Welcome to Inside the Pod, the PGRO podcast.

In this special 50th episode of Inside the Pod, host Ben Pike is joined by Rob Suckling, Commercial Technical Manager at De Sangosse, and Rob Pearson, CEO of AutoSpray Systems to discuss the future of bean production and the applications of sprays with the use of drone technology.

Rob Suckling explains how Pod-Stik, De Sangosse’s trademark Pod Sealant product, protects the yield of podding crops, including pulses, by sealing the pod shut for longer to prevent the premature release of seed the combine gets in the field.

Rob then goes on to talk about why De Sangosse decided to start utilising drones in the application of Pod-Stik to pulse crops, explaining that applying Pod-Stik from a drone rather than a traditional sprayer gives a much tighter droplet spectrum and reduces mechanical  ...