Those two young fellas are go getters ! I love seeing young people with the drive and motivation to do something great. I wish them well and hope they get busy !
I was driving to Litchfield MN and saw these guys as I passed by and was like what the heck was that and then I jump on UA-cam and you’ve got a whole video about it!! This was a great video explaining how these can be used and the applications of where!!
This was the coolest video EVER ! As the granddaughter of a dairy , corn and soybean farmer , I often wonder what Papaw would have thought about your operation. Thank you for giving farmers their due ! Angie -Ohio
I am an agricultural drone operator from China with 7 years of operational experience. Agricultural drone protection in China is already very mature, and the market is highly saturated. How I wish to go to these beautiful farms and spray pesticides freely to protect the crops lol 我是来自中国的一名农业无人机操作驾驶技术员，已有7年的操作经验，在中国无人机农业保护已经非常成熟，市场饱和度很高。我多么想去到这些美丽的农场尽情挥洒着农药来保护粮食 lol
Drones are the future. Less expensive than a traditional sprayer and lower maintenance along with no soil compaction or crop damage. And one more major thing is ground conditions such as wet and muddy will not affect being able to spray the fields.
@@tomcander3669 And computers will never need more than 640k either. But seriously, there's absolutely no reason this technology can't be scaled up bigger and bigger (like everything else in farming).
If you ran a 6 drone pack and you managed a 8 hour shift without having to do maintenance aka replacing motors batteries bearings wiring I would be extremely impressed ..... Those look like a extremely high maintenance item..... Now if they make a large commercialized unit with larger parts we might be talking about something but I do not see it being less maintenance in any way shape or form but with that being said orchards or small operations I do think those would be an good option but this scale isn't gonna be possible for any decent sized row crop operation .... They need to land fill and change batteries automatically and auto pilot from the base station before the row crop operation makes sense and the shear amount of batteries and charging you would need seems wild .... It can't be hard to make a automatic battery and chemical loader
That was so much more informative than I thought it would be, I think these two young men have a good shot at making it, many thanks to you Zach for letting them come out and giving a demonstration.
I like this kid. I say kid maybe he’s older but damn he’s showing great business acumen and drive! Good for him. Younger person working hard and using new technology. Awesome to see!
Folks in rural China have been incorporating these for awhile now. Some even used bigger drones for lifting air conditioners and heavy objects for installation in tall buildings. Pretty awesome stuff imo!
@@TurboBMRProjectLove That's crazy awesome! I mean you can only reach so far with conventional ladders, why not use a drone if it's able to do it, right?
Folks in rual china make $3000/yr or less. (usually much less) Propoganda has _shown_ these in rural farms. Near cities. If the area is clean. Don't want the china daily "reporter" having to drive far.
We hired a local drone crew to spray 2 of our fields last year with herbicide and they did a fantastic job. We had a lot of morning glories in tall corn and if we ran a sprayer through the field, the vines would’ve pulled the corn stalks down, so the drone was by the far the best way to spray those fields for us. It was so cool to see the operation in person.
Its both insane that Im witnessing this and impressive at the same time. And it's refreshing to see a young businessmen building his American dream. He's impressive.
Thank you for this video. This guy was very well versed on his operation and answered each question with the knowledge he has acquired from doing multitude of acreage he has done. His company will be very successful.
Wish those guys all the luck in the world they deserve it, a fantastic product that was explained in a way even I could understand it, never thought Jim's replacement would come with eight propellers.
Zach, I'm glad you are willing to help out guys willing to help themselves and work hard. I think those drones are going to start showing up all over the place soon.
This channel just provided at least $100,000 worth of advertising to this small business. Considering this channel has been proven to have some international audience as well as a wide domestic one this demonstration has gotten a sizable coverage. That being said, locally (in the MidWest) at $40k a drone, for this trip from Ohio to Minnesota these young men just might have their hands full between sales and on-site crop services a lot sooner than they expected.
I am imagining other applications for those drones.. They do pack a surprising amount of cargo.. Really like that they thought ahead and made the cargo pod modular.. Seriously clever fellows.. Clearly not just a farmer.. Big props for your recent coverage of future technological developments that are actually here and now is out of the the box.. Much love and Thanks so much for Sharing
I got to pick me up one of those drones With the dry box. I could seed all my hay in the summer and then use it in the winter to spread rock salt around the yard I wouldn't even have to go outside lol
DJI, for those that may not know…this is a company based in China; the acronym stands for Da Jiang Innovations. Not suggesting anything other than be knowledgeable on where things come from. Clearly this is awesome new tech that can give a farmer/rancher a lot of flexibility….which is a great thing for all of us!
@@EthanHeiter lol, USA only like when they spy and scam other countries, not the other way around. I feel the world should have banned amazon, uber, facebook, airbnb and many others since a very long time...hopefully in the future. Also EU should fine few hundred billions all these companies for tax evasion.
Good point but what is the American equivalent. I am finding allot more innovative in Europe, Mexico, Indian and china and it feels like America is falling behind.
The elimination of ground conditions is HUGE, where the drones can be used when accessibility is nearly impossible with ground equipment. That, in itself, is one of the BEST features of drone ag.
It’s cool to see you supporting the young startup guys like this. Also cool that they’re from Ohio. It’s also a cool coincidence because I just heard these guys on the Ohio Ag Net radio a couple mornings ago.
"Revolutional Efficiency Drones" use by American farmers on their crops today. Should get u there in the vacinity for the statistical data measurements... It got me there u just got roam around under the parentheses of again Revolutional Efficiency Drones used by America farmers industry...
Type in: "Revolutional Efficiency Drones" industry used by American farmers on their crops today... It should ultimately get u there in the vacinity for the statistical data measurements... It got me there u just have to diligently roam around under the parentheses of again Revolutional Efficiency Drones industry used by American farmers today...
