Band sprayers can apply weedkiller between rows

摘要

Most farmers wouldn't dream of wafting a broad-spectrum weedkiller anywhere near one of their carefully cared for crops. But burgeoning weed problems and rocketing chemical bills have driven two leading arable growers to do just that. Last year, Cambridgeshire grower Edd Banks and Kent farm manger Andrew Pendry both invested in specialist band sprayers that can safely apply desiccants between rows of band-sown crops such as oilseed rape.