Wheat plant protection with “nannies” makes farming easier for large households

Currently, it is the jointing and booting stage of wheat, and it is also the golden period for “one spray, three prevention”. Wuxing Town, Taihe County actively organizes a flight prevention service team to use plant protection drones to carry out wheat “one spray, three prevention” operations and disease, insect, and weed control, ensuring a high yield and harvest of summer grain.

In a wheat field in Yangxilou Village, Wuxing Town, Taihe County, Zhao Bingquan, the farmer of Xinwang Family Farm, Wuxing Town, organized two plant protection drones to input data such as spraying amount and flight altitude on aerial cameras. After that, the plant protection drones shuttled back and forth to carry out “one spray and three prevention” operations.

“At present, the main task is to control the red spider, aphid and yellow leaf disease of wheat, and the flight prevention operation is fast and safe.” Zhao Bingquan, the farmer of Xinwang Family Farm, Wuxing Town, Taihe County, said that one plant protection UAV can operate about 60 mu per hour, two aircraft can operate 120 mu per hour, and 800 to 1000 mu per day, which is more than the traditional manual operators who carry the pesticide dispenser and spray, The speed of application is several hundred times faster.

The land area of Xinwang Family Farm in Wuxing Town, Taihe County has reached over 2600 mu. Since last year, this family farm has invested more than 100000 yuan to purchase two large plant protection drones. With a large plant protection drone, Zhao Bingquan made it easier to apply medicine. The 2600 mu of wheat he planted can be sprayed once in 3-4 days using a plant protection drone.

Xu Kangpeng, the head of the Agricultural Comprehensive Service Station in Wuxing Town, Taihe County, introduced that the biggest advantages of plant protection drone spraying are saving time and effort, large spraying area, uniform spraying, and good results. Currently, there are 9 unmanned aerial vehicles in the town, which carry out one spray and three prevention of wheat. They have played a significant role in the control of wheat green diseases and pests and the unified control of wheat scab, effectively reducing labor intensity, improving operational efficiency, and increasing the effectiveness of prevention and control. They are very popular with farmers.