CROP PROTECTION
Expertise within your reach
The Agrocentre team members have exceptional expertise in crop protection. The advisors are specialized in their field:
- Field crops (corn, soybean, cereal crops, forage crops)
- Vegetable crops
- Potatoes
- Small fruits
Our plant protection recommendations are developed following field observations made during scouting visits. They take into account the reality of each business and propose tailor-made solutions to the problems identified. We use an integrated approach in the fight against pests and encourage a reduced environmental impact. Our teams' agronomists and technologists are trained in existing regulations and can provide the prescriptions and justifications required for the purchase and use of certain active ingredients. They can help you improve your pesticide management practices (protective equipment, storage, record keeping, nozzle selection and sprayer calibration, for instance). The Agrocentre network advisors are highly qualified to make recommendations on the sensible and safe use of plant protection products. Protecting both the user and the environment is important to us.
Effective Spraying
Choosing the right product and applying it correctly helps to limit exposure to risks associated with pesticide use.
The selected product must, of course, enable you to control the identified phytosanitary issue. It must also be applied at the right rate, in an appropriate amount of water, and at the right development stage to be fully effective.
- The importance of adjuvants
Adjuvants are substances that enhance the action of phytosanitary products by modifying their physical or chemical characteristics in order to improve the spray mixture quality, spray quality, and outcome once the leaves has been sprayed.
Among the wide range of adjuvants available, we are pleased to exclusively offer Winfield United products.- Crimson®: acidifying agent
Makes glyphosate applications, otherwise neutralized by cations present in hard water, more effective by lowering the pH level. It is a substitute for the ammonium sulphate usually added to the tank and also improves droplet spreading and cuticle penetration. - Interlock®: powerful drift control agent
By increasing droplet size and keeping more droplets at a uniform size, InterLock significantly reduces spray drift and ensures the treatment reaches its target. It also ensures improved droplet spreading and effective deposition of the product. - Dialed-In™
Specifically designed to be added to the Dicamba tank mix; it serves the same purpose as InterLock®. - Foaminator™ Dry
Dry antifoaming/defoaming agent that is added to the spray tank for an instantaneous and lasting effect.
- Crimson®: acidifying agent
- Suitable nozzles
There are different types of nozzles for different uses. It is important to use the right nozzle for the product applied and application conditions. At the same operating pressure, the different coloured nozzles deliver a varying volume of spray mixture in the form of droplets of varying size. It is important to comply with the recommended operating pressure and forward speed to ensure a good spray pattern .
