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In agriculture, a sprayer is a piece of equipment that is used to apply herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers on agricultural crops. Sprayers range in size from man-portable units (typically backpacks with spray guns) to trailed sprayers that are connected to a tractor, to self-propelled units similar to tractors with boom mounts of 4–30 ...
According to The New York Times, the Army has started to "wikify" certain field manuals, allowing any authorized user to update the manuals. [4] This process, specifically using the MediaWiki arm of the military's professional networking application, milSuite, was recognized by the White House as an Open Government Initiative in 2010.
Agricultural sprays include the spraying of cropland, forest, turf grass, and orchards. The sprayer may be a hand nozzle, on a ground vehicle, or on an aircraft. Herbicides, insecticides and pesticides are spray applied to soil or plant foliage to distribute and disperse these materials. See aerial application, pesticide application, sprayer ...
Ag-Gator 404SP [7] The first self-propelled Ag-Chem sprayer was developed in 1967 and was called the Ag-Gator 404SP.This front wheel driven model featured a gasoline-powered, 61 horsepower Wisconsin brand engine, a stainless-steel 440 gallon product tank, and a 40' boom width.
[6] AAMSA A9B Licensed production by Aeronautica Agricola Mexicana SA (AAMSA) powered by 300 hp (220 kW) Lycoming IO-540-K1A5 engine and 210 US gal (170 imp gal; 790 L) hopper. 101 built by AAMSA, [ 7 ] with a further 17 assembled from Mexican-built components at Laredo, Texas by Aircraft Parts and Development Corporation.
AT-802U prototype at Paris Air Show. In response to the United States Air Force's LAAR program and the growing requirement for light counter-insurgency aircraft, [5] Air Tractor developed an armed model, the AT-802U, in 2008, with engine and cockpit armor, a bulletproof windscreen, self-sealing fuel tanks, and structural reinforcements for the carriage of 9,000 pounds (4,100 kg) of payload.
The first known aerial application of agricultural materials was by John Chaytor, who in 1906 spread seed over a swamped valley floor in Wairoa, New Zealand, using a hot air balloon with mobile tethers. [3] Aerial sowing of seed still continues to this day with cover crop applications and rice planting.
Air Tractor AT-802, with the largest hopper capacity of any commercially available agricultural aircraft. Gehling PZL-106AR Kruk The Antonov An-2 was a mass-produced aircraft. Many were used for agricultural work. Polish M-18 Dromader used for aerial fire-fighting in Australia. A Grumman Ag Cat applies a low-insecticide bait on a soybean field.