10 clicks towards responsible use of plant protection products
- Get aware of risk of drift and possible contamination of sensitive areas with pesticides
- Learn how to avoid risk of drift and how to mitigate it
- See the recommendations and follow them to apply pesticides safely
Spray Application Site
Is your sprayer posing risk?
Check for presence of sensitive areas in the surroundings of the sprayed fields
Meteo & Field Conditions
How the field conditions influence risk?
Check the weather conditions, crop height and adjacent vegetation
Drift Risk Mitigation
How can you mitigate risk?
Check the influence of Spray Drift Reduction Technology and application parameters on risk
Field & Weather Situation |
Application Situation |
Drift Risk Value
- 25%
- 50%
- 75%
- 100%
- 125%
- 150%
- 175%
- 200%
0%
0%
Sensitive Area: Distance between the sensitive area and the spray application site
spraying within the zone of awareness

Buffer zone
Boom width
Zone of awareness
spraying beyond the zone of awareness

Buffer zone
Boom width
Zone of awareness
Recommendation
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Wind: Direction

TOWARDS sensitive area
PARALLEL to sensitive area
AWAY FROM the sensitive area
Air: Temperature

< 15°C
15 - 25°C
> 25°C
Field: Crop height

BARE SOIL
EMERGING CROP
LOW < 10 cm
MEDIUM 10 - 50 cm
HIGH > 50 cm
Wind: Velocity

CALM < 0,5 m/s
LOW 0,5 - 1,5 m/s
MEDIUM 1,6 - 3,0 m/s
HIGH 3,1 - 4,0 m/s
VERY HIGH > 4,0 m/s
Air: Humidity

< 40%
40 - 60%
> 60%
Field: Adjacent vegetation

BARE GROUND
MEADOW
HIGH VEGETATION, WINDBREAK
Recommendation
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Spray Drift Reduction Technology (SDRT):
NO DRIFT REDUCTION
25 %
50 %
75 %
90 %
95 %
99 %
other: %
Boom height:

< 40 cm
40 - 50 cm
51 - 60 cm
61 - 80 cm
81 - 100 cm
>100 cm
Driving velocity:

3 - 5 km/h
5,1 - 7 km/h
7,1 - 10 km/h
10,1 - 15 km/h
> 15 km/h
Recommendation
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