{"id":3771,"date":"2019-04-02T11:43:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T11:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestdroneforthejob.com\/?p=3771"},"modified":"2019-05-10T07:44:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T07:44:38","slug":"5-reasons-to-invest-in-agriculture-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestdroneforthejob.com\/blog\/5-reasons-to-invest-in-agriculture-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons to Invest in Agriculture Drones"},"content":{"rendered":"
With a growing global population demanding more food and climate change<\/a> threatening current crop yields, farmers need to find ways to get more out of their farms. One way they\u2019ve been doing this is by deploying agricultural drones<\/a>. <\/p>\n Agricultural drones enable precision farming, which increases yield while also lowering farming costs.<\/p>\n Most agricultural drones are used to survey and monitor crops and soil, but there are also specialized models that can spray and fertilize crops.<\/p>\n Agricultural drone technology is growing rapidly. This has had two big advantages.<\/p>\n One, the software and hardware are better than ever. Two, costs have come down.<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve been on the fence about buying an agricultural drone, there\u2019s no better time than now. They are still more expensive than consumer camera drones, but their benefits are plenty.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here are 5 major reasons why you should invest in agricultural drones.<\/strong><\/p>\n Costs are always at the top of farmers\u2019 minds, so I\u2019m going to start with the biggest benefit of using ag drones \u2013lower production costs.<\/p>\n Tasks like field scouting and crop assessment require hundreds of man-hours. A drone can handle these tasks with few to no errors, increased efficiency and in less time.<\/p>\n A single drone can handle the work of two dozen workers, saving you costs. If you use vehicles to survey the farm, a drone also saves you the cost of fuel and vehicle maintenance.<\/p>\n Most farms in the United States are struggling<\/a> with an acute labor shortage. <\/p>\n While drones can\u2019t possibly cover all the work that would have been done by missing workers, they go a long way in mitigating losses caused by lack of workers.<\/p>\n Traditionally, farmers have relied on satellite imagery or aircraft to survey their farms for crop health monitoring, yield assessment and general field surveying.<\/p>\n But these methods take time before you can get helpful data you can turn into action.<\/p>\n With a powerful agricultural drone, you get the data right there and then. Unlike earlier drones, you don\u2019t even need a complicated ground station to transmit the data to.<\/p>\n With just a tablet, you can receive high res images and analyze them immediately.<\/p>\n This gets important data and insights into your hands faster. You can then deploy the right measures in less time, which helps maintain high yields.<\/p>\n Live data is especially critical for time-sensitive problems like pests and diseases.<\/p>\n For years, the complexity and costs of using agricultural drones were major issues that held farmers back from making the investment.<\/p>\n The main problem was that the farmers had to invest in many individual systems: a drone to take the images, software for flight planning, software for mapping and yet more software for analyzing drone images.<\/p>\n Such a fragmented system is expensive and, to be honest, frustrating to use.<\/p>\n Nowadays, however, companies are creating end-to-end systems that combine everything you need, both hardware and software, into one convenient package.<\/p>\n1. Agriculture Drones Reduces Production Costs<\/strong><\/h3>\n
2. Agriculture Drones Help With Labor Shortages<\/strong><\/h3>\n
3. Real Time Data Makes all the Difference<\/strong><\/h3>\n
4. End-to-End Systems Make Workflow Easy<\/strong><\/h3>\n