Drones VS Farmers

[@DJIAgriculture]

Thanks to Laura and Volitant for showing off the Agras T50. Spreading, spraying, mapping, lifting, you covered it all!

[@wilson4328]

I took some military night vision goggles to my farmer grandfather way back in 1987. He ran a dairy farm and told me he would like to use those to go get the cows in the morning. He was very impressed. He was born in 1910, WWII Veteran.

[@Ticky66MN]

My 81 year old father has drones spray his fields in Wisconsin. Perfect for his smaller fields.

[@76markpeterson]

Laura and Grant, thankyou. You hit the points very well. No one at risk. Can work 24/7. Once the program is set it wouldn't take much training for a trainee to operate. A team could probably operate 4 or more of them at the same time. My mouth was just like yours when that drone took off. Get one for Grant for his birthday.

[@donaldkrueger-lk6wp]

we operate 5 at a time in large 40-60k wheat fields.

[@GrabThatOnion]

Happy birthday, Grant! 🥳🎊🎉 I hope you have a wonderful day! You deserve it! 👍🤘👏

[@dannyraisler6880]

Very cool video I enjoyed it

[@electricboatal]

I loved this segment. As a helicopter pilot I am very familiar with aerial sprayers. I had a helicopter overhaul facility and one of my customers was an ag pilot. He flew Bell 47’s and Bell 206’s. Both very good helicopters for the job. I love these drones because of their flexibility and their accuracy. Truly amazing. Best Regards Al

[@jeffreyhalet9632]

The fact that you could fly at night during a break in the weather and not have to wait for things to dry out , this could save sooooo much time. Seems like almost no waste to boot. This would make a perfect birthday present… just saying 🎉

[@darkiee69]

An $18.000 birthday present. Plus the training to legally fly it, that's another stack of cash.

[@godoftheinterwebz]

@@darkiee69 and a license

[@friendlyreptile9931]

Those things are used in germany, combines with infrared to spot dears and other animals before they "shave" the field down.

[@bryanhauschild4376]

@@jeffreyhalet9632 not to mention temperature inversions.

[@truckershorizon]

after watching this video it's drones for the win. watching the drone doing the heavy lifting was really awesome but Laura's expression, priceless 😀. This video deserves an award 🏆 Farmer Knowledge of the Year 👍

[@letour2024]

Please don’t get a drone - Grant will just steal the batteries for one of his “projects”

[@larrycates7655]

Lol

[@antonychay8123]

. Happy birthday Grant, 🎂

[@tomdowd6728]

Perfect comment!

[@normmuelleman2570]

You...@letour2024...win the internet today! That was HILARIOUS!!! Poor Grant...

[@HerbalandAgri]

good job Grant

[@patrickmorgan3326]

That is definitely the future and the possible applications are nearly limitless.

[@bobwhite9670]

You are hopelessly wrong about that....inefficient slow and can only be used in perfect conditions. Will never replace airplanes or ground rigs.

[@olenilsen4660]

@@bobwhite9670 Just goes to show what you´ve learned about progression. Naysayers never win this race. Figure not one drone, but 10 of them, able to reload and recharge all autonomously. All you need is to prepare a filling station and drive it out to the field. How´s that not saving time and money, especially when you don´t damage any crops doing it? I agree this exact version isn´t all that, but it still has its uses, and it will certainly be a big part of the future.

[@oldasdirt74]

Drone use for this kind of crop care is a modern day no brainer... the cost of the entire set up would pay for its self in no time compared to say a plane or even a crop sprayer/tractor. no more fuel costs running standard equipment ( if you have the right set up you can actually charge the batteries using solar panels in situ) and, as you say in the vid, no more humans in the air, or vehicles in the field damaging land and crops. I am always skeptical about new tech but there are times when it just makes sense. Love your channel, and your content, you are all so blessed to be doing what you do and where you do it.

[@cmore7140]

This video is like in my top 5 of all time! Just spectacular!

[@LauraFarms]

I love to hear that!