Since evening and night are the best times to spray with lower winds they could fly in the dark with no worry about getting stuck in a wet spot with a conventional sprayer.
The ability to work regardless of soil conditions, zero ground compaction, no maintenance/upkeep of the complicated hydraulic/drive systems or an engine, no need for a storage building of sufficient dimensions to house a large oddly shaped machine at 1/10th the cost of a hi-wheel spray rig. Additionally, the drone is a LOT easier to transport field to field compared to needing to drive the wheeled sprayer on the roads, losing time, possibly disrupting traffic and wearing out those expensive tires prematurely. This is awesome.🫡
This is definately a true peakaboo in the near future for our farmer's industry as well as us consumers which should pull back the expense reigns long term?
That was a perfect advert for Truss Services, as it proves what they say the machine can do. That sound too, is really as impressive as the performance. Your camera skills were quite good for some of the shots, just needed a driver then you could concentrate on one thing, not avoiding obstacles or such like. OK 9/10 for the action shots. Thanks for getting these guys , I've seen them somewhere else, like the rock pickers they were out and about. Brandon at Dirt Grain and Steel also used that technology last year to spray some of his crops. Thanks from UK.
Drone spraying has become a no brainer for larger operations these days. I see them in your near future Zach. Less hours on the tractor means a big savings also.
Drones are better suited for small operators, you'll lose money trying to cover a lot of acres with them, or it'll take so long that the application won't be effective.
They also use these drones to apply forestry herbicides. They’re great for getting into places that are inaccessible using a skidder or into places, such as tree farms, where you want to minimize soil compaction. A friend of mine works for a company called Land Services Company LLC out of Georgetown , South Carolina and flies them for a living. He uses smaller drones to map out timber stands that range anywhere from 100 to 10,000+ acres and then he uses the big ones to spray them.
o my knowledge, the DJI T50 is equipped with an active phased array radar (yes, the same kind used in top fighter jets) to accurately map target forest areas and then execute precise spraying plans. (I am not sure if the international version has this feature.)
@@李逍遥-q5g In forestry we don’t use DJI T50s to make maps. They’re only used for spraying. You use a smaller drone like a DJI Mavic Pro to take arial photos of your timber stand, then you use an image stitcher like Pix4D to stitch the images together and convert them into a shape file, then you import that shape file into a GIS software like ArcGis to make your map, scale your map, and georefrence the map. After you have your to scale and georefrenced map, you import it into a flight plan software and then tell the T50 where to spray. The radar array on this drone has nothing to do with mapping. It’s used for collision avoidance. You don’t want your $40,000 drone crashing into a tree.
@@李逍遥-q5g “DJI AGRAS T50 is equipped with front and rear Active Phased Array Radars with double the number of RF channels for higher detection precision. Together they enable Multidirectional Obstacle Sensing, elevating operating safety.” That came straight off of DJI’s website. The radar has nothing to do with creating maps. It’s used for collision avoidance so your $40,000 drone does not crash into a tree.
@@李逍遥-q5g “DJI AGRAS T50 is equipped with front and rear Active Phased Array Radars with double the number of RF channels for higher detection precision. Together they enable Multidirectional Obstacle Sensing, elevating operating safety.” That came straight from DJI. The radar is used for collision avoidance so your drone doesn’t crash into a tree. It has nothing to do with creating maps.
@@李逍遥-q5g Two things. 1: The DJI Agras T50 is a spray drone. It is equipped with an 8 gallon tank and can only fly for about 15 minutes on a charge. They’re are more economical ways to create maps. Using this would not be economical. 2: The radar is used for collision avoidance so your $25,000 drone doesn’t crash into a tree or any other obstacle. Even if you did use it for mapping, the radar has nothing to do with that. You’d use a sensor like LiDar or GPS to create a map.
@@mattbowen61990 A lot of that has to do with the fact that they're using larger and more efficient planes than in the past. Operators are replacing 2-4 aircraft with a single large aircraft doing the same work. Modern chemicals and crops no longer need applications dozens of times during the season, sometimes only a single application is needed. So instead of seeing four planes buzzing around the area spraying the same fields six times in a year, you might see one plane flying around making one or two applications. The ag community in some areas is dying, due to a failure of the water table, changing climate, or commodity prices. I live in the desert but there used to be a thriving ag sector here with north of 100K acres planted. Back when irrigation was cheap, there was a ton of green during the summer, looked like an oasis tucked away in the middle of sand dunes and rocks. Then energy prices went up and a good portion of those acres were scaled back, some farmers moved elsewhere or went out of business entirely. The water table was getting tapped out and hadn't been recharging as well as it should have, so another wave of farmers packed it up. These days, there might be 20K acres planted during a good year. Considering only 1/5th of the work is there today, planes cover 2-3x as many acres, and crops need far fewer applications, our area is home to a single ag pilot whereas there used to be 15 or more during the busy season spread out among four different operators. Many of the farmers here in the area have taken up selling water for oilfield fracking because they get more money selling the water than they do using it to grow their crops. Then you have population expansion. In the outskirts of cities and metropolitan areas, many people think they're moving out to the countryside only to find out everyone else moved out there as well. Some fields are so cluttered up and bordered by houses and whatnot that they're no longer feasible to spray with conventional means. Many of the people moving out to these halfway rural areas don't understand that way of life, nor have they been exposed to farm practices, so when they see an ag plane flying straight at their house and passing 20ft over the top of their roof for the first time in their lives, they get upset and will occasionally call the pilot in for whatever reason they can think of. Sometimes it results in a legal dispute that gets dropped, but the pilot or operator still has to pay a lawyer, so they choose to drop the farmer as a customer to avoid that trouble again. For some reason these same people have fewer issues with helis doing the same job the same way. It's the same chemical and danger present for them, so I have no idea what their hangup is. Maybe it's because helis are commonly seen in cities and they grew up watching them, who knows. And finally, renewable energy sources have really hit some operators hard. The huge wind turbines seem like a good idea, but they make it far more dangerous to fly in. It's certainly possible, but when you start combining wind turbines with other factors, they can become too dangerous or too uneconomical to fly. If you're having to spend twice as much time spraying a field in order to fly it safely, then the profits you make aren't really worth the time and risk incurred. Solar farms eat up acres that were once productive farmland, out here there's about 6,000 acres of them taking up arable farmland but they're all over the US. Solar companies go for the farms because the land needs no improvement...all the weeds and trees and brush are cleared out, the roads are already paved to them, in some cases are already fenced in, and the lease they pay is almost what a farmer can make in a good season. Work your tail off all year for $250K, or sit at home and do nothing all year while bringing in $150K...it's a tempting offer, especially for the older guys. So, there's a lot of reasons why you're not seeing them as much. Even if the farming in your area is still going just as strong as it always has, there are still factors involved that make it seem like ag pilots are disappearing. Which is partially true, it's just that they're not being replaced by any other means of application, there's simply less application going on as a whole. The same factors are affecting helis, drones, and ground rigs too. Planes aren't going anywhere in the next 20-30 years, but advancements in both chemicals, crops, and unmanned vehicles may require them to scale back their operations and likely force a few guys to call it quits beyond that point. It's always been heading in that direction, it just sucks that we're going to be left with computer controlled aircraft and drones following the same precisely boring flight path. I won't be sticking around to watch that like I would if it were a big yellow airplane spraying a field, might as well go home and watch my roomba vacuum the floor.
