Guest Editorial

Glysophate at less than 1 Gallon Per Acre - Proven!
Read this exciting article by our friend Alan McCracken, click here.

We understand Mr. McCracken will be working in the USA this year with some major companies.  Good news for the industry, we think.

Test Flight date: April 17, 2007

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The Cowboy Boots

(Anyone who has ever dressed a child will love this)

  Did you hear about the Texas teacher who was helping one of her kindergarten students put on his cowboy boots? 

He asked for help and she could see why.  Even with her pulling and him pushing, the little boots still didn't want to go on.  By the time they got the second boot on, she had worked up a sweat.   She almost cried when the little boy said, "Teacher, they're on the wrong feet." 

She looked, and sure enough, they were.  It wasn't any easier pulling the boots off as it was putting them on.  She managed to keep her cool and together they worked to get the boots back on, this time on the right feet. 

He then announced, "These aren't my boots."  

She bit her tongue, rather than get right in his face and scream, "Why didn't you say so?", like she wanted to.  Once again she struggled to help him pull the ill-fitting boots off his little feet. 

No sooner had they gotten the boots off when he said, "They're my brother's boots.  My Mom made me wear them."  

Now she didn't know if she should laugh or cry.  But she mustered up what grace and courage she had left to wrestle the boots on his feet again.  

Helping him into his coat she asked, "Now, where are your mittens?"  He said, "I stuffed 'em in the toes of my boots."  

She will be eligible for parole in three years. 

Define yourself by how you make a difference, not by what you sell   Donald Cooper

Most businesses make the mistake of defining themselves by what they sell...and their focus is on
their need to sell more of it. But when you shift your thinking and define yourself by how you make
a difference in your customers' lives, you start to build powerful emotional connections that create
customer "ownership".  click here for more

Understanding Spray Drift

This is a research compilation for those who need a "basic" understanding of spray drift and associated terms.  Excellent for educating ground crews and very new entrants to the industry. 

Compiled by Cheryl, click here.

Allan McCracken's Articles

Managing Drift - In this article Alan challenges us to review our drift management decisions, click here.

Calibration of Aircraft and Application Systems, click here

Controlled Droplet Application, click here

Lov Volume, Greater Efficiency, click here

Who is Alan McCracken? Scroll down for his bio below.

Debunking the Pesticide Myth

Editor of Alberta Beef Magazine, Will Verboven, has written a very interesting article on pesticides. Titled "One pest we can't get rid of...Environmental Lobby Groups are still misleading consumers about the health risks of pesticides" the article explains recent analysis of data collected by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency showed that pesticide residues are at their lowest level ever. The data shows that more than 99 percent of fresh fruits, vegetables and other food products were found to be within Health Canada's maximum residue limits. It also found that 80 percent of fresh foods had no detectable amounts of pesticide; processed foods were at 90 percent!

Mr. Verboven points out "you'd have to eat hundreds of pounds of a vegetable every day for a year to get a lethal dose of pesticide."

The article is very well written and very direct. We have received permission to reprint this article by the publisher. Click here for a copy. We encourage you to use it whenever and wherever.