[@scottwilliamtoombs]

​​@@LauraFarms 😎🤠 Your not producing Food Grade Corn. So why spray, dear? 🤔🤔🤠 How about referencing to the problem too solution ~ Parts.. 😎🤠 Just saying: I seen large above ground tanks at irritation sprinklers in my {temp} State... 🙃🤔🤔 Ohhh. You got a garden on the edge. 😏🙄👌🤦‍♂ 😎😎🤔🤔🤔 Oh, that problem. How about I send you a Yellow Wild B.L.M. flower that you have to green house and figure out it pod seeds ~ yellow bettles love the blossom after the ((Sweet Pine Sap/only smell verified))️, so far. ~ More to Cover Crops then you know??..

[@scottwilliamtoombs]

​@@LauraFarms🥰🥰😁 Nice! Glade it's helping. 😇😋 Tail gates usually have (latch insert): tension crosses different about ~ varies but (bungie straps) might help to keep things in place and organized. ~ 🤠💁‍♂ Hey fork head: 😎just to be safer next ladder trick, cool? ~ 😎😎🙄🤦‍♂💁‍♂"Crap"! A pump in the Kitchen!!? Ok, worth Subbing that part out: ((ask dadio to plan for a platform adaptor plan ~ x2??)) 😎🤠🙄I got to go back out to my field 💁‍♂ 2 more tires by hand to go: oh, and a Eastern Old timer showed up on his dirt bike ~ said that the reason the Mississipi floods ~ Is because they first installed Clay irrigation pipes to sim a water table drainage, dur to valley feilds would flood and not drain for months ~ downside in droughts, obvious? = For sure has to have ((Gate Valves/head lockers)): 2nd plan for dadio to sign off. == 🤡😎😎🥰🥰🥰😏🤭 kzbin.infouaKVEmkdEX0

[@RAMTreecare67]

Wow, never seen this kind to spray big feelds with a mega drone. This is the new Generation for big Farmers like you.🥰👌🏼💪🏽

[@bobbolieu9013]

The drone is amazing. Farming and the technical aspects of it today are great. It allows the farmer to be much more efficient and productive than even 10 years ago.

[@timdavenport8484]

Happy birthday grant. Really love the videos Laura

[@terrytomlinson8772]

You are participating in What Farming Will Look Like in 20 to 30 Years - great work

[@Bortnm]

Its cool to imagine what these drones could do if a break through in battery let them stay in the air 3, 5, 10x longer or carry more weight.

[@godoftheinterwebz]

try what farms look like today

[@billkuper]

@@Bortnm but the key is matching the payload to the battery capacity-- if one goes low, you have to return anyway, so for the best efficiency, they need to match so you can swap the battery and fill the tank at the same time. Like a NASCAR pit stop!

[@rockogripo1romero423]

too cool Laura your Gramps is smiling at you learning new technology to improve farming and keeping traditions alive. bless you

[@bozobutte920]

Your little drone watching the big drone ,very cool !

[@WarrenAafedt]

Happy Birthday Grant!!

[@michaelwilliams7481]

That was one of the most interesting videos I have seen for quite a while, first time for Laura and me. - the rotary blades down draught must also help to spread the spray. A big Happy Birthday to Grant. Love to you both from Mike. ❤❤

[@JerryMoscariello]

Happy birthday Grant. That drone is soooo cool.

[@Krieghandt]

You missed an important point: spot spraying weeds and insecticide. No need to spray the whole field allows a massive savings in chemical costs. Happy Grant Day

[@snappingbear]

That is a good point. With the smaller drone photographing the field and modern photogrammetry being able to differentiate the weeds from the crops you could have software that would spit out the coordinates of weed patches and then input them into the sprayer drone to target them. Though I'm not sure if the government would allow that technology to be applied. I remember the young man who proved he could operate a gun from a drone and they shut him down immediately.

[@timfowler77]

Love the video, very interesting!

[@lynwessel2471]

​@@snappingbearThe new self propelled ground sprayers with see and spray technology target individual weeds.

[@snappingbear]

@@lynwessel2471 Yes, but that requires the operator to spot the weeds which is much slower and of course much more energy inefficient. Modern photogrammetry can differenciate different plants species. With software it could locate all the the weed patches and their coordinates and then it's just a matter of automatically inputing them to the sprayer drone, no operator vision required. You could even have software calculate the most efficient path to get every weed patch.

