Drone fertilization and spraying help improve agricultural quality and efficiency

In recent days, in Huaqiaoba District, Tonggu Town, Jinping County, two plant protection drones have been circling in the air according to the set route, flying at a constant speed along the green rice fields, carrying out fertilization and pesticide spraying operations. The entire process is fast and efficient.

At present, it is a critical period for rice growth and a period of high incidence of diseases and pests. The farmers in Tonggu Town are seizing the opportunity to use plant protection drones to spray fertilizers and pesticides on the rice fields, ensuring a high yield and harvest of rice this year.

This year, our cooperative has planted over 300 acres of rice. If manual fertilization and pesticide application are required, it will be a significant expense. The use of drones for fertilization and spraying will be faster and more efficient, greatly reducing labor costs and improving the efficiency of pesticide and fertilizer use. “said Xiao Chibin, the head of professional cooperation for grain and oil planting farmers in Huaqiao Village, Tonggu Town.

It only takes one minute for a plant protection drone to spray one acre of farmland. This year, we have been conducting spraying operations on more than 3000 acres of farmland in Tonggu Town. Since 2018, we have been conducting plant protection drone spraying operations in Tonggu Town. Tonggu Town is one of the first townships in Jinping County to use drone spraying operations, “said a professional agricultural technician from Guizhou Dafeng Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd.

It is reported that the use of UAVs in agricultural production in Tonggu Town is not only used for rice fertilization and spraying, but also widely used in Pest control of fruit trees and pine caterpillar control in forestry.

In recent years, Tonggu Town has made full use of technology to promote agricultural production and improve efficiency. With smart agricultural machinery as the starting point, it has actively promoted the full mechanization of agriculture. Relying on the advantages of Tonggu Dam area, it has promoted the demonstration project of full mechanization of rice in villages such as Huaqiao, Tonggu, and Nenzhai. It has achieved mechanized operations throughout the entire process of plowing, sowing, transplanting, fertilizing, spraying pesticides, and harvesting, greatly improving the efficiency of grain planting and saving labor costs, The quality and yield of grain have significantly improved.