Nozzles, timing key factors in minimising summer spray drift risk

Gregor Heard
April 14 2018 - 6:00am
Nufarm spray expert Bill Gordon says farmers need to know best practice principles for summer spraying to avoid the risk of spray drift.
Nufarm spray expert Bill Gordon says farmers need to know best practice principles for summer spraying to avoid the risk of spray drift.

WITH a series of high profile instances of group I herbicide (phenoxy)  symptoms appearing on cotton and horticultural crops this summer, the result of  off-target  movement of spray droplets, a leading spray expert is calling for farmers to make good choices regarding summer spray programs.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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