Agriculture Drones: Drones In The Field
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The agricultural drones market is projected to reach $1 billion by 2024, with increased usage among farmers for tasks like mapping, crop spraying, and livestock monitoring. Drones enhance farming efficiency by providing insights into crop health, enabling better land management, and facilitating autonomous operations. Technologies like infrared and thermal imaging help farmers monitor irrigation and livestock conditions, ultimately improving yields and reducing operational costs.
Agriculture Drones: Drones In The Field
- 1. Drones in the Field AGRICULTURAL DRONES
- 2. Drones are the future of farming. With greater refinements in drone technology and implementation we will see the agricultural drone sector take off. According to Global Markets Insights, Inc. the Agriculture Drones Market will be valued at $1 billion by 2024.
- 3. Top drone manufacture DJI evaluated the drone agricultural market at $75 million during the launch of their first agriculture drone in 2016.
- 4. Are farmers actually using drones? 31% 33%are using drones by themselves or through a third party provider out of 1,094 farmers polled are considering using drones in 2018
- 5. 21% 226 405 334 127 12% Yes, will operate myself COUNTS COUNTS COUNTS COUNTS 37% Yes, third party will operate Are considering using drones in 2018 Are not considering using drones in 2018 31%
- 6. HOW ARE DRONES BEING USED FOR AGRICULTURE? Mapping/Surveying Drones equipped with near infrared camera sensors allow the drone to see the spectrum of light that plants use to absorb light for photosynthesis. From this information, using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) farmers can understand plant health. Software analysis can be used to change values in order to reflect the specific crop type and even in which stage of life a specific crop is in. In addition to crop health, drones can create detailed GPS maps of the crop field area. This allows farmers to better plan where crops are being planted to maximize land, water, and fertilizer usage.
- 7. Crop Dusting/Spraying To maintain yields, crops require proper fertilization and pesticide application. Manually driving a vehicle through the fields to spray or crop dust by manned airplane to spray are methods of the past. Crop spraying drones can carry large liquid storage reservoirs, can be operated more safely (even autonomously), and can be operated and maintained at a fraction of the cost compared to crop dusters.
- 8. Irrigation Management Drones equipped with thermal cameras can provide excellent insight into irrigation by highlighting areas that have pooling water or insufficient soil moisture. These issues can severely affect crop yields and quality. Thermal drones give farmers a better way to understand their fields through more frequent inspections and surveying.
- 9. Drones with thermal imaging cameras allow a single remote pilot in command to monitor livestock. The operator can check in on the heard to see if there are any injured, missing, or birthing animals. Drones give livestock farmers a new way to keep an eye on their livestock at all times, resulting greater profits. Livestock Monitoring
- 10. The Benefits of Drones in Farming Increase Yields Improve production, efficiency, and get higher yields by identifying problems before they happen with increased crop health awareness and frequency. 01
- 11. Drones can be set up and deployed quickly. This ease of use allows farmers to gain information routinely or whenever they need it. Save Time 02
- 12. Generate precision orthomosaic maps for better crop planning and land management. Plan for the Future 03
- 13. Features 40-60 Times faster than manual spraying Full spectral band capture Precision mapping Thermal Imaging
- 14. AgriculturAL Drones SOLUTIONS DJI AGRAS MG-1S AGRICULTURAL DRONE PHANTOM 4 PRO DELUXE NDVI AG KIT DJI M100 WITH MICASENSE • Ground sensing radar for precision flight • Interchangeable nozzles for optimized spraying • Easy and intelligent operation planning • Rugged design and components • An easily integrated crop health sensor for consumer drones • Capture NIR imagery to monitor crop health • Access all of Sentera’s FieldAgent software • A flight platform designed with customizability in mind • Carry multiple camera sensors and battery payloads • Micasense is a full spectral band sensor for even greater crop information
- 15. AGRICULTURE SENSOR AND SOFTWARE Micasense with Atlas • Produce chlorophyll and weed detection maps • Track data over time to monitor yearly yield changes • Produce digital surface models (DSM) • Identify disease and highlight stress variation Sentera with FieldAgent • Export maps to John Deere Operations Center • Process sensor data and gain NDVI and NDRE insights • Generate orthomosaic maps • Autonomously fly your drone within a selected area DJI Zenmuse XT with DroneDeploy • Easy integration with Skymatics, Aglytix, and John Deere agriculture management software • Identify crop stress, track fertilizer application, and discover disease earlier • Monitor crop treatments and trends over time • Track livestock and analyze grazing patterns
- 16. Maximize yields and minimize costs through better analytics, data management, crop spraying and autonomous flight capabilities.