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  • November 2012 Issue

    • No more airblast spraying?

    Goal is to perfect a Solid Set Canopy Delivery System for all sprays.

    MSU horticulturist Ron Perry, left, worked with engineers to design and install the system. Here he works with two technicians. PHOTO BY RICHARD LEHNERT Think of all the materials you put on your orchard through your airblast sprayer: Insecticides, fungicides, antibiotics, chemical thinners, plant growth ­regulators, sunburn protectants, foliar nutrients, anticracking agents. Now suppose that, instead of lugging them up and down the alleys in dozens of trips and thousands of gallons of water in all sorts of weather, there was a fixed-in-place spray application system that could do all those things—and others as well. How about dispensing pheromones using […]

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    Production, Technology and equipment, Research
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    Richard Lehnert
    After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index
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