The U.S.-developed mapping platform has been available to Saskatchewan farmers and aerial applicators since 2012, and is now available in Manitoba and Alberta.
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Mapping tool to stop accidental spraying now available across Prairies
Organic farmers and beekeepers hope FieldWatch can prevent costly accidents
Spray drift concerns spark SARM resolution
Rural politicians asked for more teeth in regulations and for up to 12 months to report the damage from pesticide drift
REGINA — Rural residents who suspect spray drift has damaged their property are supposed to contact the applicator as soon as possible. But the current 30-day window isn’t long enough to determine whether or how much damage occurred, said a resolution at last month’s Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities convention. The resolution from the RM […] Read more
How many incidents of dicamba drift?
There were 18 reported cases of dicamba drift in Canada in 2016, based on data from Bayer. By 2019, that number dropped to nine. “The number of known off-target incidences has continued to decline steadily since 2016,” Bayer Canada said in an email. Related story: Dicamba drift not a major problem in Canada “In that […] Read more
Dicamba drift not a major problem in Canada
Dicamba drift may be a controversial issue in the United States, but it hasn’t been a significant problem in Manitoba, says a weed expert in the province. In Manitoba, which has more than one million acres of soybeans, the number of cases of dicamba drift has been minimal. Related story: How many incidents of dicamba […] Read more
New drones dealing with spray drift
Vertical takeoff and landing, conventional aerofoil, high capacity UAV unmanned aerial vehicle unique design
Drones designed to spray broad- acre agricultural crops usually use fine droplets with a low water-to-chemical ratio to try and make up for their limited fluid carrying capacity. This greatly limits their use, because extremely low water volumes are off-label and fine droplets are prone to drift, where they might take out a neighbour’s crop. […] Read more
Dicamba drift complaints strain U.S. state agriculture departments
CHICAGO, Nov 1 (Reuters) – U.S. farmers have overwhelmed state governments with thousands of complaints about crop damage linked to new versions of weed killers, threatening future sales by manufacturers Monsanto Co and BASF SE. Monsanto is banking on herbicides using the chemical dicamba — and seeds engineered to resist it — to dominate soybean […] Read more