@@Skinflaps_Meatslapper you typed all of that, but we have the same guy that has been doing it for 30 years. Here it's hard to justify the cost, most of the dusters job comes from cotton defoliation, which is becoming less and less common due to the US importing cotton instead of producing it domestic.
I watched some guys spray droning in illinois. Was so cool. It would fly back land on the rear of their flatbed. They would refill the tank and off it went
My favorite sprayer to watch was a little helicopter. It landed on a tiny platform on the spray trailer to fill up, which took minutes. Then kept flying. The farmer said it finished the field in the 1/4 of the time.
Had I known what I know now, I think in college I would have got an engineering degree that would help me get into designing farm equipment. I absolutely love all the high tech in today's farming, and I see these and maybe even bigger drones being a part of it
Just last week Zack visited a demonstration in Iowa where John Deere showed the future of self operating tractors and equipment. Self driving tractors, combines, drones that spray the crops, robots feeding cattle and livestock, automated milkers. Before long farming will be done from a high rise in Manhattan wearing a business suit. I hope not but……..
Zach, great video and educational and fun to watch a future way of farming that will be able to work when current equipment because of weather could not go. Amazing venture these young guys are taking on and hope they succeed in this venture.😊
OMG !!!! I have seen you demo some cool stuff before..........but WOW !!!! This was AWESOME !!!!! ....... I got to have one of these.....not sure for what.....but have to have one !!!
Here in the UK I could see those drones really taking off! (I am hilarious). Obviously our fields are much smaller, making drone spraying a brilliant idea. Good luck guys, and thanks for the video!
Yeah, I mean it seems to have an application everywhere but living in farming country in the UK with our weird little hilly fields, poor access etc I can see this being popular. Actually kind of makes me want to look into the business, doubt farmers would want to maintain this equipment themselves on UK farming scale.
Wow. I had no idea these drones were used for crop dusting. When I was a kid some of my friends were part of the ground crew that would help the pilots line up by waving flags at the edge of the field. They always had stories of getting sprayed themselves. This was all pre-GPS and more modern tech. You have to think in the future this rig will be hands off. The farmer puts in the plan and drone loads chemicals, replaces batteries, etc. as needed. And the farmer is freed to do other parts of the business.
This is pretty cool & they did an awesome demonstration! I've seen these for sale over the last year & wondered how operation went. Thank you for sharing.
Great stuff! I looked into one of these last year (as a new business concern here in Oz) It was honestly mainly the cost that meant I couldn't have a crack. There is much more to setting them up than just the drone as you'd expect. It doesn't mean they aren't awesome though. Well done on allowing them to demo them, good content & I'm sure it will help those young blokes too! 👍
Thanks for showing this technology. Absolutely amazing and clearly the future. Good luck to those two young guys, they have what it it takes to be very successful. I wonder how they would do with small grass fires.
those drones were so cool that young man really new his product high tech farming for sure that would be great for fields that were to wet for tractors or sprayers great video
@@rubenjanssen1672 That's a great point. Odd-shaped areas and spot-fixing. And the point about being able to get herbicide into hot spots for weeds on a soaking wet field is a good one.
Fascinating ... autonomous drones. Seems like a good tool to be shared by the co-opt. I'm guessing creative minds, like these guys, will find more and more uses over time.
Zach, Ryan, over at “How Farms Work”, had his ergonomist demo a couple and at the end of the video, he said he was going to pursue getting his license and drone. Ryan, like you, saw concrete benefits. Update: Ryan’s last video he reiterated again about getting an ag drone. He already has a license but “may” need to upgrade to a commercial license.
Very interesting. Easy for you to avoid getting stuck getting into wet areas to to spot spray weeds etc. Your youngsters will be the perfect operators!
It's so nice seeing these actually being used. I remember back in 2015 when I was in high school I went to a tech competition with this exact idea and had a smaller model of a sprayer drone. In our project however, it would've been able to autonomously land on a fixed pod and recharge/refill. The power would've been provided by a solar panel array. So the whole application was intended to bee 100% self sustaining and autonomous. The only human input was refilling the tanks on the pod (however we did think of a way to catch rainwater and mix the chemicals automatically on the spot, therefore not needing any human intervention at all). Maybe one day in the future we will have something like this too :D
Just saying The landing pad should be on top of a raised structure that will avoid all the dust issues and ground effects. If i invested a few grand into drones i want then kept clean.
