| Paul, who grows approximately 400 hectares of potatoes, says, “We mainly switched to air a few years ago because it requires less water per hectare to spray. Now, we only spray 100 litres of water per hectare instead of 250 litres. With air support, we will quickly go up to 12 - 15 driving kilometres per hour, while with other sprayers, we only get 5 to 6 kilometres per hour. So, we are achieving significant capacity increases by working faster and spray coverage of more hectares with only one sprayer.”
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