Up to 70% of Spray
is Wasted. Until Now.
With the ability to add on to any sprayer, the MagrowTec technology is a
two-component system composed of a series of magnetic inserts. Water-based
fluid passes through the associated magnetic fields, under appropriate flow
conditions, thereby altering physical properties of the fluid, which results in the
spray characteristics and droplet profiles that account for the MagrowTec effect:
Superior Spray Drift Control and Increased Crop Coverage.
Conventional 100% Rate
MagrowTec 100% Rate
MagrowTec 75% Rate
Simply Add MagrowTec To
Any Sprayer
Fate Sparrow Increased Productivity
and Saved Money with MagrowTec
“I was able to cut out a $300,000 sprayer and get everything done with one. I cut my rates and still cover the same amount of acres with one sprayer as I was doing before with two. You save 25% of your chemical bill, and that’s huge. That’s the difference in making money and not making money.”
“The MagrowTec system is one of the hardest things to understand from a science standpoint, but it’s the easiest thing to use.”
I’m never going back to spraying more
than 5 gallons per acre ever again after
my results with MagrowTec.”
Grower
Fate Sparrow
Location
Lilly, Georgia
Crop
Cotton
FARM SIZE
3,500 Acres
Overview
Third generation cotton farmer Fate Sparrow took over his family’s Middle Georgia cotton and peanut growing operation 18 years ago when he graduated from high school. Over the years, he faced challenges in finding enough labor to run all of his equipment, including two large sprayers. He also struggled with drift issues since he had his sprayer pressure set high.
Then he was introduced to MagrowTec.
Sparrow admits that he as skeptical at first. He began by putting out his usual 10 gallons of water, dropping it to eight gallons and then eventually to five. He found that using only five gallons worked just as well as putting out 10-15 gallons.
The difference was immediate. “As soon as I turned it on I could tell a 100% difference,” he says.
Before using MagrowTec, Sparrow could cover an average of 500 acres a day. Now, he can cover 800-1,000 acres in the same amount of time.
“I was able to cut out a $300,000 sprayer and get everything done with one. I cut my rates and still cover the same amount of acres with one sprayer as I was doing before with two. You save 25% of your chemical bill, and that’s huge. That’s the difference in making money and not making money.”
Sparrow was also impressed with the improved coverage he saw with MagrowTec. MagrowTec converts the liquid chemical into optimal-sized droplets that hit the target, resulting in reduced drift, better coverage and significant chemical savings.
“Before you could see the droplets on the leaves. With the MagrowTec system, now it’s like someone painted a sheet of paper across the leaves. You’re getting so much better coverage. You can actually see it under the leaves now. Same nozzles. Same pressure. Same everything.”
His drift problems went away, too. “I’ve had zero complaints about drift this year,” he notes.
Sparrow admits that he doesn’t fully understand the science behind the MagrowTec system, but he really doesn’t care. He understands how to use it, and he understands the results.
“The MagrowTec system is one of the hardest things to understand from a science standpoint, but it’s the easiest thing to use. No electronics, no maintenance. Pop it off that sprayer and throw it on another one and you’re ready to go. At the end of the day you don’t have to clean anything out. It’s just a normal day on the sprayer.”
- Increased Acres Covered from 500 to 1,000 per day
- Saved $300k by eliminating a second sprayer
- Significantly Reduced Drift by more than 70%
- Reduced Water Usage
- Reduced Chemical Output by more than 33%
John Seely Increased yield by 316 lbs
per acre and reduced inputs by 25%
“There was a significant yield bump with the MagrowTec system,” says Seely. In fact, the reduced-rate MagrowTec application increased yield by 316 pounds per acre.
“There are a lot of products on the market that have big claims but don’t produce at the end of the year,” says John Seely. “This is different. Less time in the field. Less chemical. Less water. No moving parts. Better yield. Is there anything else to say?”
Less time in the field. Less chemical.
Less water. Better yield.
Is there anything else to say?”
Grower
John Seely
Location
Clarksdale, MS
Crop
Cotton
FARM SIZE
3,500 Acres
Overview
When Mississippi cotton farmer John Seely agreed to participate in a trial using the MagrowTec system at his farming operation, Buford Lakes Planting Company, he didn’t have very high hopes.
“My initial expectations were that we would save 15-20 % on chemicals and the yields would be reduced by a comparable amount,” he says. He was in for a surprise.
MagrowTec dealer Vantage South set up the trial on an 80-acre field to comparing the performance of a conventional sprayer to a sprayer outfitted with the MagrowTec system. Cutting the field down the middle, they replicated the same rate on both sides. On an additional strip, the MagrowTec rate was reduced to 75%. According to Seely and his farm operators, the results were “shocking.”
“There was a significant yield bump with the MagrowTec system,” says Seely. In fact, the reduced-rate application increased yield by 316 pounds per acre.
Later use of MagrowTec on the farm showed similar results. Operators went on to achieve the same kill rate they had previously gotten with conventional spraying using half the water and half the herbicide in conjunction with the MagrowTec system.
“From a numbers standpoint, you add that up over the course of a growing season, and your savings on just chemical costs alone can be exponential,” says Buford Lakes operator Taylor Miller. “You can save a lot of money using MagrowTec. “
The Buford Lakes team was also impressed with the decreased drift.
“There was hands-down a night and day difference in the drift,” notes Miller.
Fellow operator Matthew Garrard agrees. “Even spraying with 10-15 mile-per-hour winds, there was no drift. It didn’t hurt even one plant on the outside edge of the field.”
Vantage South owner Brian Smith also points out the ease of use for MagrowTec. From the installer to the operator to the famer, MagrowTec is user friendly.