I ve seen videos of these in Mexican fields and they come with 3 batteries each that last about 15 min flying and 8 min to recharge after cooling using a 12000w gas generator , so continuos spraying with 3 batteries is posible.
I think this Drone is the DJI AGRAS-T50, from the specs I can find it can hold a hover with a full payload for 7 minutes but presumably as it empties the flight time increases... maybe 10 minutes? possibly more. They claim 9-12 minute full battery recharge time so with three batteries it could run continuously. I assume wind speed, flight pattern etc affects this but it does seem like three batteries would ensure no charging down time.
Those two young fellas are go getters ! I love seeing young people with the drive and motivation to do something great. I wish them well and hope they get busy !
farming is getting too complex
@@JasonVu-h7t they just keep droning on and on
@@JasonVu-h7t Then do it by hand because this is a cost effective option.
I was driving to Litchfield MN and saw these guys as I passed by and was like what the heck was that and then I jump on UA-cam and you’ve got a whole video about it!! This was a great video explaining how these can be used and the applications of where!!
This was the coolest video EVER ! As the granddaughter of a dairy , corn and soybean farmer , I often wonder what Papaw would have thought about your operation. Thank you for giving farmers their due ! Angie -Ohio
I have to agree with her. I've seen other drone videos and Zack has hit a home run with this one. Keep the videos coming.
... no more field stone removal for one thing ...unevan ground not a worry anymore ...
I am an agricultural drone operator from China with 7 years of operational experience. Agricultural drone protection in China is already very mature, and the market is highly saturated. How I wish to go to these beautiful farms and spray pesticides freely to protect the crops lol
我是来自中国的一名农业无人机操作驾驶技术员，已有7年的操作经验，在中国无人机农业保护已经非常成熟，市场饱和度很高。我多么想去到这些美丽的农场尽情挥洒着农药来保护粮食 lol
what chemicals do you use?
@@seldoon_nemar DDT mixed with PCP
@@zoharflax6363 they spray CCP heavily dosed with SMOG
Drones are the future. Less expensive than a traditional sprayer and lower maintenance along with no soil compaction or crop damage. And one more major thing is ground conditions such as wet and muddy will not affect being able to spray the fields.
They will never cover the acres a sprayer or plane can!
@tomcander3669 just curious, explain your conclusion.
@@tomcander3669 And computers will never need more than 640k either. But seriously, there's absolutely no reason this technology can't be scaled up bigger and bigger (like everything else in farming).
@@tomcander3669I got my calculator out and did the maths and can't see what it is you are seeing to make that statement
If you ran a 6 drone pack and you managed a 8 hour shift without having to do maintenance aka replacing motors batteries bearings wiring I would be extremely impressed ..... Those look like a extremely high maintenance item..... Now if they make a large commercialized unit with larger parts we might be talking about something but I do not see it being less maintenance in any way shape or form but with that being said orchards or small operations I do think those would be an good option but this scale isn't gonna be possible for any decent sized row crop operation .... They need to land fill and change batteries automatically and auto pilot from the base station before the row crop operation makes sense and the shear amount of batteries and charging you would need seems wild .... It can't be hard to make a automatic battery and chemical loader
That was so much more informative than I thought it would be, I think these two young men have a good shot at making it, many thanks to you Zach for letting them come out and giving a demonstration.
I like this kid. I say kid maybe he’s older but damn he’s showing great business acumen and drive! Good for him. Younger person working hard and using new technology. Awesome to see!
Small business people are always looking to help each other. You’re helping them, got some grass sown and let your viewers get new ideas. Win for all.
That's not a small farm that's the problem
@@sstteevvee621 His farm is smaller than my family's homestead n OK. So to me its a small business.
Folks in rural China have been incorporating these for awhile now. Some even used bigger drones for lifting air conditioners and heavy objects for installation in tall buildings. Pretty awesome stuff imo!
yeah they even have firefighting hoses attached to drones now for tall buildings
@@TurboBMRProjectLove That's crazy awesome! I mean you can only reach so far with conventional ladders, why not use a drone if it's able to do it, right?
Folks in rual china make $3000/yr or less. (usually much less)
Propoganda has _shown_ these in rural farms. Near cities. If the area is clean.
Don't want the china daily "reporter" having to drive far.
@@TurboBMRProjectLove the need it with the fake fire sprinkler systems in buildings...
@@seldoon_nemarwhere do you think DJI is from? 😂
This was definitely one of your top 10 coolest videos. In the future, drone spraying will be the go-to method.
We hired a local drone crew to spray 2 of our fields last year with herbicide and they did a fantastic job. We had a lot of morning glories in tall corn and if we ran a sprayer through the field, the vines would’ve pulled the corn stalks down, so the drone was by the far the best way to spray those fields for us. It was so cool to see the operation in person.
I didn't realize how far this technology has advanced. This made for some great content!
技术已经成熟，中国很多农场实验验证十多年了，算成熟技术。😊中国农村基本普及无人机喷洒农药
I have been using drones for at least 6 years now. Saved a lot both time and money.
Its both insane that Im witnessing this and impressive at the same time. And it's refreshing to see a young businessmen building his American dream. He's impressive.
Thank you for this video. This guy was very well versed on his operation and answered each question with the knowledge he has acquired from doing multitude of acreage he has done. His company will be very successful.
Wish those guys all the luck in the world they deserve it, a fantastic product that was explained in a way even I could understand it, never thought Jim's replacement would come with eight propellers.
