At present, it is a critical period for the management and protection of rapeseed. Pingtang County, Qiannan Prefecture, Guizhou Province, is carrying out unmanned aerial vehicle intelligent equipment "flight prevention" operations, precise fertilization and pesticide application, and making every effort to ensure high yield of rapeseed and increase farmers' income.
Staff are loading drones with explosives (photo provided by Pingtang County Integrated Media Center)
At the Karo rapeseed planting base in Yazhou Town, Pingtang County, drones shuttle back and forth under the skilled operation of technicians, spraying pesticides onto the branches and leaves of rapeseed, giving it a healthy "coat". After four to five hours, the spraying operation for pest control on over 500 acres of rapeseed was completed, and the entire process was efficient and convenient.
At present, the rapeseed in our county is in its early flowering stage and needs to be sprayed with boron fertilizer, insecticides, and fungicides. This year, we plan to use drones to fly and control 13000 acres of rapeseed throughout the county, achieving the effect of unified control and ensuring that the yield and quality of rapeseed have improved compared to the previous year, "said Tan Demeng, a staff member of the Agricultural Technology Promotion Station of Pingtang County Agriculture and Rural Bureau.
Drones are conducting wet spraying operations (photo provided by Pingtang County Integrated Media Center)
Farmer Liu Zhengqun said, "In the past, manual pesticide spraying could only cover four or five acres a day. Now, with high technology, it's great. Drone spraying is fast and convenient, covering hundreds of acres in one go, saving a lot of labor costs
Staff are operating drones (photo provided by Pingtang County Integrated Media Center)
At present, it is a critical period for rapeseed to prevent and control clubroot disease and flower failure, as well as to supplement nutritional elements to promote growth. The unmanned aerial vehicle "flying prevention" operation, which integrates green prevention and control, intelligent prevention and control, precise prevention and control, and professional prevention and control, is simple and efficient to operate. Only by planning the spraying area through the remote control can one click operation be carried out, and the spraying and fertilization are very uniform. This measure not only helps farmers reduce labor costs and pesticide use, improve the effectiveness of pest control, but also lowers agricultural operating costs, effectively ensuring the quality and safety of agricultural products and increasing farmers' income.
Tan Deming said, "Next, we will actively promote the socialization of agricultural machinery services in areas such as machine plowing, machine sowing, and machine harvesting, to ensure further improvement in agricultural production efficiency, enhance the utilization rate of agricultural mechanization in our county, implement the policy of 'storing grain in the ground and technology', and lay a solid foundation for achieving high-quality agricultural development." (He Mingzhu)
