Precision Spraying Soil 4213 Dr. Blake

Definition of Spraying Spray  Water or other liquid moving in a mass of dispersed droplets, as from a wave

Why Spraying takes place Unwanted plants “weeds”  Take the place of tillage  Over the top of plants-Roundup ready  Hood sprayers Unwanted insects  Grain crops  Orchards  Vegetables Fertilizer-liquid Prevention of plant growth  Attrazine  Allie

How we Spray Ground Sprayers Common in production Agriculture

How we Spray Aerial Spraying  Good for Wet soil conditions  Bad for hip pocket

How we Spray Specialty Application  Turf  Vegetable, Fruit  Spot Spray

GPS Increase accuracy Lower cost on fuel, chemical, and other Input cost Precision pays  mscalculator.html mscalculator.html May not pay for its self but it helps Most GPS Can be use in more than one, so don’t figure the cost on just one Implement

AIM Command PWM (pulse width modulation) Select and control, All independent  Pressure  Rate  Speed Normal system, One is dependent on the other two  Pressure+Rate=speed  Speed+Rate=pressure  Speed+Pressure=Rate Nozzle, pump and other components may play a roll

Aim Command "On-the-go drift control" by toggling preset pressures controlled independently of field speed and product rates. Improved field operations  More management control of field operations Limits off-target application risk Limits opportunities for operator error More time applying with increased average field speeds and fewer tip changes  Gained from improving low speed efficiencies and from stretching high speed limitations 3 to 24 mph speed range at a constant pressure Greater range of GPA rates from a single tip

Swath Control Pro Automatically turns sections of spray boom on/off with the use of bounders and GPS t/sprayerVideo/ t/sprayerVideo/ Helps Minimize Overlap or Minimize skips Helps cut on chemical cost, and waste

Put it All Together Aim Command + Swath Control Plus+ GPS Auto Track = You sitting there, oh and you have to turn, but there working on that.

Summay Spraying Why we Spray How we Spray  Ground, Ariel, Specialty GPS, just like every one else has New technology  Aim Commander-Case IH  Swath Control Pro- John Deere

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