Agro NotesBlog
Practical articles on spray records, crop protection and keeping good farm records.
Best weather conditions for spraying: wind, temperature inversions and drift
October 28, 2026
What wind speed is right for spraying, why dead calm can be worse than a breeze, how temperature, humidity and Delta T affect a treatment, and what weather to record.
Read more →Pre-harvest interval (PHI) and re-entry interval (REI) explained
October 28, 2026
What the pre-harvest interval and the re-entry interval mean, where to find them on a product label, and how dated spray records help you stay within them.
Read more →How to keep spray records: what to write down after every application
October 28, 2026
What a good pesticide application record contains, how long to keep it in the EU, the UK and the US, and how to keep spray records on your phone without extra paperwork.
Read more →Farm record keeping: how to build a history for every field
October 28, 2026
Which field records are worth keeping, why organizing them by field pays off, and practical tips for keeping farm records on paper, in spreadsheets or in a mobile app that works offline.
Read more →EPPO codes for crops: what they are and why your records use them
October 28, 2026
What EPPO codes are, how they are built, examples for common crops and why standard crop codes make farm and spray records easier to share and compare.
Read more →BBCH growth stages explained: a practical guide for crop records
October 28, 2026
What the BBCH scale is, how the two-digit codes work, the key stages in cereals and why recording the growth stage makes your spray records more useful.
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