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FFred Paris replied to the thread Pricing Agriculture Spraying.There are several advantages to using drones for cranberries. First the alternatives include helicopters, ground-rigs, and backpack spraying. Helicopters are environmentally nasty for small farms, ground rigs crush the crops and backpacks are...
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FFred Paris replied to the thread Pricing Agriculture Spraying.Dry work includes fertilizers and seeds. We fly an AGRAS T50 changing out the tank for a dry hopper.
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FFred Paris replied to the thread Pricing Agriculture Spraying.flying a T50 with 110lb hopper
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FSo in the cranberry market the farmers spread pesticides through the sprinkler systems and granular fertilizers by helicopter. The helicopters are $1,200 an hour plus 60cents a pound. We are planning a $500 survey and multispectral mapping...