Spraying Weather 🤔

[Sonoftheheir]

How come local mr big farmer can spray in any conditions? -

 

[Breckland Boy]

My neighbour will no doubt be using both their agrifacs too. I packed up at 10am.

 

[RAF]

Get it on, his wheat looks well mind

 

[neilo]

Do you know what he was spraying? It could be fert or trace elements..... or just water to wind up the nosey neighbours.

 

[Nick.]

It’s the same here.
They don’t seem to have any concept of ‘too windy’. Unreal.

 

[Ivorbiggun]

Too much land to cover, has to get on.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Do you know what he was spraying? It could be fert or trace elements..... or just water to wind up the nosey neighbours.

Nosey neighbours! More like rubbing our noses in it!

“ look at me, I can spray the in 45mph winds!”

Bad practice and there should be consequences, but there never is.

He did just stop at the end while the heavy rain passed.

 

[B'o'B]

How come local mr big farmer can spray in any conditions? -

Doesn't even seem to be using low drift nozzles!

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Too much land to cover, has to get on.

Same excuse they had for pulling hedges up and filling ditches in without permission? Need bigger fields for the big machines we have.

 

[teslacoils]

Yes, local outfit was doing similar a month ago. Bean preem. Sigh.

 

[Boomerang]

It’s the same here.
They don’t seem to have any concept of ‘too windy’. Unreal.

On my spray test ,examiner asked me to proceed to spray field as I normally would, I REFUSED because it was blowing an absolute gale, he seemed completely unconcerned , and said alright, tell me how you would do it. Never moved sprayer at all on entire test .

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Ok he may be doing liquid fert, but doesn’t that need a dry leaf? Or is it ok on the soil?

 

[RAF]

Lol that ain’t liquid fert more like t2

 

[Still Farming]

All the rules, regs etc to pass tests but WHO checks thereafter other than nroso ongoing cpd and points schemes along with sprayer test mot .
All down to operators and good and bad everywhere.

 

[Poncherello1976]

I wonder what the wind speed will be on the spray records?

 

[Daniel]

Ok he may be doing liquid fert, but doesn’t that need a dry leaf? Or is it ok on the soil?

Can't be liquid fert through a fan nozzle?

 

[7610 super q]

Ah, big farmer, say no more, say no more... Bad farming practice indeed. Does he no-till as well ? I bet he does, he's a no tiller isn't he...

 

[principal skinner]

I wonder what the wind speed will be on the spray records?

Same as always, 3mph sw

 

[Bald Rick]

45 mph wind is a gentle breeze to those of us on the western coast.

 

[Daniel]

Ah, big farmer, say no more, say no more... Bad farming practice indeed. Does he no-till as well ? I bet he does, he's a no tiller isn't he...

Definitely not no-till!

Wall to wall ploughing, 8rx, 9rx, twin trac JDs, a twin trac JD on what looks like a 3 metre combi drill if really needed to get wheat in after spuds.

And their crops always look superb, everywhere.