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Spray safely to reduce drift risk this summer GRDC Grower Relations Manager – North, Richard Holzknecht, is encouraging growers to be ‘spray aware’ this summer to reduce the risk of spray drift issues. Photo GRDC
With summer storm activity increasing across large areas of Queensland and New South Wales, grain growers are being reminded to take a community-minded approach when spraying and be ‘spray aware’ to minimise the risk of costly off-target crop damage.
While the rain has been warmly welcomed it invariably sparks weed germinations, increasing the need to spray and the potential for unintended spray drift.
Spray drift can have devastating consequences for susceptible crops and most commonly occurs in calm, low wind speed conditions, which often indicate a hazardous surface temperature inversion.