Top 5 Benefits of Drones in Agriculture — Transcript

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1. 0:00hey everyone it's sean from empire drone
2. 0:02today we're going to talk about some of
3. 0:03the benefits of using drones
4. 0:05for agriculture and farming
5. 0:08[Music]
6. 0:15drones are reshaping pretty much every
7. 0:17industry and agriculture is no exception
8. 0:20they're helping a lot of people in the
9. 0:21agriculture industry growers
10. 0:23ranchers academics to bring about better
11. 0:25faster and healthier workflows
12. 0:27and yields not to mention costs drones
13. 0:30are also lowering the cost of
14. 0:31traditionally
15. 0:32capital intensive operations let's take
16. 0:35a look at the five ways drones are being
17. 0:37used
18. 0:38in agriculture the first use case is
19. 0:40scouting specifically scouting
20. 0:42through map making drones even some
21. 0:44consumer grade models
22. 0:46are able to make incredibly detailed
23. 0:48maps of growing fields
24. 0:49using a process called photogrammetry by
25. 0:52flying an automated grid
26. 0:53the drone captures regular photos of the
27. 0:56field below
28. 0:57through software like pix4d or
29. 0:59dronedeploy these photos are stitched
30. 1:01together to create something called an
31. 1:02orthomosaic
32. 1:03this orthomosaic is an accurate
33. 1:05representation of the ground below
34. 1:07measurements like length area and
35. 1:09volumes
36. 1:10can be pulled from this orthomosaic data
37. 1:12not to mention
38. 1:14areas of crop damage irrigation issues
39. 1:16and more
40. 1:17can quickly be identified by creating an
41. 1:19instant google map of this nature
42. 1:21growers can also incorporate more
43. 1:23advanced sensors such as multi-spectral
44. 1:25or thermal
45. 1:26sensors for more advanced data
46. 1:28acquisition
47. 1:29some like the mica sense altum also have
48. 1:31a thermal sensor
49. 1:33for an even deeper look at field health
50. 1:35like water drainage issues and more
51. 1:38this data can be used to identify
52. 1:39specific areas of the field in need for
53. 1:42targeted spring
54. 1:43the second use case is aerial spraying
55. 1:45by drone
56. 1:46spraying drones have come a long way and
57. 1:48the latest iteration by dji
58. 1:50the aggress t20 is an amazing machine i
59. 1:53won't talk too much about the t20 here
60. 1:56check out our other video on the t20 for
61. 1:58more info on this drone
62. 1:59brain drones are used to apply herbicide
63. 2:01pesticides
64. 2:02and other liquid applications directly
65. 2:04to the field the great thing is that
66. 2:06many spraying drones can be flown fully
67. 2:08autonomously
68. 2:09these drones are intelligent enough to
69. 2:10know when to return for a fresh battery
70. 2:13or more liquid payload in autonomous
71. 2:15flight mode
72. 2:16drones like the t20 are able to cover
73. 2:18just under 30 acres per hour
74. 2:20with its 21 foot spray with and as
75. 2:22mentioned in the previous section
76. 2:24when coupled with plant health maps
77. 2:26operators of drone sprayers can
78. 2:27precisely target
79. 2:28only areas of the field in need this
80. 2:31reduces material waste
81. 2:32time and environmental runoff this is
82. 2:35precision agriculture at its finest
83. 2:37our third use case uses the same
84. 2:39spraying drone
85. 2:41but for spreading drones like the dji
86. 2:43aggress t20
87. 2:44are able to quickly convert from
88. 2:46spraying mode to spreading mode
89. 2:48spreading attachments are used to put
90. 2:49down solids like granular fertilizers
91. 2:52and seeds unlike spring which is
92. 2:54obviously used to put down
93. 2:55liquid payload these spraying drones are
94. 2:57able to dispense up to 33 pounds
95. 3:00a minute of granular product a great use
96. 3:03case of spreading drones
97. 3:04is for putting down cover crop cover
98. 3:06crop like clover
99. 3:07reduces the amount of soil loss due to
100. 3:10erosion
101. 3:10and over time actually increases your
102. 3:13organic matter content
103. 3:14which leads to greater improvements in
104. 3:16soil structure stability
105. 3:18and increased moisture and nutrient
106. 3:20holding capacity
107. 3:21cover crop can also help with weed
108. 3:23mitigation
109. 3:24where the cover crop quickly grows and
110. 3:26chokes out possible weed seed emergence
111. 3:28ahead of the planting and growing season
112. 3:30so you can see there's a lot of benefits
113. 3:32to putting down cover crop
114. 3:33in your field one of the major issues
115. 3:36with traditional cover crop application
116. 3:38is the compaction of the field using
117. 3:40tractors and heavy equipment
118. 3:41the beauty of drones is that they fly
119. 3:43over the field spreading cover crop
120. 3:45any time of the year without compacting
121. 3:47or negatively affecting
122. 3:48your soil in our tests with the agaris
123. 3:51t20
124. 3:52we were able to put down about 15 acres
125. 3:54an hour of clover in a wheat field
126. 3:56at 10 pounds an acre if you were to fly
127. 3:58multiple drones at the same time
128. 4:00from one controller which you're able to
129. 4:01do with the t20 you can actually fly up
130. 4:03to three at a time from one controller
131. 4:05you can expect to cover up to 45 acres
132. 4:08an hour
133. 4:08we see a very bright future when it
134. 4:10comes to drones and cover crop
135. 4:12application
136. 4:12the fourth category and a very
137. 4:14interesting one is livestock management
138. 4:17farmers and ranchers are using drones to
139. 4:19keep track of their herds
140. 4:20and keep them safe drones are able to
141. 4:22scout long distances
142. 4:24looking for the herd or potential strays
143. 4:26and if the rancher is using a thermal
144. 4:28camera drone
145. 4:29livestock can be located any time of day
146. 4:32and more quickly through their thermal
147. 4:34signature the last use case is similar
148. 4:36to the livestock use case
149. 4:38scouting with a drone is very easy and
150. 4:40can be performed with either an rgb or
151. 4:42thermal camera again drones are able to
152. 4:44cover a wide area
153. 4:46very quickly after a storm or another
154. 4:48event a drone can be flown out to check
155. 4:50the fields
156. 4:51structures and any other subject much
157. 4:53faster than by vehicle or foot
158. 4:55and in many cases it's a lot safer to
159. 4:57send a drone first before ground
160. 4:58truthing yourself
161. 5:00so that was a look at some of the
162. 5:01benefits of using drones for agriculture
163. 5:02and farming
164. 5:03feel free to reach out with any
165. 5:05questions you may have about drones and
166. 5:06agriculture
167. 5:07thanks for watching be sure to visit our
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170. 5:12we'll see you next time
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