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Why Precision Crop Spraying Is Changing How UK Farmers Protect Their Fields
The Shift from Blanket Spraying to Targeted Application For years, the standard approach to crop protection meant covering an entire field with the same rate of agrochemicals, whether or not every patch needed it. That method works, but it is expensive and wasteful. A field rarely behaves uniformly. Some areas have thicker soil, others are sandier. Slopes drain differently, and pest pressure can vary from one corner to the next. The result is that a single application rate