At the turn of summer and autumn, the sun is like fire. On August 23, under the scorching sun, in a flat, green paddy field in Guxian Village, Shuibei Town, Shaowu City, an agricultural unmanned plant protection drone took off smoothly under the remote command of the operator, 2 above the field. Flying at a constant speed at a low altitude of about meters, under the wind pressure of the propeller, a circular white medicinal mist is continuously sprayed from the lower side of the fuselage, and the medicinal liquid is evenly sprinkled on the farmland through the three nozzles under the fuselage.
“Before this, at least 10 workers needed to be hired to spray this 350-mu rice paddy, which took about half a month. It was even more difficult when the weather was so hot this year.” Shaowu Xiangnong Plant Protection Service Farmer Professional Yang Zhiming, the president of the cooperative, told reporters that in addition to drones, his cooperative also has a variety of new machines, which can not only spray pesticides on rice, but also spray pesticides on farmers’ fruits and vegetables and even trees and other plants. Compared with manual operation, not only has the advantages of high efficiency and uniform atomization, but also aviation operation can save water, effectively solve the problems of pesticide residues and soil water pollution, and help farmers save a lot of labor costs.
It is understood that the Shaowu City Xiangnong Plant Protection Service Farmers Professional Cooperative was established in 2019. At the beginning, there was only Yang Zhiming and a drone. Now it has developed into 8 members and 8 various types of unmanned plant protection. The business of pesticide spraying has spread all over the province such as Fuqing, Changle and Wuyishan.
“When the cooperative was first established, I was at a loss, especially on how to choose drones and how to dispense medicines. help.”
Huang Suhua is the science and technology commissioner of Shuibei Town. For a long time, she has actively promoted industrial upgrading, used science and technology to develop agriculture, developed facility agriculture and ecological green agriculture, and worked hard to connect small farmers with advanced agricultural technology. In 2020, during a trip to the countryside, she learned that Yang Zhiming had set up a cooperative, but was worried about the poor performance of the drone he purchased and did not understand the ratio of pesticides, so she actively intervened to help. Since then, she has been running around, bringing in and outreach, and is committed to helping Yang Zhiming build a connection with experts from Shaowu Agricultural Machinery Station, as well as various platforms for finance, informatization, and training in the province, prefecture, and city, to promote the effective connection between supply and demand and Precise introduction of technology.
“Spraying pesticides with drones can effectively solve the problem of artificial mechanized planting of crops such as rice, and also provides a reliable way for agricultural ‘mechanical replacement’. The probability of poisoning by the applicator has greatly improved the safety of the applicator.” Huang Suhua said.
“She is our guide. We just entered this industry and really don’t know anything. We don’t know about equipment. At first, we bought a co-created drone, which was not easy to use. Learning, now we have introduced powerful DJI drones, not only that, but she also helped us Shaowu agricultural machinery expert He Shuifa to guide us on how to use drugs, which saved us a lot of detours.” Yang Zhiming said.
Today, the smooth operation of drone plant protection has injected a new force into the agricultural sowing field of Shuibei Town. With the help of Huang Suhua, not only Guxian villages, but also all villages in Shuibei Town, the past method of manual spraying under the scorching sun has become a thing of the past. Instead, unmanned plant protection machines are used for pest control.
Wei Daozhong, a major grain grower in Sandu Village, Shuibei Town, has planted more than 200 mu of rice. Last year, his rice ear-cutting insects broke out after smoking. After I ate all of them, I was in a panic, but there was nothing I could do, and the manual spraying was impossible. Fortunately, Yang Zhiming’s drone spraying came and solved my problem in one day. I am really grateful.”
“Unmanned plant protection machines have a great advantage over labor. That is to say, if we spray pesticides like we do, we need at least 7 or 8 laborers, and everyone is carrying medicine boxes to spray pesticides, which is not only inefficient, but also inefficient. The medicine box is very heavy, and it is very tiring to carry. When sweating, some pesticides can easily enter the skin and cause harm to the human body. However, if a drone is used, basically two people can operate it, and it can complete about 300 acres of work in one day. , spraying pesticides has become much simpler, and the most important thing is that when our rice has diseases and insect pests, it is time to compete with the insects. Now we are not afraid, and now we plant more rice, I have confidence. ” Jiang Jiandong, a major grain grower in Yidu Village, Shuibei Town, who has planted more than 400 mu of rice, used to worry about rice diseases and insect pests and the high labor cost of rice planting. , Now that the national policy is so good, he will also take advantage of the policy to “fly” and expand the planting area of rice.
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