Sunday, December 7, 2025

pesticide application

CAES investigates potential of spray drones in agriculture

⋅ BY CLAIRE SANDERS ⋅ It’s a familiar sight for many — a ground sprayer slowly making rounds in a field, applying pesticides to row crops to give producers the best chance of protecting crops from pests and seeing high...

Tankmix incompatibility problems reported with glyphosate, Sentris

• By Tommy Butts, Tom Barber and Jason Norsworthy • We’ve had several reports of applicators experiencing issues when tankmixing products with Engenia and the new volatility reducing agent (VRA) from BASF, Sentris. Applicators have stated that they are experiencing...

University of Arkansas teams with FieldWatch to ID sensitive crops, beehives

The University of Arkansas has partnered with FieldWatch to offer pesticide applicators working in row and field crops ways to identify herbicide-sensitive crops and beehives so they can adjust their spraying accordingly. CropCheck, an online platform developed by the non-profit...

UGA’s aggressive education program pays off with reduced drift

A two-year effort by the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension that involved aggressive education has paid off with a 65 percent reduction in complaints about off-target pesticide applications. “No grower wants (their pesticides to) drift," UGA Extension weed specialist Stanley...

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