Xiangzhou: Drones Sing the Lead

At present, it is the busy season of spring plowing and spring management. In the grain producing region of Xiangzhou, the fields are bustling with activity. When agricultural machinery cooperatives seize the opportunity to carry out agriculture, drones for agricultural plant protection appear, making field management both easy and efficient, exuding a strong sense of “technology”.

Entering the rapeseed base of Shuangfeng Agricultural Machinery Professional Cooperative, the flight controller is setting up a drone route on the ground, spraying pesticide spraying range, operating area, estimated time, and expected dosage, all of which are displayed in detail on their mobile phones. With a gentle click, the drone loaded with pesticides begins to work in an orderly manner according to the set route. The drone was seen shuttling back and forth in a nimble manner on the rapeseed field, and the atomized medication was evenly spread, making the entire process fast and efficient.

The flight defense officer calculated for the reporter that traditional manual backpack spraying of pesticides can average around 15 acres per person per day, and a drone can spray 20 acres of land in 10 minutes with just one dose of pesticide, with an average of around 600 acres per day. Not only does drone spraying of pesticides reduce the workload and save investment costs, but it also has advantages such as higher spraying efficiency, better prevention and control effects, and safer remote control operations compared to traditional manual spraying.

At present, the Shuangfengshou Agricultural Machinery Professional Cooperative has transferred over 1100 acres of land, including 154 sets of mechanized equipment for rice and wheat, including wheat land preparation machines, seeders, harvesters, rice transplanters, seedling raising machines, and plant protection drones. The socialized service capacity throughout the entire process has been greatly enhanced, “said Xiao Yu, the chairman of the Shuangfengshou Agricultural Machinery Professional Cooperative. In the process of cooperative operation, while meeting their own agricultural production needs, It can also provide full social services to surrounding farmers. At present, the cooperative has signed a service area of over 15000 acres with farmers, and the next step is to provide 6000 acres of rice seedling cultivation services for 200 farmers.

It is reported that in the spring of this year, there were 110 agricultural machinery cooperatives in Xiangzhou District, with 150 sets of unmanned plant protection machines deployed. 11 agricultural production towns covered an area of over 500000 acres for flight prevention operations. Through hosting services, they sprayed pesticides for the prevention and control of rapeseed sclerotinia, wheat stripe rust, and scab, saving a lot of time and energy for farmers, truly making them feel the convenience brought by “smart agriculture” and laying the foundation for summer grain yield and harvest.