Hiboy

A Hahn Hi-Boy is a specialized, high-clearance type of farm crop chemical applicator designed to operate in high crops without damaging them. The largest producer of hi-boys is Hagie Manufacturing Company of

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, United States. The most common uses of Hi-Boy are for

detasseling Detasseling corn is removing the pollen-producing flowers, the tassel, from the tops of corn (maize) plants and placing them on the ground. It is a form of pollination control,glyphosate Glyphosate (IUPAC name: ''N''-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) is a broad-spectrum Herbicide, systemic herbicide and Crop desiccation, crop desiccant. It is an organophosphorus compound, specifically a phosphonate, which acts by inhibiting the plan ...

directly to weeds growing above crop height with a wick or wiper. Agricultural machinery The Hahn Hi-Boy was invented by Lloyd Hahn in Evansville in an undisclosed time in the 1940s {{Agri-stub