Maybe Jim can pilot one of those. Much easier on the body to fly instead of drive.
@@mikewithers299hehehehehe, poor Jimbo, he's a good man, he's irreplaceable.
@alfonsosalazarestrada6091 yup! He can learn to fly a drone. Might get it stuck but he's good for some funny content 🤣🤣
Its a DJI drone. Its not from them.
@@mikewithers299 agreed
Zach, I'm glad you are willing to help out guys willing to help themselves and work hard. I think those drones are going to start showing up all over the place soon.
That was one of the most interesting agricultural videos I've seen in a long time Zach, good luck to Truss services and thanks for sharing Zach.
I saw these exact drones spraying a wheat crop two houses down from my place in Salem Ohio a couple weeks ago. It was really cool to see up close.
used to live in Salem
Such a cool device. I hope Truss Services gets more business than they can handle. Livin the American dream there.
Those guys were as cool as their product. The speaker was extremely knowledgeable.
This channel just provided at least $100,000 worth of advertising to this small business. Considering this channel has been proven to have some international audience as well as a wide domestic one this demonstration has gotten a sizable coverage. That being said, locally (in the MidWest) at $40k a drone, for this trip from Ohio to Minnesota these young men just might have their hands full between sales and on-site crop services a lot sooner than they expected.
@@diamondjim7560 For sure. They demonstrated exactly what the drones can do and did it very well.
@@diamondjim7560 very true, happy to see young men getting after it.
@@diamondjim7560 I just looked them up online he better lower his price. $30k you can get the t40 2 battery the dry spreader and charger.
I am imagining other applications for those drones.. They do pack a surprising amount of cargo.. Really like that they thought ahead and made the cargo pod modular.. Seriously clever fellows.. Clearly not just a farmer.. Big props for your recent coverage of future technological developments that are actually here and now is out of the the box.. Much love and Thanks so much for Sharing
I got to pick me up one of those drones With the dry box. I could seed all my hay in the summer and then use it in the winter to spread rock salt around the yard I wouldn't even have to go outside lol
If the snow is fluffy enough you could use it to blow the snow away😂
You could sit under a shade tree drinking beer and spreading seed.
its many days of training, many weeks of waiting for licenses... and 30,000 per drone after upgrades and licensing
@@dertythegrower seems like it's probably worth the cost for a lot of people
@@ikani1 agreed
DJI, for those that may not know…this is a company based in China; the acronym stands for Da Jiang Innovations. Not suggesting anything other than be knowledgeable on where things come from. Clearly this is awesome new tech that can give a farmer/rancher a lot of flexibility….which is a great thing for all of us!
and they make the drones being used to kill people for both Ukraine and Russia, as well as for kids toys and photography. all purpose
Also important to note that the DJI software is currently under review for use in the United States and has the potential of being banned
@@EthanHeiter lol, USA only like when they spy and scam other countries, not the other way around. I feel the world should have banned amazon, uber, facebook, airbnb and many others since a very long time...hopefully in the future. Also EU should fine few hundred billions all these companies for tax evasion.
Good point but what is the American equivalent. I am finding allot more innovative in Europe, Mexico, Indian and china and it feels like America is falling behind.
America just shitty cause China make the best drones so they want to ban them.
The future is now old man , cool guy , explains everything in a good way
He Sounds like Matt Damon
@@dwgelle And look a bit like him also.
The elimination of ground conditions is HUGE, where the drones can be used when accessibility is nearly impossible with ground equipment. That, in itself, is one of the BEST features of drone ag.
Drone guy has Matt Damon vibes!! The actor playing Zach was on point in his cinematography today as well!!
I was looking to see if someone else noticed!
Who was playing me ??? Hippie Dave ? I missed the movie ! Im tied up in a simulation now so you might see me in a future matrix???
It’s cool to see you supporting the young startup guys like this. Also cool that they’re from Ohio. It’s also a cool coincidence because I just heard these guys on the Ohio Ag Net radio a couple mornings ago.
startup? i jsut see kid purchasing DJI drones and flying them, it is hardly a "startup", more like drone operator.
Incredible demonstration! The efficiency of these drones could revolutionize the farming industry...
it already has... 2 millions acres the last year... 1mil in 2023
@@dertythegrower Where did you get that amount from, where are these statistics?
"Revolutional Efficiency Drones" use by American farmers on their crops today.
Should get u there in the vacinity for the statistical data measurements...
It got me there u just got roam around under the parentheses of again Revolutional Efficiency Drones used by America farmers industry...
Type in: "Revolutional Efficiency Drones" industry used by American farmers on their crops today...
It should ultimately get u there in the vacinity for the statistical data measurements...
It got me there u just have to diligently roam around under the parentheses of again Revolutional Efficiency Drones industry used by American farmers today...
Impressive young man, hope he finds great success.
Good work Zach. I hope these guys are onto something. The passion from this guy is awesome!
Drones are definitely here to stay.The deer recovery videos are equally impressive.
Nice work, boys!
Since evening and night are the best times to spray with lower winds they could fly in the dark with no worry about getting stuck in a wet spot with a conventional sprayer.
I know farmers who add dye and green and red floodlight leds to see the droplets when spraying at night. It’s pretty cool.
The ability to work regardless of soil conditions, zero ground compaction, no maintenance/upkeep of the complicated hydraulic/drive systems or an engine, no need for a storage building of sufficient dimensions to house a large oddly shaped machine at 1/10th the cost of a hi-wheel spray rig. Additionally, the drone is a LOT easier to transport field to field compared to needing to drive the wheeled sprayer on the roads, losing time, possibly disrupting traffic and wearing out those expensive tires prematurely.
This is awesome.🫡
This is definately a true peakaboo in the near future for our farmer's industry as well as us consumers which should pull back the expense reigns long term?
