The most expensive application is one that doesn’t work, says Austin Anderson of Helena Agri-Enterprises. Being able to mitigate that with something as economical as an adjuvant is something really easy to implement, he adds.
RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney spoke with Anderson at the North American Farm Broadcaster’s convention at Kansas City earlier this month.
Anderson says there’s plenty of value to be found, regardless of the application, in adding adjuvants to a grower’s tank mix and it’s not the old days where it was just wetting and spreading. Adjuvants add a really good solution to the everyday problems that growers are seeing, he says.
Not only are adjuvants a good addition to a herbicide tank mix, but they are beneficial for fungicide applications, too. They have the ability to expand the margin of error that these products would otherwise have, and that could mean increasing spread and coverage, ensuring the active ingredient makes it to where the grower intends it to be.
In the interview below, Anderson also discusses the need to follow labels, what to look for when choosing an adjuvant, why an additive might not be enough, and the need for translaminar movement.
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