February 2020 - U.S. Edition in English

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UNITED STATES

REGINA’S PERSPECTIVE

Regina Farmer regina.farmer@chem-man.com

Fieldwatch- Helping Chemical Applicators One State at a Time For many years I’ve heard our Chem-Man customers say how great it would be if there was a program that helped with identifying the sensitive fields, beehives, etc. for a chemical applicator. When you think about it, what chemical applicator in his right mind would want to mess up someone else’s crop? He just needs the tools to have the ability to do his job. I know that some of our applicators in Arkansas have B 20 | agairupdate.com

to fly around the area to see if they can identify what crops the growers are planting. This seems so archaic. Several years back, we started selling quite a few programs in the mid-states area where there are many beehives and also sensitive crops. We got on board using an interface with a company that was then called “Driftwatch” and is now known as “FieldWatch”. I was amazed when I


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