Coin flip...
That was a perfect advert for Truss Services, as it proves what they say the machine can do. That sound too, is really as impressive as the performance. Your camera skills were quite good for some of the shots, just needed a driver then you could concentrate on one thing, not avoiding obstacles or such like. OK 9/10 for the action shots. Thanks for getting these guys , I've seen them somewhere else, like the rock pickers they were out and about. Brandon at Dirt Grain and Steel also used that technology last year to spray some of his crops. Thanks from UK.
Fascinating! Glad to see these young fellas are introducing new technology to farming. Thank you for making this video.
So cool ! One man handling it! If its cost effective.. Giddy up ! Ty Zack for giving him some great PR ! God Bless
I have spent the last 4 weeks watching every video since day 1. What a journey 😅. And I don’t even farm. Enjoyed it.
Very interesting to see how farming has come into meshing with technology. I am amazed every time you get into a cab of a tractor
Drone spraying has become a no brainer for larger operations these days. I see them in your near future Zach. Less hours on the tractor means a big savings also.
Drones are better suited for small operators, you'll lose money trying to cover a lot of acres with them, or it'll take so long that the application won't be effective.
Newer and newer automation always has me skittish. But the young man is an entrepreneur and you have to admire that.
Skittish?
Spray drones are pretty standard in Asia
They also use these drones to apply forestry herbicides. They’re great for getting into places that are inaccessible using a skidder or into places, such as tree farms, where you want to minimize soil compaction. A friend of mine works for a company called Land Services Company LLC out of Georgetown , South Carolina and flies them for a living. He uses smaller drones to map out timber stands that range anywhere from 100 to 10,000+ acres and then he uses the big ones to spray them.
o my knowledge, the DJI T50 is equipped with an active phased array radar (yes, the same kind used in top fighter jets) to accurately map target forest areas and then execute precise spraying plans. (I am not sure if the international version has this feature.)
@@李逍遥-q5g In forestry we don’t use DJI T50s to make maps. They’re only used for spraying. You use a smaller drone like a DJI Mavic Pro to take arial photos of your timber stand, then you use an image stitcher like Pix4D to stitch the images together and convert them into a shape file, then you import that shape file into a GIS software like ArcGis to make your map, scale your map, and georefrence the map. After you have your to scale and georefrenced map, you import it into a flight plan software and then tell the T50 where to spray.
The radar array on this drone has nothing to do with mapping. It’s used for collision avoidance. You don’t want your $40,000 drone crashing into a tree.
@@李逍遥-q5g “DJI AGRAS T50 is equipped with front and rear Active Phased Array Radars with double the number of RF channels for higher detection precision. Together they enable Multidirectional Obstacle Sensing, elevating operating safety.”
That came straight off of DJI’s website. The radar has nothing to do with creating maps. It’s used for collision avoidance so your $40,000 drone does not crash into a tree.
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“DJI AGRAS T50 is equipped with front and rear Active Phased Array Radars with double the number of RF channels for higher detection precision. Together they enable Multidirectional Obstacle Sensing, elevating operating safety.”
That came straight from DJI. The radar is used for collision avoidance so your drone doesn’t crash into a tree. It has nothing to do with creating maps.
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Two things.
1: The DJI Agras T50 is a spray drone. It is equipped with an 8 gallon tank and can only fly for about 15 minutes on a charge. They’re are more economical ways to create maps. Using this would not be economical.
2: The radar is used for collision avoidance so your $25,000 drone doesn’t crash into a tree or any other obstacle. Even if you did use it for mapping, the radar has nothing to do with that. You’d use a sensor like LiDar or GPS to create a map.
Looks like a great solution for spraying fields that are too muddy to drive a sprayer or tractor in.
Or like us in the south, spray morning glories after the corn is dry prior to combining.
Or do what most farmers actually do, hire a plane.
@@Skinflaps_Meatslapper Those are becoming more and more less common in these parts. I know 1 operator in my area.
@@mattbowen61990 A lot of that has to do with the fact that they're using larger and more efficient planes than in the past. Operators are replacing 2-4 aircraft with a single large aircraft doing the same work. Modern chemicals and crops no longer need applications dozens of times during the season, sometimes only a single application is needed. So instead of seeing four planes buzzing around the area spraying the same fields six times in a year, you might see one plane flying around making one or two applications.
The ag community in some areas is dying, due to a failure of the water table, changing climate, or commodity prices. I live in the desert but there used to be a thriving ag sector here with north of 100K acres planted. Back when irrigation was cheap, there was a ton of green during the summer, looked like an oasis tucked away in the middle of sand dunes and rocks. Then energy prices went up and a good portion of those acres were scaled back, some farmers moved elsewhere or went out of business entirely. The water table was getting tapped out and hadn't been recharging as well as it should have, so another wave of farmers packed it up. These days, there might be 20K acres planted during a good year. Considering only 1/5th of the work is there today, planes cover 2-3x as many acres, and crops need far fewer applications, our area is home to a single ag pilot whereas there used to be 15 or more during the busy season spread out among four different operators. Many of the farmers here in the area have taken up selling water for oilfield fracking because they get more money selling the water than they do using it to grow their crops.
Then you have population expansion. In the outskirts of cities and metropolitan areas, many people think they're moving out to the countryside only to find out everyone else moved out there as well. Some fields are so cluttered up and bordered by houses and whatnot that they're no longer feasible to spray with conventional means. Many of the people moving out to these halfway rural areas don't understand that way of life, nor have they been exposed to farm practices, so when they see an ag plane flying straight at their house and passing 20ft over the top of their roof for the first time in their lives, they get upset and will occasionally call the pilot in for whatever reason they can think of. Sometimes it results in a legal dispute that gets dropped, but the pilot or operator still has to pay a lawyer, so they choose to drop the farmer as a customer to avoid that trouble again. For some reason these same people have fewer issues with helis doing the same job the same way. It's the same chemical and danger present for them, so I have no idea what their hangup is. Maybe it's because helis are commonly seen in cities and they grew up watching them, who knows.
