GRDC Spray Days – Jondaryan

Technology and social licence are changing how we spray fallow and crops. Come to the GRDC Spray Days in March to discuss the latest spray technology innovations and stewardship with industry experts.

GRDC Spray Days assist growers to make more informed decisions on spray equipment investment and how to use technology for optimum benefit.

In the afternoon trade display session, growers can focus in on the technologies they are most interested in, with direct access to leading industry technology providers.

Morning topics:

• Social licence, drift, MRL’s and trade. Paul McIntosh (Pulse Australia/WeedSmart; Jondaryan)/Drew Penberthy or Mitch Cuell (Oulook Ag; Narrabri)
• Optimising glyphosate efficacy. Mark Congreve (ICAN)
• Reducing drift risk – boom speed and height, nozzles, droplet size and water volume. David Johnson (FMC; Jondaryan)/ Harry Pickering (Adama; Narrabri)
• Inversion towers – a network of sensors to identify the presence of hazardous temperature inversions. Benefits for on-farm decision-making. Gordon Cumming (GRDC)
• Panel session on pulse width modulation – what is it and getting nozzles right

Afternoon trade display presentations:

• Single Agriculture: Know what’s there before or after you spray and spot spray with your existing sprayer. Map weeds at 200ha per hour. Ben or John Single
• Corteva: Colex-D® Herbicide, a new 2,4-D formulation you can apply with confidence. Guy Sands
• Hardi: GeoSelect®, a new spraying solution designed to save farmers money, time and create greater efficiency. Zac Harnett
• McIntosh Distribution: New precision application technologies for self-propelled sprayers including IntelliSpray®, WeedSeeker® 2 spot spraying system and Bilberry® intelligent spot spraying (available on Miller® Nitro). Scott Jameson
• FMC: Spraying effectively with as few fines as possible. David Johnson
• RDO (Jondaryan only): Developed in partnership with USQ, See & Spray Select is both an effective targeted spray solution and highly productive broadcast machine built on the strong foundation of John Deere’s ExactApply™ to provide farmers with two time-saving sprayers in one. Richard Weston
• Hutcheon & Pearce (Narrabri only): Camera spray technology, where to from here? Hamish Ross

Register at 8:45am for an 9am start, finish by 4pm. Attendance is free (morning tea and lunch provided), but please register for catering.

For further information contact Erica McKay or Andrea Mathers on 02 9482 4930 or erica@icanrural.com.au

Cost (in AUD$): Free