Plant protection drones will cause significant changes in the agricultural material service industry

Plant protection drones will cause significant changes in the agricultural material service industryAgricultural Machinery Ma Yunhua 2017-08-11In recent years, the development of plant protection drones has been extremely rapid, and a new agricultural service system has emerged, overturning the traditional agricultural material management system and causing a revolution in the agricultural service industry.With the rapid development of agricultural technology, new types of agricultural machinery are constantly being developed, accelerating the development of the agricultural field, greatly liberating the labor force of farmers, improving the efficiency of cultivation, autumn harvest, processing, and other aspects, thereby increasing the benefits of farmers. Especially with the emergence of plant protection drones, unprecedented convenience has been created for the development of the agricultural field, combining agriculture with the Internet well, and decorating a new face for the development of modern agriculture.In recent years, the development of plant protection drones has been extremely rapid, leading to the emergence of a new agricultural service system that has overturned the traditional agricultural material management system and caused a revolution in the agricultural service industry.With the intensification of competition in the agricultural materials industry, knowledgeable individuals in the industry are exploring new business methods and channel changes. The emergence of “agricultural materials e-commerce” is an exploration that hopes to transform traditional agricultural materials channels through the Internet. However, the “agricultural materials e-commerce” may not have imagined that the emerging plant protection drones may face the embarrassment of being awakened at the beginning of their dream.Plant protection drones originated in Japan in 1987, and their true promotion in China began after 2012. Compared to other plant protection machinery, agricultural drones have outstanding advantages in operation. Its operational efficiency is 5-7 times that of ground machinery, and its flight height is generally 1-2 meters higher than the crop canopy. It has less pesticide drift and good spraying effect.Air flight is not affected by crop types, height, or terrain environment. The agricultural UAV adopts low volume spray technology, which can save 20% – 40% of pesticides compared with conventional spraying after adding special additives, and is also conducive to environmental protection and food safety. In addition, the high-capacity 3WDM8-20L agricultural drone equipped with different functions can also achieve functions such as spraying, fertilizing, and powder spraying. With the popularization of high-precision GPS positioning technology, plant protection drones have been able to achieve fully autonomous flight according to pre planned flight routes, with an increasing level of intelligence.As is well known, current Chinese planters generally lack plant protection technology and labor, and farmers urgently need efficient, high-quality, socialized, and professional plant protection “unified prevention and control” services. “Unified prevention and control” can change plant protection from “emphasizing governance” to “emphasizing prevention”, significantly reducing plant protection costs and improving agricultural efficiency. The experience of developing “unified prevention and control” in Hunan Province has fully demonstrated the enormous significance of “unified prevention and control”, and the socialization of agricultural production is the trend of the times. Due to the current situation where the mechanization rate of plant protection in China is less than 2%, the development of grassroots plant protection service institutions that lack advanced plant protection machinery and require a large amount of manpower to engage in “unified prevention and control” is struggling.Now, advanced plant protection machinery such as drones will greatly promote the popularization of “unified prevention and control”. Due to the difficulty for ordinary farmers to master professional knowledge and drone operation skills in plant protection, specialized plant protection service institutions will be the main implementation body to provide farmers with contractual “unified prevention and control” socialized services that integrate pesticides and spraying, which will be the main form of agricultural plant protection in China in the future.In the future, Chinese farmers, like American farmers, will not need to use their own medicine to purchase pesticides. The users of pesticides will mainly be professional plant protection service institutions. The traditional agricultural material management system based on farmers purchasing and using agricultural materials will be overturned, and a truly service-oriented “agricultural material e-commerce” will emerge. Therefore, the promotion and application of plant protection drones will quickly promote the current agricultural technology promotion system and agricultural material management system from product oriented to service oriented, greatly improving the professionalism and socialization level of agricultural services in China.