Unmanned Farm “Wise” Farming Saves Money and Seasons, Also Increase Income

In the morning of August 2, a large rice field in Hedong Village, Gongdao, Hanjiang District, was lush and growing happily. Buzz… “Two DJI T50 plant protection drones swept over the rice fields, and pesticides were evenly sprayed onto the rice plants under the airflow.

“Recently, it is mainly to spray pesticides to prevent rice planthoppers, rice Sheath blight of rice, etc., and to supplement urea and compound fertilizer to some fields…” Xu Jiyu, the head of Xuyang Family Farm, said that according to the different conditions of the fields, each plant protection UAV can spray pesticides of 500-700 mu every day, and fertilize 4-5 tons, “In addition to unmanned aerial vehicles, the farm is also equipped with unmanned tractors, unmanned Rice transplanter, unmanned harvesters, etc. We have planted 600 or 700 mu of land ourselves, and also provided planting services for 30000 or 40000 mu of land around us. These were only dreams in the past, but now they have become reality, all thanks to high-tech.”

The reporter learned that in 2021, Hanjiang District will start the construction of a fully mechanized agricultural production demonstration area (county). By the end of 2022, the comprehensive mechanization level of crop production, cultivation and income in the whole district will be 90.1%, and the technical level of characteristic Mechanised agriculture will be 70.4%.

“Unmanned farms are a new model to solve the shortage of cultivated land, improve productivity, quality and efficiency, and explore the high-quality development of urban modern agriculture.” The head of Hanjiang District Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau said that in recent years, they have taken the initiative to connect with the new agricultural production and operation entities in the region, understand the real needs of farmers, actively promote the construction of demonstration bases, and strengthen the integration of information technology such as the Internet of Things and Big data with agricultural production, operation, management and other fields, Promote the use of high-end intelligent agricultural machinery and equipment, and create three municipal level unmanned operation demonstration farms, including Siping Family Farm, Tianji Family Farm, and Gongdao Xuyang Family Farm.

It is reported that Siping Family Farm has a rice and wheat planting area of 480 mu, mainly planting high-quality rice and wheat. At present, new technologies such as micro drip irrigation for seedling raising, unmanned plant protection machine, unmanned Rice transplanter, and sounding and fertilization have been put into use; Tianji Family Farm now has more than 600 mu of circulating land, 500 square meters of hangar, large tractors, riding Rice transplanter, straw returning machines and other supporting machines, and has preliminary unmanned operation capacity. These demonstration sites have been operating locally for a long time and have a good reputation among the public. Farmers have a strong willingness to transform and improve, and they will be given provincial and district level financial subsidies based on different basic conditions. The rest will be supplemented by farmers themselves, which not only mobilizes the enthusiasm of users for transformation and improvement, but also solves the worry of insufficient funds.

Through the establishment of demonstration leading projects, the agricultural and rural departments of Hanjiang District and towns encourage and guide farmers to purchase a batch of modern agronomy and unmanned agricultural machinery equipment, use the Internet of Things, Big data, cloud computing and other advanced science and technology, rely on a variety of sensor nodes and 5G communication networks, obtain the full cycle information of agricultural conditions, and use the three-dimensional collaborative work of “air+ground” and “manual+technology” to achieve intelligent perception, analysis Intelligent, unmanned, precise, and visualized decision-making, early warning, and agricultural production of cultivated land, planting, management, harvesting, and plant protection.

At the end of last month, a group of 6 experts from Jiangsu Agricultural Machinery Application Center and the Municipal Agricultural Comprehensive Service Center went to Gongdao, Hanjiang District to carry out guidance on the promotion of unmanned farm projects and promote the construction process of unmanned farms in our city. “The input and use of various new technologies in the unmanned farm can improve the efficiency of agricultural machinery operation in the demonstration area by 30% to 50%, save water, fertilizer and medicine by 10% to 15%, drive the surrounding farmers to become rich and increase their income, and visualization, data and standardization also help Agricultural science to reduce disasters and losses, and strongly promote rural revitalization.” said the head of the municipal comprehensive agricultural service center.