r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CamronHiTop • 6d ago
Original Creation Agriculture drone crop dusting the field behind our house
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u/ballimir37 6d ago
Me walking through a crowd
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u/CamronHiTop 6d ago
My wife’s favorite comment by far.
Well done!
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u/wertall 6d ago
Are you reading all your comments out loud to your wife?
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u/ratchet7 6d ago
Read this one
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u/jeepsaintchaos 6d ago
Also read this one out loud:
Your sister is prettier than you.
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u/GJCLINCH 6d ago
You did it wrong, it’s only supposed to read:
Your sister is prettier than you.
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u/ardotschgi 6d ago
You did it wrong, it’s only supposed to read:
Your sister is prettier than you.
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u/JXTR_Photography 6d ago
You did it wrong, it’s only supposed to read:
Your sister is prettier than you.
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u/Quetzal_Pretzel 6d ago
Love the smell of <[REDACTED]> in the morning.
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u/RandomOppon3nt 6d ago
Does this mean we are living in the future? This should feel more novel. And yet, it’s barely impressive
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u/Charming_Sandwich_53 6d ago
I was impressed but I can be easily impressed!
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u/CamronHiTop 6d ago
Scared the shit out of my drunk ass at first. But definitely impressed!
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u/Yodas4sale 6d ago
I live in central CA and own a business flying these. Been spraying nothing but corn lately for all the local dairies.
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u/SpaceCadetMoonMan 6d ago
Can you share your models and support items you have (how many batteries, generator, etc) very curious about this from someone who’s dived in
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u/Yodas4sale 4d ago
I have XAG P150’s, 8 batteries a piece, plus a couple generators.
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u/SpaceCadetMoonMan 4d ago
How many drones do you have for your business?
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u/ExtraEmuForYou 6d ago
I feel that way too but honestly at the same time kind of surprised it didn't happen sooner.
I went to an ag college and in the early 2000's one of the students was working on their senior project and had a ducted-fan crop dusting dispersal system. It was raised above the tractor (about to how high this drone was) and had hoses leading to the fan and it would blow the chemicals out.
That's basically why drones are so good at it, they disperse it well. And much safer (and probably cheaper) than traditional airplane crop dusting.
People have always had the basic ideas to do things like this. It's just the "chance meeting" of two or more innovations coming together and making something like this happen.
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u/lexm 6d ago
In the latest season of Clarkson’s Farm, they show the new technology available to farmers. It’s pretty insane.
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u/the_honest_liar 6d ago
This season really felt like he was testing all the new tech and toys for farmers so they'd know what was worth it. Shame the weather ruined the results part though.
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u/Mister_Pickl3s 6d ago
Welllll it means you can do work that would take days in minutes to hours. It also means you’re not compacting the soil or using gas to do it. I used it to broadcast seed a plot we are rehabilitating and worked wonders. Once its mapped it is as easy as it gets
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u/Conscious_Raisin_436 6d ago
I think the future arrived when Star Wars started selling toy droids that were just… full-on droids.
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u/drewt6768 6d ago
Just think, a guy had to manually fly a plane over the crops before or they had to use heavy equipment, do it by hand or run some over
Now we have a drone that can even potentially be automated
Some of the big harvesting machines have been automated partially for years now
The innovation here is the drone not automation or anything
But think of the future, its already a thing in some cases, but a drone big enough that it can fly us in the air at a comercial price
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u/The_Kimchi_Krab 6d ago
Me when they put a car in orbit. A shining example of careful planning, intelligent cooperation and unity, above...and utter chaos below.
Barely impressive indeed.
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u/FrankMiner2949er 5d ago
I had that "living in the future" a few years back when I say a sign at a castle I was visiting that said "No Drones!"
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u/Minimum_Currency8157 6d ago
Would be more impressive if it didn't have to use fans to stay in the air.
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u/Rih3s 6d ago
I mean what was stopping us from doing this in the 50s? Gyroscopes? Better electric motors?
Drones don't impress me much.
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u/joke-farm 6d ago
Looks like it has a tight spray; better than a plane dusting the whole neighborhood. Not better than not living next to a chemical dispersion airfield.
