A little finger, drone fertilization and medicine!

“I have been facing the loess all my life, and now I can fertilize and medicate with just a finger!” Looking at the drone that is fertilizing in the distance, Wu Xingjun, a farmer in Xinfeng village, Nanxiang Town, lamented the magic of “science and technology farming”.

“Hum, hum…” Under the operation of the technician Master Wu, the drone carrying 50 liters of fertilizer took off steadily, stayed in the space above the paddy field, and began to evenly sprinkle fertilizer. “The flying height of the drone is about 4 meters each time, which not only ensures the atomization of the fertilizer, but also reduces the impact of natural wind on the fertilizer.” “We all have a drone driver’s license, and we strictly follow the safety standards for drone pilots every time,” Wu said.

Meng Yuming, an agricultural cadre in Xinfeng Village, introduced: “After the three days, rice enters a critical period of field management. At this time in previous years, we have to organize the agricultural cadres of each village to carry buckets to the field to apply medicine and fertilizer, the traditional way of topdressing is very difficult, and the weather is hot, and people can’t bear it for a while.”

Nowadays, with the help of advanced navigation operating system, technicians only need to select the scope of work according to the punctuation box on the mobile phone, and the UAV will independently plan the optimal path according to the location, which has advantages such as uniform spraying, good atomization effect, and not limited by crop growth and terrain compared with traditional manual operation. This year, Nanxiang planted a total of 1,055 acres of rice, mainly in Xinfeng village, where 20 people were originally required to work in rotation to apply medicine or fertilizer. After the use of drones, it is expected that the fertilization operation of 300 mu of land can be completed in 1 day.

Meng Yuming said that in order to ensure the safe operation of fertilization and spraying, the drone operation will be prepared in advance and pay attention to the change of good weather. In particular, if the wind suddenly increases during the operation, the fertilization should be suspended if the wind exceeds level 3, so as to avoid the drift of the potion, affecting the surrounding plants and the flight safety of the drone.

Uav fertilizing is one of the measures of Nanxiang Town to actively explore the development model of smart agriculture. In recent years, Nanxiang Town has vigorously popularized and promoted scientific and technological planting methods, improved the modernization level and production efficiency of agricultural production, actively promoted stable production and income of farmers, and helped rural revitalization.