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  • Sheepwheat
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2017
    • 3137

    Pre harvest with airplanes….

    Needs to be banned.
  • jazz
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2018
    • 9308

    #2
    Originally posted by Sheepwheat View Post
    Needs to be banned.
    Yeah they are going like nuts around here for past 3 weeks.

    3 gal per acre pre harvest from the sky, cant see that working very well. My neighbor sprayed twice last yr 10 gal/ac with the HC right into the canopy and it still took 3 weeks to cure.

    We got the swather out this week, its guaranteed to work.

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    • Sheepwheat
      Senior Member
      • Jun 2017
      • 3137

      #3
      It works excellent. So excellent that the drift onto my hay wiped it out. The drift onto MY trees I leave intact as a corridor for wildlife and hunting are dead. In a few years they will just be a tangled mess that animals will shun.

      Folks. Watch the wind. Pay attention to the neighbors is all I ask. It’s not all about you. Some of us grow hay and actually appreciate and love nature. A few acres of dead trees fo you probably makes you chortle in happiness, but it matters to me, my family, my kids.

      When it’s windy, spray around your yards. Thank you.

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      • twocentsworth
        Member
        • Apr 2021
        • 37

        #4
        Originally posted by Sheepwheat View Post
        It works excellent. So excellent that the drift onto my hay wiped it out. The drift onto MY trees I leave intact as a corridor for wildlife and hunting are dead. In a few years they will just be a tangled mess that animals will shun.

        Folks. Watch the wind. Pay attention to the neighbors is all I ask. It’s not all about you. Some of us grow hay and actually appreciate and love nature. A few acres of dead trees fo you probably makes you chortle in happiness, but it matters to me, my family, my kids.

        When it’s windy, spray around your yards. Thank you.
        Well said Sheepwheat. And those selfish, and thoughtless farmers doing it will be mad when stricter regulations fall into place. It's the old saying, a couple rotten apples eventually spoil the entire barrel.

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        • TSIPP
          Senior Member
          • Jun 2013
          • 2666

          #5
          The pilots should know better.

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          • Partners
            Senior Member
            • May 2010
            • 3105

            #6
            Planes constant here to

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            • goalieguy847
              Senior Member
              • Jun 2017
              • 662

              #7
              Originally posted by TSIPP View Post
              The pilots should know better.
              Correct me if im wrong here..but shouldnt PMRA be approving some chem for drones? I dont follow the logic how preharvest with Roundup at 100 mph can be allowed ( glufosinate is now allowed to be applied in crop this year) but they seem to be dragging their feet on drones? Is there some sort of pushback by the big sprayer companies that clearly can see the benefits of drone spraying?
              I could spray 1 swipe all the way around every field then let a swarm of 3 or 4 drones knock the rest out.... seems logical?

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              • furrowtickler
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2004
                • 21874

                #8
                Logic should be spray parameters by ground rig then by air if need be . Preferably by helicopter, far better drift control from what i have seen .
                And ffs , have more respect for your neighbours than yourself ,and don’t be selfish idiots to spray in winds that are not favourable.
                Lack of respect these days is getting far worse
                Gives everyone a black eye .
                Ignorance and selfishness should not have a place in farming

                Send them a big bill sheepwheat
                Last edited by furrowtickler; Sep 5, 2022, 16:17.

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                • furrowtickler
                  Senior Member
                  • Dec 2004
                  • 21874

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Sheepwheat View Post
                  Needs to be banned.
                  That’s like saying all guns should be banned , let’s not “shoot ourselves in the foot “
                  Send them a big bill

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                  • beaverdam
                    Senior Member
                    • Mar 2018
                    • 1451

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Sheepwheat View Post
                    Needs to be banned.
                    "That operator" needs to be banned !

                    Operators with so little regard, that you would lose hay ground or trees, needs to receive a Very Large Bill indeed. He can take it up with "his insurance" provider.

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