The University of Sydney Plant Breeding Institute hosted a spectacular drone demonstration on Thursday July 25.
XAg demonstrator Charles Chow started up a swarm of three drones that hovered over a paddock testing broadacre, fallow, site-specific weed control as part of the University of Sydney’s Narrabri research DigiFarm project.
The drones showed off spot spraying capabilities covering about a hectare each flight with payloads of up to 16 kilograms.
XAg is a Chinese company and its drones currently cover about 4.5 million hectares in China, South Korea and Japan with a fleet of more than 11,000 that are used for pest management and cotton defoliation purposes.
The drone and all necessary support technology costs about $40,000.
About 50 people attended the DigiFarm event.
DigiFarm is supported by the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program and is an education platform for farmers, agribusiness and schools to experience the latest ag-innovation thinking relating to soil health, robotics and digital agriculture, cropping and livestock systems.
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