Pre harvest with airplanes….

[shtferbrains]

IMHO airplanes are a good way to apply insecticide quick on a lot of acres.

OK for fungicides if they use enough water as who knows what got sprayed and what got missed.

Herbicide can bring big lawsuits. The best used to say they wouldn't do it.
But they weren't buying million $ turboprop's.

They need the turboprop's to put on the water to provide good service.....

[Guest]

Yeah they are going like nuts around here for past 3 weeks.

3 gal per acre pre harvest from the sky, cant see that working very well. My neighbor sprayed twice last yr 10 gal/ac with the HC right into the canopy and it still took 3 weeks to cure.

We got the swather out this week, its guaranteed to work.

I’m confused
Wasn’t that you that said you couldn’t imagine anyone laying canola on the ground last week , or am I mistaken ?

[dfarms11]

Sounds to me it's the operators fault not the farmers fault. Be it by air or ground, it's up the the operator to make sure there is no drift. No need to ban the practice, there are ways to prevent drift.

[WiltonRanch]

Planes going hard on canola past couple days. Choppers are better imho. Thought it was windy enough when they were doing it.

[furrowtickler]

Planes going hard on canola past couple days. Choppers are better imho. Thought it was windy enough when they were doing it.

40-60 k winds here since noon

[sumdumguy]

The wind can’t be more than 20 K for a spray plane. The ones I know will not fly/spray in wind over that.

[sumdumguy]

Saw canola swaths moving as helicopter turns over swathed canola !

Wow !

Helicopters make their own sideways wind. If you’ve ever been near one, you will know what I mean. The pilots here are absolutely religious about wind speed and spraying near yard sites.

[jamesb]

It works excellent. So excellent that the drift onto my hay wiped it out. The drift onto MY trees I leave intact as a corridor for wildlife and hunting are dead. In a few years they will just be a tangled mess that animals will shun.

Folks. Watch the wind. Pay attention to the neighbors is all I ask. It’s not all about you. Some of us grow hay and actually appreciate and love nature. A few acres of dead trees fo you probably makes you chortle in happiness, but it matters to me, my family, my kids.

When it’s windy, spray around your yards. Thank you.

Ya that's not good. We have acres sprayed from time to time and want to get along with the neighbors so expect care to be taken not to have drift problems. At the end of the day if there is drift damage then a reasonable payment for damages can and should happen. If the damage is on your land you should be upset if unwanted.

[furrowtickler]

Helicopters make their own sideways wind. If you’ve ever been near one, you will know what I mean. The pilots here are absolutely religious about wind speed and spraying near yard sites.

Absolutely agree after having a lot of crop sprayed with helicopter and watching
Amazing control

[furrowtickler]

I’m confused
Wasn’t that you that said you couldn’t imagine anyone laying canola on the ground last week , or am I mistaken ?

Yes I am confused on that too lol