Ningming, Guangxi: Drone “One Spray, Multiple Promotions” to Ensure Yield Increase and Harvest of Autumn Grain

At present, it is a critical period for corn cultivation and field management, as well as a period of high incidence of diseases and pests. The Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Ningming County, Chongzuo City, Guangxi actively organized agricultural technicians to go deep into the fields and guide farmers in the prevention and control of corn diseases and pests. They also used drones to carry out high standard and efficient operations, promoting the implementation of the “one spray, multiple promotion” technical measures, and ensuring a high yield and harvest in autumn this year.

On September 22nd, in Zhaimi Village, Chengzhong Town, Ningming County, Chongzuo City, agricultural technicians loaded the blended foliar fertilizer into the drone’s medicine box. With the buzzing of the propeller, the drone quickly took off under the operation of the staff, following the set route and flying at a constant speed along the corn field, spraying a uniform white cloud downwards. In just a few minutes, the foliar fertilization work for 10 acres of land was completed.

Intelligent drones can spray foliar fertilizer on an area of about 1000 acres per day. Using plant protection drones to control pests and diseases not only reduces labor intensity, but also alleviates the long-standing problem of “difficult pesticide application” in agricultural plant protection. Fang Weiyu, a villager from Zhaimi Village in Chengzhong Town, planted over 10 acres of corn this year. Currently, some corn has grown taller than humans, making it difficult and inefficient to use manual spraying to control pests and diseases. With plant protection drones, he has full confidence in disease and pest control.

Previously, we had to manually spray fertilizers into the fields, which was very difficult. Today, agricultural technicians use drones to spray fertilizers for us for free, which has greatly benefited our farmers and laid a good foundation for increasing corn production and income, “said Fang Weiyu.

Ning Houhuang, the head of the Agricultural Technology Promotion Station in Ningming County, stated that the organization of “one spray multiple promotions” for autumn corn mainly aims to strengthen the stress resistance of crops such as corn, promote grain filling and maturity, increase yield per unit area, promote one yield, and steadily increase income, providing strong technological support to ensure the growth and harvest of autumn crops.

It is understood that the corn planting area in Ningming County will remain stable at around 45400 acres in 2023. In addition to leveraging the advantages of mechanical technology to effectively prevent and control diseases and pests, the agricultural and rural departments also organize agricultural technicians to provide field management technical guidance in various townships to ensure that key technologies are introduced to households and fields.