Deployment of spray drift hazard alert and warning system for eastern Australia
Investment
Deployment of spray drift hazard alert and warning system for eastern Australia
Once operational, in late 2022, growers will have access to a world-leading Spray Drift Hazard Warning System providing real-time localised determination of hazardous/non-hazardous inversion spray conditions together with near-term predictions of such conditions (for up to 24 hours).
- Project start date:
- 01/01/2022
- Project end date:
- 31/01/2028
- Crop type:
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- All Crops
- Organisation
- Goanna Ag
- Region:
- North
- Project status
-
Active
SPRAY DRIFT
Spray drift is a whole of community issue and everyone has a responsibility to understand their obligations in managing it. To maximise return on investment, applied chemicals need to stay in the paddock and hit the intended target.
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