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Keep on top of testing rules
While most sprayers are tested annually as part of crop assurance, other machines outside these schemes and more than five years old, are now likely to need a re-test soon. “It’s been a legal requirement,…
Protect water from metaldehyde
Excessive levels of metaldehyde are already being detected in watercourses this autumn. This follows the wet and unsettled weather in July and August encouraging a late flush of weeds, which created ideal conditions for slugs.…
NRoSO and BASIS points on EiO – what is available?
NRoSO points: With the launch of Ei Operator comes a new choice of online CPD training, which City and Guilds have accredited with our very own category of NRoSO points. This means that sprayer operators…
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Spray responsibly near neighbours
The NFU has produced guidelines as part of the Good Neighbour Initiative to help sprayer operators meet legal requirements and build good relationships with neighbours when using pesticides. The guide, produced in conjunction with a…
Meet the FSOOTY 2020 winner
Matt Fuller, who works for Heathcote Farms, Toddington, Beds, is the 2020 Farm Sprayer Operator of the Year. Although Matt has only been operating a sprayer full time for less than five years, his enthusiasm,…
