Spraying drones are transforming the agricultural revolution

After the big competition and big price reduction process in 2022, plant protection drones urgently need a process of “rearranging and starting again”. A simple logic is that when we discuss the market size and profit model of plant protection drones, we should first discuss the differentiation of plant protection drones. While peer drone manufacturers are still promoting spraying drones for plant protection, the drones in Zhuhai have begun multi-functional transformation of plant protection drones. The multi-functional agricultural drone product was launched, allowing the plant protection drone to have the functions of spraying, dusting, and sowing. In 2018, it was the first to launch, the precise live broadcast function of rice seeds. So that the drone can realize four functions of spraying, dusting, sowing, and live broadcast on the same flight platform, with one machine with multiple functions.

Equipped with different lower bodies, in different application scenarios, the operation of agricultural drones makes user applications more diversified. The spraying function is a newly optimized high-efficiency plant protection drone for small and medium-sized farmland operations. It has an integrated folding design, stable structure, strong load capacity, good wind resistance, and convenient transition. Its operation nozzle is placed directly under the rotor. The downwash airflow of the propeller can well increase the penetration of the spraying agent, and at the same time promote the swing of the crops, and the front and back sides of the blades can be applied to improve the spraying effect. Dusting function Mountain forest operation, terrace operation, hybrid rice pollination, eucalyptus plant protection, pine plant protection, thorn forest plant protection, large-scale epidemic prevention and disinfection, fish pond disinfection, garden epidemic prevention, etc. Sowing function The high-efficiency agricultural sowing drone designed for sowing operations has a loading capacity of up to 20KG, a spreading range of 8-10 meters, and a spreading efficiency of up to 20kg/min. It can easily realize the intelligent and efficient spreading of bait, rat poison, fertilizer, seeds and other particles. It is not only suitable for flat cultivated land such as agriculture, forestry, pastoral areas and grasslands, but also for complex terrain such as sloping land and hills. Simple, easy to operate and so on.

Precise live broadcast saves labor and effort, forms rows and columns, and the row spacing is adjustable. It does not occupy the seedling field, shortens the rice growing period, and has a high degree of mechanized operation, which greatly reduces the production cost and increases the input-output rate. The unit input-output rate is 20% 25% higher than that of transplanted rice, and the economic benefit is significantly improved. The traditional farming methods have been changed, and the processes of seedling spreading, seedling field management, seedling fetching, and seedling transportation are omitted. In the plant protection market of 1.805 billion mu of farmland and 11,136 thousand hectares of orchards, the advantages and disadvantages of different technical solutions are very clear, and there will not be only one player in the market. After the industry downturn in 2019, it is worth looking forward to whether it can reshape the market form of plant protection drones with its technological advantages.