How many years until we don’t have ground rig sprayers running in our fields

Number 1 risk to drone spraying : government regulation. Look at what’s happening in modern warfare. They fight with drones now. All it will take is a few drone terrorist attacks in the west before the ag drone industry gets severely regulated. I don’t see ground rigs going away.

If you understand the basic concept of spraying and coverage it will be a long time.

Also this is the future. Not those piss ant T40/50

This is what I was referring to

Not going to happen until the recharging /refilling is automated. Say what you want about $500k sprayers, the cost per acre are equivalent and standing outside in the heat changing batteries and refilling drones is WORK.

Bet it closer to 50/50. Unless drones get much bigger and faster

Well, nothing in agriculture has ever gotten smaller and slower so I’m betting they do

Me this morning… Amazon just received FAA approval to fly drones beyond line-of-sight. Drones will get bigger, more energy efficient per pound, and will displace all other means of chemical application. Can do with higher precision too.

When they can do 10 gal an acre

Do you think avg industry said very same thing when airplanes/helicopters started being used heavily?