Dexing: Drone “Flying Defense” Operation Technology Helps Agriculture and Harvest Protection

Three minutes, seven minutes in charge. Since the beginning of this year, Longtoushan Township in Dexing City has continuously implemented the construction of an agricultural non-point source pollution prevention and control system, focusing on each critical period of rice growth, continuously strengthening rice “fly prevention” management, and combining green prevention and control with unified prevention and control. The improvement of rice yield and quality has achieved significant results, ensuring high grain yield and increased income for farmers.

On September 12th, the reporter saw in the rice field of Zhu Yaofeng, a grain grower in Nuanshui Village, Longtoushan Township. Accompanied by the sound of rotor rotation, the drone took off and cruised automatically under the operation of technicians, flying at a constant speed along the rice field. The spray nozzle under the fuselage sprayed atomized pesticides, all evenly spraying onto the rice field.

Thank you for the support from the village. Nowadays, using drones to produce pesticides is more convenient, “Zhu Yaofeng said happily while manipulating the drones, In the past, pesticide application for crops relied on manual labor. I contracted for over 800 acres of paddy fields, and the cost of labor alone was nearly 10000 yuan, which took more than ten days. It was time-consuming and laborious, and when there were serious diseases and pests, manual pesticide application was too late. Many rice plants were eaten up by pests before being treated, wasting a year in vain.

Zhu Yaofeng also said, “With drones now, spraying is much more convenient. As long as the pesticides are configured in advance, the drone batteries are replaced on site, and charged on site, a round of spraying can be completed in more than ten minutes. With over 800 acres of paddy fields, one person can complete the spraying in just over a day, and the cost is less than half of the original. The efficiency is more than 10 times that of manual spraying, which is both time-saving and labor-saving. I am really happy.

In recent years, Dexing City has applied digital technology to fields and fields, implementing “fly defense” operations through plant protection drones, making agricultural production more green, efficient, and high-quality. Nowadays, plant protection drones are gradually becoming the right-hand man of farmers, adding wings to the high-quality development of agriculture.

Since 2019, we have been actively promoting drone assisted agricultural projects. Longtoushan Township has also introduced relevant policies to provide financial subsidies to farmers who purchase drones, ensuring a comprehensive reduction in the burden on farmers. As of now, the use of drones has increased the yield of about 200 kilograms per acre of farmland, while significantly reducing labor costs and pesticide use, not only protecting the environment but also greatly increasing the income of farmers Nowadays, in Longtoushan Township, the process of drone spraying pesticides has completely replaced traditional manual spraying. The township has basically achieved 100% mechanical pesticide spraying, and drone agricultural projects have become an important part of modern agricultural production in Longtoushan Township Yang Xinfeng, Chairman of the Longtoushan Township People’s Congress, introduced.

The reporter learned that the planting area of late rice in the city this year is 33000 acres. Currently, it is the period of late rice heading and flowering. In order to effectively prevent diseases and pests, Dexing City continues to implement agricultural non-point source pollution prevention and control, green agricultural materials upgrading action, and other work. At the same time, it organizes agricultural machinery and technical personnel to go deep into the production line, face-to-face guiding farmers to carry out drone spraying drug prevention and control operations, large-scale prevention and control of late rice pests and diseases, improving the speed and effectiveness of prevention and control, Reduce the burden on food and agriculture, strive to achieve the goal of “capturing grain from the mouth of insects”, and make every effort to achieve a bountiful grain harvest.