing on the neighbor canola and peas and spraying wheat yet the other 3 sides of the field have wheat or barley, go spray another field till the wind changes. But more and more the qualities of what farmers were is being lost. All about selfishness and lawsuits. Yet the guy wanting damages is deemed the asshole.

[fjlip]

Same in this area. Most years see some chem damage on the farm. Was that way for 40 years.
Gotta go, gett'er done, way behind, etc.

[farming101]

Sometimes you just have to convince yourself that spraying that field can wait. A get'r done attitude can make one loose all common sense. It can even get you killed if you have an accident.
Also, getting the right drift reduction nozzles can make a world of difference.
I sprayed the neighbors field once. Left two sprayer widths and it still drifted. Vowed I'd try real hard never to do that again.

[SASKFARMER3]

I headed to the lake and they were going
by Ituna in 90 km winds. Case sprayer!

[mbratrud]

20K wind is Max for Spraying Herbicides in my opinion and really this time of year 10K. But when under the Gun I will bounce from field to field. For example if Wind coming out of the SE I will do the South and East Headlands on Fields Then wait for the wind to change direction or calm down before I carry on. Nobody should be spraying in 20K winds unless spraying Fungicides or Insecticide. Not only are you risking surrounding crops and yards but you are doing a shitty spray job on the field you are spraying. IMHO