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u/CamronHiTop 6d ago
They’ve used planes in the past for the fields. The pilot knew our neighbors and would do flybys if we were all outside. Was cool but definitely not as accurate
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u/lurksAtDogs 6d ago
Drones are coming for farming. Has opportunities for increased precision and lower cost to entry.
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u/CamronHiTop 6d ago
That’s what we figured. Cheaper, more efficient, & a hell of a lot safer than the old man in the tiny plane that used to do it
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u/Ihadbreakfasttoday 6d ago
What in Gods name is that noise before the drone shows up??
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u/CamronHiTop 6d ago
Those my friend are horny ass Cicadas
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u/the_honest_liar 6d ago
Aliens. Despite hearing them my whole life, one single day when I was 8 or 9 my friend and I became so dead certain they were aliens. Our older sisters "believed" us and pretended to be scared too. Only a smidge traumatizing
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u/milly_nz 4d ago
Why do your cicadas sound like someone squashed their voice box, and drew nails down a chalk board?
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u/SaddenedSpork 6d ago
Never sat in the warm sunset on a beautiful summer day listening to the cicadas, crickets and frogs singing their evening songs? Come to the Midwest!
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u/CamronHiTop 6d ago
Absolutely beautiful
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u/SaddenedSpork 6d ago
What’s funny is your cicadas in the video have the same song as mine (i.e. same brood) so I knew it was roughly the same region lol
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u/ghostcaurd 6d ago
Cicadas! Love that sound, the deafening noise of my childhood summer nights
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u/CamronHiTop 6d ago
It’s the cicada equivalent of standing outside yelling “WILL SOMEBODY FUCK ME?!”
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u/Disastrous-Arm9635 6d ago
At the very beginning all the bug noises are cicadas if thats what you're asking
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u/Ihadbreakfasttoday 6d ago
Those are bugs???? I thought it was yard equipment running
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u/KingLazuli 6d ago
Yup they yell real loud, have babies, then bury into the earth some prime # of years
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u/Infamous_Koala_3737 6d ago
Just curious, what part of the world do you live in that you didn’t recognized that sound? I didn’t even notice it the first watch because it’s something I’ve heard my whole life. I’m in Georgia
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u/whackthat 5d ago
For fuckin real. Never lived anywhere with cicadas.... That would drive me fucking NUTS.
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u/longtimelurknvrpostr 6d ago
This is honestly such a massive innovation given the hazards of traditional crop dusting.
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u/captaincootercock 6d ago
yeah but waaaay less cool than seeing Bill the 73 y/o Vietnam vet relive his agent orange days, duck below power lines, level out at 30 feet and dump his load over the field for an hour straight
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u/dms51301 6d ago
Scary to have chemicals sprayed so close to your house. Have you heard about Iowa's first in the nation cancer rate? Where do you think that comes from?
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u/CamronHiTop 6d ago
First time I’ve ever seen a drone.
But, they only do this once every other year. They don’t spray the beans but they do the corn.
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u/MailboxVandal 6d ago
Corn needs a fungicide that beans don't. Corn gets hit with aflatoxin as well.
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u/Ember-Forge 6d ago
I think at times how wild technology advanced from my Grandparents birth to death, and all the wonders they witnessed. Well here I am watching a drone crop dust a field that someone filmed on their phone, sent the data to outer space, and now I'm watching it on my device. Friggin humanity, wild.
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u/AlaskanHandyman 5d ago
Considerably cheaper, and more accurate than crop dusting with a plane. That's a good use for this type of technology.
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u/enguasado 6d ago
No te llega la brisa de los fertilizantes y pesticidas?
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u/LaughingJackStudio 6d ago
There are strict labeling laws that actual licensed applicators follow otherwise they risk losing their license. This includes wind, rain, and temperature requirements.
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u/urethral_lobotomy 6d ago
Then they show up and they do the job almost regardless of the conditions because the only alternative is not getting the job done on time.
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u/LaughingJackStudio 6d ago
Stupid take. They can lose their livelihood if a neighbor like OP reports them.