And finally, renewable energy sources have really hit some operators hard. The huge wind turbines seem like a good idea, but they make it far more dangerous to fly in. It's certainly possible, but when you start combining wind turbines with other factors, they can become too dangerous or too uneconomical to fly. If you're having to spend twice as much time spraying a field in order to fly it safely, then the profits you make aren't really worth the time and risk incurred. Solar farms eat up acres that were once productive farmland, out here there's about 6,000 acres of them taking up arable farmland but they're all over the US. Solar companies go for the farms because the land needs no improvement...all the weeds and trees and brush are cleared out, the roads are already paved to them, in some cases are already fenced in, and the lease they pay is almost what a farmer can make in a good season. Work your tail off all year for $250K, or sit at home and do nothing all year while bringing in $150K...it's a tempting offer, especially for the older guys.
So, there's a lot of reasons why you're not seeing them as much. Even if the farming in your area is still going just as strong as it always has, there are still factors involved that make it seem like ag pilots are disappearing. Which is partially true, it's just that they're not being replaced by any other means of application, there's simply less application going on as a whole. The same factors are affecting helis, drones, and ground rigs too. Planes aren't going anywhere in the next 20-30 years, but advancements in both chemicals, crops, and unmanned vehicles may require them to scale back their operations and likely force a few guys to call it quits beyond that point. It's always been heading in that direction, it just sucks that we're going to be left with computer controlled aircraft and drones following the same precisely boring flight path. I won't be sticking around to watch that like I would if it were a big yellow airplane spraying a field, might as well go home and watch my roomba vacuum the floor.
@@Skinflaps_Meatslapper you typed all of that, but we have the same guy that has been doing it for 30 years.
Here it's hard to justify the cost, most of the dusters job comes from cotton defoliation, which is becoming less and less common due to the US importing cotton instead of producing it domestic.
Thanks Zach for keeping us all in the loop and showig what Drones can do great Video ( from Canada )
I watched some guys spray droning in illinois. Was so cool. It would fly back land on the rear of their flatbed. They would refill the tank and off it went
same drones.
My favorite sprayer to watch was a little helicopter. It landed on a tiny platform on the spray trailer to fill up, which took minutes. Then kept flying. The farmer said it finished the field in the 1/4 of the time.
Very interesting! Drones are becoming more capable with each passing year.
By far,,,, one of your coolest releases.. i hope them young fellas, do very well indeed..
Farming has really become a high tech industry.
Had I known what I know now, I think in college I would have got an engineering degree that would help me get into designing farm equipment. I absolutely love all the high tech in today's farming, and I see these and maybe even bigger drones being a part of it
Just last week Zack visited a demonstration in Iowa where John Deere showed the future of self operating tractors and equipment. Self driving tractors, combines, drones that spray the crops, robots feeding cattle and livestock, automated milkers. Before long farming will be done from a high rise in Manhattan wearing a business suit. I hope not but……..
Agriculture has always been a high tech industry...it was our industry and it has been innovating ever since.
This is the coolest thing I’ve seen lately. I hope it’s cost friendly for our farmers to use . It sure would help
Those are some serious drones! Pretty cool
Zach, great video and educational and fun to watch a future way of farming that will be able to work when current equipment because of weather could not go. Amazing venture these young guys are taking on and hope they succeed in this venture.😊
OMG !!!! I have seen you demo some cool stuff before..........but WOW !!!! This was AWESOME !!!!! ....... I got to have one of these.....not sure for what.....but have to have one !!!
We have a spraying drone and I love it for our small ranch. Thank you Zach getting the Information out there for the spraying drones.
Here in the UK I could see those drones really taking off! (I am hilarious). Obviously our fields are much smaller, making drone spraying a brilliant idea. Good luck guys, and thanks for the video!
Yeah, I mean it seems to have an application everywhere but living in farming country in the UK with our weird little hilly fields, poor access etc I can see this being popular.
Actually kind of makes me want to look into the business, doubt farmers would want to maintain this equipment themselves on UK farming scale.
Wow. I had no idea these drones were used for crop dusting. When I was a kid some of my friends were part of the ground crew that would help the pilots line up by waving flags at the edge of the field. They always had stories of getting sprayed themselves. This was all pre-GPS and more modern tech.
You have to think in the future this rig will be hands off. The farmer puts in the plan and drone loads chemicals, replaces batteries, etc. as needed. And the farmer is freed to do other parts of the business.
I ran into a group of guys doing that all along west michigan. The drone was identical, fricken massive in person and super fucking cool
I wish those guys all the luck in the world! Great video Zach!
Hey, good name for a channel "Between the Bins".
This is pretty cool & they did an awesome demonstration! I've seen these for sale over the last year & wondered how operation went. Thank you for sharing.
6am Every pigeon for miles and miles will be pulling up to the table for an early morning Feast! they do love grass seeds.
Great stuff! I looked into one of these last year (as a new business concern here in Oz) It was honestly mainly the cost that meant I couldn't have a crack. There is much more to setting them up than just the drone as you'd expect. It doesn't mean they aren't awesome though. Well done on allowing them to demo them, good content & I'm sure it will help those young blokes too! 👍
Just when I thought I've seen everything. Good luck to those guys, I think they have a useful tool on their hands.
This is sooo cool !!!!!!! The start of those things gives me goosebumbs ^^
You know they did customer research when they throw out Jims name when talking about 😅getting stuck
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I think they watch this channel as much as we do...