“It works exactly how it says it works,” Garrard says. “The assembly is simple. Cleaning is simple. It’s no added pressure to the operator. There’s no buttons to be switched.”
“Just put it on your sprayer,” Miller urges. “It’s going to save you money. You’re going to use a third of the Round-up that you usually spray with, and it’s going to kill the weeds better because the water droplets go straight to the target weed.”
“After all,” he continues, “the ultimate reason that you’re farming is to make money. To put food on your table. If there’s a tool out there that’s going to allow you to increase your chances of making money, then why wouldn’t you use it?”
“There are a lot of products on the market that have big claims but don’t produce at the end of the year,” says John Seely. “This is different. Less time in the field. Less chemical. Less water. No moving parts. Better yield. Is there anything else to say?”
- Increased Cotton Yields
by 316 lbs/acre - Reduced Chemical Output
by More than 25% - Significantly Reduced Drift
by more than 70% - Reduced Water Usage
- Covered More Acres Per Tank Per Day
Brad Ward paid for his MagrowTec by spraying once and saving $11/acre
“I probably saved about $11 an acre by only spraying once,” he says. “With 2,200 acres of cover crop, I saved $24,000, so I pretty much paid for the MagrowTec system with what I saved on this burndown.”
When Ward sprayed burndown herbicides to kill his cover crop of oats, he covered his fields partially with a conventional sprayer and partially with the sprayer outfitted with his new MagrowTec system. The contrast was striking.
With what I saved on this BurndownI pretty much paid for my entire MagrowTec system.”
Grower
Brad Ward
Location
Atmore, Alabama
Crop
Cotton
FARM SIZE
4,000 Acres
Overview
As a grower, you know all too well that the way you prepare a field for planting is going to have a significant impact on your yield potential at the time of harvest. But there are costs involved in field preparation, too. Many growers plant cover crops ahead of spring crops to help retain soil moisture, add nutrients to the soil, and prevent erosion. Prior to spring planting, though, that cover crop must be eliminated so it doesn’t compete with the new cash crop for water and nutrients. A burndown herbicide application is usually used for the field clean-up, allowing new seeds the best start to grow, flourish, and become profitable.
For many planters, like Brad Ward who farms 4,000 acres of cotton and peanuts in Atmore, Alabama, it often takes repeated spray applications to be effective at eliminating a cover crop. It’s been different this year, though, since he added a MagrowTec system to his main sprayer. When Ward sprayed burndown herbicides to kill his cover crop of oats, he covered his fields partially with a conventional sprayer and partially with the sprayer outfitted with his new MagrowTec system. The contrast was striking.
“I was driving down the road a few weeks later and noticed that part of the field was starting to put out some new growth, which meant I would have to spray again, while another section was dead as a doornail,” Ward remembers.
“That’s when it struck me that the section without any new growth was the area we had sprayed with the MagrowTec system.”
He ended up having to take a second pass on the part of the field sprayed with the conventional sprayer, but two months later the MagrowTec-sprayed area still showed no signs of new growth. Ward is pleased with the savings of time, labor, products, and money he has seen with MagrowTec during the burndown process.
“I probably saved about $11 an acre by only spraying once,” he says. “With 2,200 acres of cover crop, I saved $24,000, so I pretty much paid for the MagrowTec system with what I saved on this burndown.”
- Saved $11 per acre only spraying once with MagGrow
- Had to spray a second pass on conventional area
- After 2 months, MagrowTec area showed no signs of new growth
- Saved time, labor, products and money with MagGrow
MagrowTec is an accredited
97.5%
drift reduction technology
Source: TCT DRT List (Netherlands), October 2020
70% of all conventional spray does not reach the target crop and results in drift and run off, wasting countless dollars.
The importance of delivering the optimal droplet size makes sure the chemical both reaches and adheres to the target.
MagrowTec Droplet Performance
Droplet Performance
You save 25% of your chemical bill, and that’s huge. That’s the difference in making money and not making money.”
Sparrow was also impressed with the improved coverage he saw with MagrowTec. MagrowTec converts the liquid chemical into optimal-sized droplets that hit the target, resulting in reduced drift, better coverage and significant chemical savings.
“Before you could see the droplets on the leaves. With the MagrowTec system, now it’s like someone painted a sheet of paper across the leaves. You’re getting so much better coverage. You can actually see it under the leaves now. Same nozzles. Same pressure. Same everything.”
His drift problems went away, too. “I’ve had zero complaints about drift this year,” he notes. Sparrow admits that he doesn’t fully understand the science behind the MagrowTec system, but he really doesn’t care. He understands how to use it, and he understands the results.
“The MagrowTec system is one of the hardest things to understand from a science standpoint, but it’s the easiest thing to use. No electronics, no maintenance. Pop it off that sprayer and throw it on another one and you’re ready to go. At the end of the day you don’t have to clean anything out. It’s just a normal day on the sprayer.”
Why MagrowTec?
The MagrowTec system helps by altering the physical properties of the water-based fluid, (including pesticide solutions), resulting in the spray characteristics and droplet profiles which ensure that more of the spray goes onto the weeds, crop canopy, buds, flowers, stalk, fruit, or vegetable product itself or soil, giving better coverage and more protection.
MagrowTec helps improve crop protection, lowers risk to the financial investment in the crop, increases the chance of higher crop quality and yield, and reduces wastage of expensive resources like chemical inputs, water, time, and money.
Benefits MagrowTec Delivers
Significantly Reduce Drift
Major Savings on Chemical Spend
Cut chemical/pesticide usage by 20% and still protect your crop
Superior Coverage and Acres Covered Per Tank
Improved coverage by 20% or more and increased productivity with longer spray windows and less downtime