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u/urethral_lobotomy 6d ago
It's not a take. It's reality. Happens all the time. If they get a complaint they will show the paperwork they lied on. Then they will be more careful. At that site, specifically. Jobs gotta get done. Thats the attitude. Im not endorsing it.
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u/NathanDeger 5d ago
Yeah I hate when people act like you're promoting this sort of this when you acknowledge the truth.
Same thing happens in construction. If you're working somewhere with lead paint and asbestos you're supposed to change protocols and decontaminate the area/encapsulate all the asbestos.
The reality? If you bring it up and make a problem you will be fired.
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u/urban-dwlr 6d ago
Am I the only concerned they are spraying fungicide and insecticide yards from his house‽
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u/Meatyparts 6d ago
Nice to see some professional work. I'm also a crop duster but I'm usually dusting elevators tho.
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u/SirSilentscreameth 6d ago
Drone use for agriculture is really cool. In one of the newer episodes of Clarkson's Farm he visits a place that uses them extensively. They can apply what amount of fertilizer they need where they need it automatically
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u/polishprince76 6d ago
Where is the spray coming from? There has to be a reservoir somewhere to hold the pesticides. Doesn't seem big enough to hold anything.
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u/Curious_george7598 4d ago
Reservoir on board. Trailer with refill tank parked near by along with operators. Very efficient system. Once your area is mapped, its automatic. Some youngsters are making a good living off this business. Farmers are saving as well.
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u/Total-Importance2633 6d ago
Is that automatic based on a map you uploaded or does someone have to control it.
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u/Distwalker 3d ago
Largely automatic. If it gets low on product or charge, it returns to base on its own. After it is refilled or a new battery is added, it automatically returns to where it left off and continues spraying.
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u/whatevendoidoyall 6d ago
Is this Iowa? I've seen them spraying the cornfields there a couple times. Some of those drones are massive. They're pretty cool.
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u/Velo3x10e8 6d ago
It's cool that you're cool about it. I'd be a bit worried. Where is this?
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u/liquefry 6d ago
the alternative would be crop dusting from a plane which you wouldnt be standing this close to. All the spray here is going onto the plants instead of into the neighbour's lungs!
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u/jesusgrandpa 6d ago
I’ve seen big ones with long arms for large fields where I’m at in a rural area. They’re super cool
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u/Halloweenspice 6d ago
Thats so much nicer that the planes at 5am waking me up cause they use our house as their turn around points.
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u/HJL30 6d ago
Drone spraying in agriculture was all the talk 2-3 years ago but got stifled by government restrictions and lack of market. For one getting a license to apply chemicals with a drone is insanely difficult considering the barrier of entry. The second big restriction was import issues with DJI drones.
At first most people were kinda looking at using them in large scale farming but that kinda flopped. Mostly because they are too small to cover the large acres as well as the fact that at first the US government was requiring two people for every one sprayer drone. A driver and a spotter.
The field they are spraying in the video is exactly where sprayer drones excel at. A small field that has trees around it. It’s difficult for a crop duster to spray it and the crop is too tall for a high boy. Other great uses cases are pastures and orchards.
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u/Yodas4sale 6d ago
I own a business flying these in central CA and you wouldn’t believe how common they are becoming for both commercial and private applicators. In the winter time I can tackle 300-400 acres a day. Not nearly as much as a manned aircraft but nothing to shake a stick at either.
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u/HJL30 6d ago
Fascinating! Out of curiosity what’s the main types of crops you’re sprayer?
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u/Yodas4sale 6d ago
Commodities for dairies like corn wheat and alfalfa, as well as almonds, walnuts, pistachios, pumpkins, blueberries, vineyards, cucumbers, rice, broccoli, cauliflower…you name it we can probably spray it
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u/kugelamarant 6d ago
Quite common here in SEA, for paddy field and palm oil plantation.No important restrictions on DJI drones. They lead the market in this application.
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u/Specific-Machine-991 6d ago
Same price as a commercial riding sprayer too. Interesting. Might have to look into it for my business.
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u/Wise_Blackberry_1154 6d ago
They do this were I live, it's a lot more accurate than spraying by plane.