@@arthouston7361 yeah I gathered they watch
Ha ha . . . whoops, sorry, Jim!
i was looking for another jim comment😅
Thanks for showing this technology. Absolutely amazing and clearly the future. Good luck to those two young guys, they have what it it takes to be very successful. I wonder how they would do with small grass fires.
That is sooooo cool.
Amazing technology.
You know some farmer's kid is going to fit a seat on one of those drones.
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flying drones taxi already exist brother.. since 2020 eHang 184 and now the 4 blade version for humans, the jetson1 is 2023... ha
@@MillennialFarmerthe jetson1 human drone videos are up for a year 😂 it does exist.. also ehang184 in asia is drone taxi
Too late. This idea has been implemented. There is even flying car made.
Sometimes the future just shows up and it's incredible.
I wish these guys much good fortune and success in their business.
2:18 Nice to see our BBD's at Zach's farm
Woohoo DJI!! this is exciting!!
just dont google that term, you may not see what you want!.
Awesome. I have wanted to do this for years. Top lads. Very savvy to get the best advertisement money can't buy.
Maybe they could, maybe they can't. But it sure will be fun trying!
Definitely a cool and informative video. Thanks for having the guys out for a demonstration.
The seed spreader on that drone would be very handy for duck hunters to spread millet in their wetlands or deer hunters in their food plots.
have seeded about 250 acres of food plots in the last year or two with one
Food plot hunting is for lazy pos.
those drones were so cool that young man really new his product high tech farming for sure that would be great for fields that were to wet for tractors or sprayers great video
I'm not sure how actually practical those sprayer drones are, but I will freely admit that they are very, very cool.
maby for the weird stuf like around buildings more the complete fields
@@rubenjanssen1672 That's a great point. Odd-shaped areas and spot-fixing. And the point about being able to get herbicide into hot spots for weeds on a soaking wet field is a good one.
@@dsmith215 And like he said fungicide for corn once it's standing tall in the field, basically an alternative to aerial application from an airplane.
They seem to be quickly getting a lot more practical. I was skeptical 5 years ago, but not anymore.
The drift on that is shocking. God help the neighbours if anyone but a stiff herbicide through that.
Just watching this from the UK - genuinely one of the most interesting things I’ve ever seen - looks like a complete game changer
That entire technology is so cool
Nice job.Have fun with drones and get paid for it.
Zachs gonna have an army of drones and self driving tractors....
Yep, and all run by his cell phone! Great video, thanks for sharing this, it was fun to watch!
Onyx has been training for this time all of his life !!
That's why we've seen so little of Jim! He's getting his drone license! He's never getting stuck again!
Great job Truss! Felt like I was watching shark tank! Great presentation, well informed about your products and easily able to answer questions!
I had no idea Matt Damon did this as a side business.
That was unbelievable, but i saw it with my own eyes. Could you imagine 6 drones flying. Great video. Thanks guys.
Sure is a neat idea that has a lot of potential
Kudos to those young gentlemen jumping into the cutting edge technology. They will do well.
That was just awesome and terrifying
Fascinating ... autonomous drones. Seems like a good tool to be shared by the co-opt. I'm guessing creative minds, like these guys, will find more and more uses over time.
Somewhere someplace a farmers mind just exploded haha how freaking cool are though kudos to these guys and they’re set up!!
VERY VERY IMPRESSIVE. I'm a pilot and see the need for this tech. Great vid too. Nice presentation.
I can see a new channel coming, Above The Row’s ! lol 👍 another great video !
Thank you Zach for such an informative clip. Drones and automation is the future. Won't be long till you can run the farm from an office.
Zach, Ryan, over at “How Farms Work”, had his ergonomist demo a couple and at the end of the video, he said he was going to pursue getting his license and drone. Ryan, like you, saw concrete benefits.
Update: Ryan’s last video he reiterated again about getting an ag drone. He already has a license but “may” need to upgrade to a commercial license.
It is a lot of cost and many weeks waiting and doing training.. just fyi, its more than a college degree to get 2 drones heh
Very interesting. Easy for you to avoid getting stuck getting into wet areas to to spot spray weeds etc. Your youngsters will be the perfect operators!
It's so nice seeing these actually being used. I remember back in 2015 when I was in high school I went to a tech competition with this exact idea and had a smaller model of a sprayer drone. In our project however, it would've been able to autonomously land on a fixed pod and recharge/refill. The power would've been provided by a solar panel array. So the whole application was intended to bee 100% self sustaining and autonomous. The only human input was refilling the tanks on the pod (however we did think of a way to catch rainwater and mix the chemicals automatically on the spot, therefore not needing any human intervention at all). Maybe one day in the future we will have something like this too :D
Just saying The landing pad should be on top of a raised structure that will avoid all the dust issues and ground effects. If i invested a few grand into drones i want then kept clean.
How long does the battery last before you change it and how long does a battery take to charge?
I ve seen videos of these in Mexican fields and they come with 3 batteries each that last about 15 min flying and 8 min to recharge after cooling using a 12000w gas generator , so continuos spraying with 3 batteries is posible.
I think this Drone is the DJI AGRAS-T50, from the specs I can find it can hold a hover with a full payload for 7 minutes but presumably as it empties the flight time increases... maybe 10 minutes? possibly more. They claim 9-12 minute full battery recharge time so with three batteries it could run continuously.
I assume wind speed, flight pattern etc affects this but it does seem like three batteries would ensure no charging down time.
Dang. This is amazing. Those drones are handling 10 gallons of fluid!!! That's a lot of weight!!!
I love the drone
Amazing 😮
A look into the future.
Especially spot spraying
RYAN from HOW FARMS WORK had his fields sprayed and now is looking to buy a drone sprayer and to get his pilot licences.
huge costs.. and most wont pass licensing anytime soon.. been on it