[@lynwessel2471]

@@snappingbear its all done with cameras at speeds up to 12 mph 120 feet wide. John Deere,Case, and Fendt offer it, probably most brands, if not, soon.

[@Skelton45]

I'm a 107 Pilot with a Mini 4 Pro, and I absolutely love it... This was pretty exciting; thank you for sharing. Nothing like working in the field and enjoying it. Thanks Again

[@edwardh1591]

My neighbor had 2 of these drones spraying in his field last week. It was neat to watch

[@PatrickPoet]

Happy birthday, Grant!!!

[@karllaun2427]

Really cool aerial shots! My UAV sits in a box most of the time. They’ve regulated all the fun out of it. Happy birthday Grant!

[@JulianKeller-om6wz]

Happy B-day Grant!! Hope you have a great day!! Drones are totally amazing! The uses for them are almost endless for work and for recreation. But I have to say that flyjarret brings up a good point about our friends across the big pond that manufacture those things. So with refilling and changing batteries and everything involved, how many acres can that thing spray per hour? How many batteries do they keep available? Did he say it takes like 20 or 30 minutes to quick charge a battery? Is that a full charge or just enough for another application flight and then get a full charge overnight?

[@joshlindemeier2434]

I think utilizing drone spraying along with crop dusters would highly increase effectiveness and efficiencies by using the drone for end rows and smaller sections of the field as well as to cover areas by power lines and other obstacles to give pilots some relief in needing to fly so close to hazardous obstacles making it less dangerous

[@harpintn]

Drones like that also makes it possible for small farmers, and people in wooded and / or hilly areas to spray their fields by air

[@ziprline]

What an incredible young lady. People like this give us hope. Bless you.

[@phares3205]

Great segment. HAPPY BIRTHDAY !! 🎉🎉🎉. Grant

[@davegarski1548]

That was absolutely fantastic to watch. Modern technology is amazing.

[@GDavid-vb7mn]

Laura you look hard working I am so proud of you may God bless you and your farm Gool luck

[@carlszydlowski9828]

Happy Birthday Grant. Wishing you and Laura a very Blessed Day today

[@greywolfwalking6359]

🎉🎂🦊🧙‍♂️🐺🎂🎉 Great presentation! HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANT!!!! 👍🦊🧙‍♂️🐺🤙

[@sajidhameed1847]

Great Laura I am also using but not DGI, we use own assembled drone .......! Incredible results getting in cotton, sugarcane and maize for insecticide and for fouler spray of nutrients fertilizers. Thanks Laura for giving us good information .,,!

[@nickbenson3197]

One of the reasons I like watching these videos is I used to listen to my Grandfather tell me about how he farmed with horses. It is amazing how fast farming technology is changing.

[@edwardsimpson1583]

Happy birthday, enjoyed the video. Thanks

[@dhansel4835]

This IS the future. Imagine having 3 of these T50's in the field at one time all doing their things.

[@wizardoflolz5626]

they feel incredibly insufficient for now, 10min battery life at best, batteries will die out over time needing constant upgrading, prone to accidents, I don't see this being a cheap alternative.

[@johnborton4522]

@@wizardoflolz5626 //"I don't see this being a cheap alternative."// Then you don't understand the cost of building/owning/fueling/flying/insuring/piloting a turbine powered Air Tractor to and from an air base. These drones are literally changing the economics of the field spray business.

[@cdalton3169]

Happy Birthday, Grant!!!!!

[@jimparlett4099]

The next iteration of this is that someone will build a base station and the drone will land itself on that, plug in to recharge it's battery, refill the tank and then go again. Once you've programmed it to do what you want, it will just keep going day and night until the job is done without needing an operator to baby sit it!

[@siegehardt]

Cool thing is that next iteration you speak of is not even hard to do considering they already have a station on the trailer with all the fluids and batteries its just not automated. Only problem will be cost

[@artur8403]

Indeed. At some point need to tell drone not take dog to the ride

[@godoftheinterwebz]

This technology is here. It's exactly what a Lely cow feeding robot does. When it is empty, it goes back to the feed room to get filed and charges itself while it waits

[@stephen_1987]

The hardest bit would probably getting aviation authorities to certify these for use without operator supervision. I see no technical reason why they couldn't do that autonomously.

