Why Use a Drone?
Over the last 24 months, Drones, more specifically Ag Spraying Drones; those with increased size and utility, have become amongst the best tools in Ag Producers' belts. No longer just used for "spot" spraying, Ag Drones are now able to fully satisfy most farmers' spraying and spreading needs for a fraction of the traditional costs.
We often get the occasional 'Boom Sprayer' who insists that because they can spray 10 gallons per acre they have the better piece of equipment. But a cursory look at most labels (which are the law), will reveal that for ground rigs, 10 gallon is the minimum. But for Aerial applications, only 2 gallons per acre are typically demanded. This difference amounts to a much more efficient application due to the mechanics of the Drone's prop wash.
If you are an Alabama or Georgia Corn grower, you know that using a ground rig on corn over 4 ft is a recipe for disaster. Yet, so many in this region continue to do it. Many still attempt to use ground rigs on wet soil. Many dry farmers don't spray their corn for Morning Glories prior to harvest, and year after year, they will spend hours unjamming stuck augers on combines because they couldn't or wouldn't spray; spending more money for the truckers hauling to silos, and more in fuel costs.
And I haven't even talked about fuel costs. Drones use electric batteries. These batteries are charged with gas generators, but there is no comparison between a giant boom sprayer burning gallons of diesel or traditional crop duster using Jet A fuel, vs a small gas pump for agitating, and a 15,000kw generator burning 1 gallon per hour to charge electric batteries.
Precision is EVERYTHING
A traditional crop duster may fly around 90mph across a field. A farmer has to HOPE AND PRAY that the duster cleaned their induction tanks before applying their specific chemical. Georgia and Alabama Peanut growers, who routinely wrap tall pine trees around their fields, have to pray the duster was able to get in their tight spaces, or the ground rig didn't run over too much of their plants, all while not killing the trees.
When precision is required, there is no match for an Ag Drone.
The benefit of using Ag Drones over ground rigs and even traditional crop dusting airplanes is in their absolute precision. While airplanes may be better in long, rectangular fields of 1000+ acres, an Ag Drone excels in individual field under 500 acres that abut trees and obstacles; places that suffer damage due to drift.
There is no comparison between an Airblast Sprayer (a ground rig used for nut and fruit trees) and an Ag Drone Sprayer. And it's not just the savings in water alone, but the wasting of expensive chemical treatment used to cover and protect the trees, nuts, and fruit. Flyest Farm can put your Pecan grove on a spray schedule, much like you have been doing currently, to maintain the best quality harvest you expect. Spraying is underway, so call soon so we can fit you in.
Airblast Sprayer vs Ag Drone
In comparison to Ag Drones, Airblast Sprayers do only one single thing extremely well: Waste Expensive Product.
In today's environment where all Ag related costs are doubling by the day, using an Airblast Sprayer could not be the worst piece of Ag equipment to use. So why do farmers continue to use them?
Habit.
Ag Drones by far out compete Airblast Sprayers for precision, cost . . . everything.
Embrace the Technology
Contact
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*Flyest Farm, LLC operates under FAA Part 137 - Exemption 44807; all UAS Pilots are licensed under FAA Part 107; and hold all applicable state commercial pesticide applicators licenses.