Two “Spray Drift Workshops” were held at Norwin Hall and St Ruth Hall on the 5th and 6th of January respectively. The agenda of the workshops was designed to give participants a working knowledge of nozzles and application parameters that reduce the risk of spray drift but maintain efficacy of the products used.

Outcomes from the workshop included;

All respondents thought that the workshops were worthwhile and they gained

extra useful and relevant information. Approximately 30% of respondents changed their nozzles to produce coarse droplet spray quality. The other 70% of respondents were already running with nozzles that produce a coarse spray quality.

The respondents noted that the 4 main areas where they gained extra knowledge

was on droplet behaviour, weather conditions, nozzle selection and planning.

21 participants expressed interest in undertaking the commercial applicators

course.