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Discover LudwigThe phrase "spray crops" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when referring to the application of pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers to agricultural crops. Example: "Farmers often spray crops to protect them from pests and diseases."
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In parts of America drones herd cattle and spray crops; in the Netherlands robots tend livestock and weed fields.
"Drones will fly above gathering information which will be analysed so that swarms of robots can go in and spray crops much more efficiently on a larger scale".
Drones can be used to more precisely spray crops, keep track of growth rates and hydration, and identify possible outbreaks of disease before they spoil a harvest.
Last year, organic winegrower Emmanuel Giboulot faced a potential penal sentence for going against official instructions to spray crops, arguing the insecticide harmed beneficial pollinating insects.
Smaller tractors can spray crops over a smaller area, coming closer to matching the pixel-by-pixel picture of crop health provided by drone imagery.
That said, Professor Turpin pointed out that an irrational American fear of finding the tiniest scrap of wing on a leaf of spinach is a big reason farmers spray crops.
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Spraying crops, seizing shipments and arresting dealers can drive up prices and create temporary shortages.
Others have to take dirty and dangerous jobs processing fish or spraying crops, where abuses, including beating and enslavement, are reportedly most common.
Spraying crops that grow at such a steep incline is difficult; persuading smallholders to eradicate a crop that offers prosperity and has been a way of life for decades is almost always impossible.
The EU select committee in the House of Lords has recommended caution in the regulation of drones – especially important, it suggests, if public confidence is to increase to a point where they are accepted as solutions for tasks such as delivering parcels for Amazon, spraying crops or providing security at large events.
Downs has lived in the same home abutting fields near Chichester, West Sussex, since the age of 11 and all that time she has suffered a wide range of illnesses including rashes, blistering, headaches and various debilitating symptoms that she attributes to her close proximity to sprayed crops.
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