[@artur8403]

@@stephen_1987 authorities? You must be kidding. At low levels below air traffic there shouldnt be any "authority" except land owner.

[@russellmcelreath7918]

Awesome peek at technology…! Happy Birthday to you…! Love you guys…💕

[@samspade7360]

LOL. Judging by wide-eyed, open-mouthed look that Laura kept showing, she was very thoroughly impressed by the technology. 😀❤👍 And Happy Birthday, Grant. I know you were impressed by the technology, as was I. 😀❤👍

[@DKTek07]

😁👍…told ya so! Glad you checked it out.

[@tetedur377]

A little side note, Laura, drones get bigger from there. Of the 23 known drones flown by the American military, they range from about the size of a model airplane to larger than a commercial passenger jet. For instance, the MQ-1B Predator drone has a wing span of 55 feet. Another, the MQ-4C Triton has a wing span of 131 feet, and the helicopter shaped MQ-8B and MQ-8C Fire Scout is 31 feet long from front to back.

[@clydebaker1857]

Happy Birthday Grant 😊

[@flyjarrett]

I’m a private pilot and normally advocate for to have manned aircraft involved, but in the case of crop dusting, drones make so much sense. They are more precise, can operate 24 hours/day, are cheaper, can operate in weather (low ceilings), and are quieter. The biggest downside is that DJI is a Chinese company and there is a security risk of China monitoring everything our farmers are doing in their fields.

[@daviddavis7855]

@@flyjarrett There are US manufactured alternatives, check out Leading Edge Arial Technologies, Daytona Beach Florida. No chinese components.

[@OutLongWalking]

what are the security risks of that though, I'm genuinely curious? Are there some proprietary farming secrets we don't want getting out?

[@pauljoseph8338]

I doubt there is any security risk. DJI is an incredibly innovative Chinese company. China has a history of copying and stealing western technology, but DJI is single-handedly developing an entire industry. They have no competition. They are miles ahead of anyone else in the field.

[@donaldkrueger-lk6wp]

have fbi debug it,

[@harpintn]

@@OutLongWalking They can report the topographical data back to china via the internet. Nothing like supper accurate maps for programming cruise missiles or planning under the radar flight paths for bombers. That is just the first two very obvious things I thought of.

[@caseyfiedler2848]

Belated Birthday wishes for Grant. Great video shows what the future of farming.

[@gordmain5370]

Happy Birthday Grant! I love the drone. Keeping tires off the ground to apply products seems like such a great idea. Reduces compaction and prevents crop damage. Very interesting to see this being applied. I hope drone usage takes off.

[@DavidRobertson-pk4ld]

Less pollution from the tractors is a bonus too, not to mention the wear and tear on them.

[@olenilsen4660]

@@DavidRobertson-pk4ld Depends on what you´re using to recharge those batteries, though... This tiny thing must be soaking up some juice getting all that weight airborne. Would be fun to know if it will be more or less efficient in the end.

[@Gaspar55al]

Happy Birthday Grant🎉🎂🎂🎉🎉🎊🎊

[@TheWorldsOkayestUSMarine]

That bad boy could carry so many mortar rounds and grenades.

[@TheLostTarget]

Ukraine is the leader in this area...

[@Tracker7266]

@@TheLostTarget You mean the drones supplied to Ukraine by the USA.

[@doughamric8629]

Thx for video of the future of farming

[@gregorymiller9975]

It's great to see your bright smile along with some of that enthusiasm and energy that used to be in almost all of your videos! It's also nice to see some new content again rather than replayed old content. Happy birthday, Grant!

[@dougosepchook6667]

Very cool! Happy Birthday Grant!!

[@doonular]

Pretty cool. Before this video I had never heard of or even thought of something like this before. It could probably be fully automated if it had a special landing pad that automated the battery swap and product refill. Thanks for sharing!

[@dandoss-xp2qq]

Happy Birthday Grant!!!, Many More too!

[@zahidandrewwadhawamall4921]

Happy birthday, Grant. 🎉🎉🎉 God bless you abundantly ❤❤❤

[@doughamric8629]

Happy Birthday Grant 🎉🎉 enjoy your day

[@Oscar-kb4wf]

Happy birthday grant. And many more. Great video.