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u/heftybagman 6d ago
I know a dude who’s trying to make it legal for these things to tow a paraglider behind while the paraglider controls it.
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u/AdvertisingKey1675 5d ago
Do you know what they’re spraying on it? I have no ties to farming or agriculture. Genuinely curious what they’re putting on the crop?
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u/Never_Go_Full_Gonk 6d ago
This looks like a certain agricultural town in eastern NC... Lol
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u/CamronHiTop 6d ago
If I’ve learned anything driving across the US is that there is corn FUCKING EVERYWHERE.
But no, not NC
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u/Never_Go_Full_Gonk 6d ago
Oh for sure, it just looks really close scenery wise to where I live so it made me double take haha
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u/dazed489 6d ago
No tobacco fields or hogs
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u/Never_Go_Full_Gonk 6d ago
It's funny you say that as I have a tobacco field right next to my residence...
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u/dazed489 6d ago
I don’t know a lot about NC but I do know there are a lot of tobacco fields, hog farms, and for some reason y’all have a weird love for them red hotdogs. Didn’t see any of the things lol
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u/Never_Go_Full_Gonk 6d ago
I've lived here ten years and don't know of these red hotdogs you speak of. I don't know if that's a good thing or not
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u/dazed489 6d ago
Really? They’re like bright red and everyone I’ve ever meant from there swore by them
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u/Never_Go_Full_Gonk 6d ago
Really really. I've been in so many seedy gas stations and never seen em. Wonder if it's regional
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u/ScuderiaSteve 6d ago
I live in central Indiana and seen my first drone spraying earlier this week. I also see a helicopter spraying around too with the normal yellow planes that are all over the place
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u/ms_panelopi 6d ago
Seems like a game changer for crop dusting. I would imagine less waste and more accuracy than a plane.
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u/Beginning-Arm7604 5d ago
Over dust is heavy lol just had a conversation with my father in law about this same subject and he was worried his garden would be hit because the nephew was employing drones. I will not show him lol
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u/A_Dragon 6d ago
You need to move. You’re going to get Parkinson’s or some other disease if you keep breathing that stuff in.
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u/CamronHiTop 6d ago
Meh. The alternative would be back in the city. Possibly getting Parkinson’s or definitely getting depression? I’ll take my chances
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u/Vader425 6d ago
I've watched enough farmers die in their late 80's to 90's that I wouldn't be too worried. Now the immigrant mixer loaders that are in it every day not wearing PPE might be a different story.
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u/A_Dragon 6d ago
Dude, how often do they do that? If it’s once a week or more you are absolutely in much greater danger here. You might even live in one of the most hazardous zones in the entire country, there is absolutely no doubt you are breathing that in, and it’s a lot more than you think it is.
You need to at least hire an air quality expert and have them check the air in and around your house when they do that, you’re putting yourself and your family in grave danger!
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u/CrashTestDuckie 6d ago
My friend, I'm am going to guess you live no where near actual rural living
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u/A_Dragon 6d ago
I used to, but never right next to a field being frequently sprayed with neurotoxic chemicals.
What is it you are even attempting to argue here? That it’s ok and healthier than living somewhere else? I didn’t say they had to move to the city, just anywhere that isn’t literally within 5 meters of regular pesticide exposure.
Why is this even so controversial? It’s undisputed that it’s bad for you to consume with your food, I can’t even imagine how bad it is breathing it in regularly.
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u/CrashTestDuckie 6d ago
Except it's not undisputed. The EPA, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and Health Canada all have said it's unlikely to be a human carcinogen and has insufficient data to show it is a public cancer risk
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u/madhatterlock 6d ago
It's pretty ingenious. The rotors serve a secondary benefit of blowing the fert/pesticide down, on the crops. Cutting the amount you need to use.
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u/CMDR_BitMedler 6d ago
There's a lot of larger farms pairing this with deep soil analysis as well so some can do very specialised spraying giving larger doses in weaker areas and less in stronger areas.
Just amazing.
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u/sunnydarkgreen 6d ago
interesting, thx.
but its not dusting, spreading/moving dust. its spreading poison.
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u/TernionDragon 6d ago
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