Agricultural Drone Technology Helps Farmers With High Efficiency     

  In the early morning of June 7, a drone was working in the field near the village headquarter of Nandou Village, Baili Town, Taihu County.

        Before the operation, the agricultural technician is diluting the herbicide with water and putting it into the box of the drone. The operator sets the pre-collected parameters on the App and presses the start button. The set trajectory is autonomously flying over the rice fields to spray the potion.

        A box of 40 liters of potion was sprayed within 5 minutes. Under the skillful control of the drone operator, the drone agriculture sprayer uav sometimes accelerated forward, sometimes turned slowly, and evenly sprayed the pesticide on the rice seedlings. The pesticide spraying work on a large field of seedlings was completed in a few minutes. The electric agricultural sprayers returns to the position where the operator is standing, and then the drone loads the second box of potion and lifts up to spray, and the cycle repeats.

        According to Zhang Fuliang, a rice grower, he has contracted 300 mu of paddy fields to grow rice. In the past, it would take 4 to 5 people to apply herbicides to the paddy fields by hand. It can be completed in 5 hours, which not only saves time and reduces labor intensity, but also sprays more uniformly, which greatly improves production efficiency.

        According to the operator, when the electric agricultural sprayers sprays pesticides, the width of the spray is about 5 meters, and the minimum height is kept at a fixed height of 2 to 2.5 meters with the crops, which can be completed in only 10 minutes per hectare. The UAV has the functions of safety and efficiency, water saving and medicine saving, uniform spraying, and large operating range.

        Compared with the older generation, Zhang Fuliang, a big grain grower, pays more attention to agricultural mechanization in planting and field management. "In the past, everyone's impression of farmers was 'face to the loess and back to the sky, and work hard for a day'. I hope to use modern agricultural technology to tell everyone that times are changing, and the countryside is also changing, and I hope more young people will return to their hometowns Come, let's contribute to the development of our hometown together." He said with a smile.

        According to the agricultural technicians of Nandou Village, the village will further strengthen the application of high technology in agricultural development, and continuously improve the ability of farmers to apply high technology through strengthening propaganda, on-site teaching guidance and other measures, and effectively promote the restoration of farming in the village. Replanting work provides a strong guarantee for farmers in the village to increase their income and become rich.