[@SteveBlow-c7q]

Grant, Happiest of Birthdays!!!! May this years age be your best yet!!!!

[@TechnologyWizard82]

Happy Birthday, Grant!! 🎉🎉

[@michaelsparacio8275]

Happy Birthday Grant

[@rodneyfields8098]

Love all your videos. Happy belated birthday Grant!

[@luisvarela1936]

Happy birthday, Grant from Argentina!!! Love all your videos!!!

[@RichardThatcher]

Happy Birthday Grant!!!!😊

[@dannyaavang803]

Happy Birthday Grant! What a great Video, thank you!

[@firemancs33]

Happy birthday Grant hope you have a great day mate . that was cool to watch

[@billstempek4364]

Happy Birthday, Grant! I'm thrilled you guys are getting into drones. I've been licensed for 5 years. Just a little guy ... Mavic 2 Pro. But I can program to simulate every golf shot on a nine hole course with just one battery swap. Cool way to make/save bucks. Sky King would be proud of you. Yeah, I know. Ya gotta look up who Sky King was. LOL

[@ajfletcher8350]

Pretty darn cool. Thanks for sharing

[@jeffgammons2778]

Happy Birthday Grant!! Fabulous video you two !!! Thank you for sharing.

[@massey35]

Happy Birthday Grant, wish u many more, cheers

[@bertjones3010]

that stuff seeps into the food you eat - sounds delish

[@PhilPrater]

Very cool to see what the drone can do. Happy Birthday Grant!

[@BBCTD496]

Happy Birthday Grant!! God bless and keep you close!

[@GaryReynolds-f1l]

Thank you once again for showing us the amazing technology advances in farming!

[@grahamhodder6243]

Thanks again, Laura and Grant, for the fun and informative video. And happy birthday, Grant!

[@meagain2222]

Laura your my favourite farmer.!!!

[@leland4286]

Happy Birthday from San Diego California Grant!

[@LandonKhristopher]

Happy Birthday Grant and many more great ones to come. Enjoyed this video

[@dougbowles421]

Happy birthday Grant many more years to come

[@crossme12]

Happy Birthday to you and may it be the best day ever From the Cross Family 🎂🎉🎂

[@markfoster6110]

Happy birthday Grant hope you let the feret off for a run!!

[@tamaraburgard3270]

Happy Birthday Grant!! Enjoy your day!!!

[@RichardThatcher]

Lol... Grant is determined to keep things progressing, as I see you both do ...... Love the battery stories though. Love your series as well

[@billybrown2305]

Happy Birthday Grant, wish you 2 many more happy years together. Thank you for the videos.

[@barbarahagerman6657]

Happy Birthday, Grant, hope your day is amazing🎊🥳🎉🎂. We love watching you and Laura’s videos, we have learned so much!

[@JoeySmith-w4w]

Happy birthday Grant hope you have a wonderful day mate🎉

[@frankhartmeyer9841]

Very interesting video. I had no idea of this tech. now a days. Great job.

[@deltarogue7009]

Super Cool! And yes. A most excellent birthday present indeed!

[@johnscott4385]

Great video. Happy birthday Grant!

[@FTY6150]

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR GRANT !!

[@jeffkuipers1030]

thank you for taking my suggestion about the drones.

[@RevDrD-r7o]

Very cool. Happy birthday Grant!

[@pascalkoeter8210]

Nice information about spray spray with a drone, it can lift a heavy loads. And a belate Happy Birthday for Grant 🥳 Greetz from the Netherlands 😊

[@wendyfletcher8348]

Another great video! We always learn so much.

[@Timothy-NH]

Happy Birthday, Grant!

[@andrewgarnham3398]

Fabulous look at farming now and in the future plus happy Grant 👏👏

[@roncaldwell3797]

Happy birthday Grant may all your wishes come true

[@wilson4328]

I absolutely LOVED your reaction to the drone going airborne Laura, you are so cute and smart and amazing!

[@larrysims6358]

Happy Birthday Grant!!🎉 Drones are awesome!!

[@robaylmer2450]

a very happy birthday Grant, kindest regards from the UK. guess that's now on Laura's shopping list right at the top!

[@bobogilvie4472]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANT. Enjoyed the video