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Making the most of spray solutions

For the best spray application results, farmers need to use the right product at the right time, follow the instructions and, most importantly, apply the product correctly. Failure to do so will reduce the efficacy of the product, increase the risk of developing resistance to the active ingredient, and drive up production costs.

“Remember, it’s money out of your pocket if the application doesn’t hit the target,” Jack Pickering, technical field scientist at Syngenta, told delegates at a Knowledge Hub event presented by Syngenta and John Deere in Napier in

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