Crop-spraying drone reduces two-hour job to 15 minutes
Crop-spraying drone reduces two-hour job to 15 minutes
2025-12-04
Farming these days doesn’t necessarily mean backbreaking labor, thanks to an increasing number of smart solutions. One such technology recently introduced in Pingtung’s Gaoshu Township is a smart crop-spraying drone. By flying at high altitudes with precision, they can identify crop conditions and spray pesticide or fertilizer wherever needed. It saves on labor and reduces errors, while also making the entire process safer. Spraying nearly 4,000 square meters used to take two hours, but the drone can do it in less than 15 minutes. For an industry that’s short of labor, the prospects are promising.
A drone takes off, flying back and forth over a field of crops. But it’s not taking pictures. It’s spraying fertilizer.
This is a drone made exclusively for agriculture, capable of carrying 20 to 30 kilograms of fertilizer or pesticide. For nearly 4,000 square meters of farmland, work that used to take two hours now takes less than 15 minutes, making farmers’ job far more efficient.
Farmer
It costs NT$250 to hire someone to spray nearly 1,000 square meters. The drone costs NT$200 and it only takes about 15 minutes.
Lin Tsan-liang
Agricultural drone maker
With the introduction of advanced technologies like this agricultural drone, farmers can cultivate larger fields. This could basically mechanize their entire operation, significantly reducing the need for manual labor.
Once the data is configured, the drone can identify crop conditions through high-altitude precision flight and perform targeted spraying. It not only saves on labor and reduces errors, but also makes the job safer. Many farmers in Pingtung’s Gaoshu Township have already incorporated it into their work.
Hung Ming-tsung
Gaoshu Farmers’ Association director
Our taro is sprayed by the drones. Also fertilizer, insecticide and fungicide. Rice paddies too. We’ll also use it for some orchards, like during the banana growing season.
To operate one of these drones, you need to have a drone pilot’s license from the Civil Aviation Administration, as well as training certification from the Ministry of Agriculture. But for an industry short on labor, prospects are bright for this crop-spraying drone as a new employment opportunity.
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"植保無人機"高空精準噴藥 人工作業2小時縮為15分鐘
2025-12-04
智慧農業時代來臨，現在務農不一定要辛苦耕作，屏東高樹引進農業專用的植保無人機，透過高空精準飛行，就能辨識作物狀態，進行定點噴灑。不僅節省人力、減少誤差，施作過程更加安全無虞。以將近四分地農田來說，以往人工需要兩小時，但無人機不到15分鐘搞定，在農業缺工的情況下，無人機代噴農藥前景看好。
無人機起飛，低空在農田上來回運行，因為它的工作不是拍攝，而是噴灑肥料。
這是農業專用的植保無人機，一台可以載重20至30公斤的農藥或是肥料。以將近四分地農田來說，以往人工需要兩小時，但無人機不到15分鐘搞定，效率大幅提升，價格也相對親民。
[[農民]]
“用人工請人家噴農藥，一分地是250元，請無人機是200元，而且差不多15分鐘就噴完了。”
[[代噴公司業者 林瓚良]]
“如果有這樣植保無人機科技化介入後，會幫助農民面積擴增，等於是們幾乎是機械化作業了，他們不太需要用到人力。”
只要設定好數據，透過高空精準飛行，就能辨識作物狀態，進行定點噴灑。不僅節省人力、減少誤差，施作過程更加安全無虞。屏東高樹已有不少農作，都已經引進無人機的智慧農業。
[[屏東高樹農會總幹事 洪銘聰]]
“像芋頭就會透過代噴，下肥料啦、有殺蟲啦殺菌啦，水稻也是，還有部分果樹，像是香蕉生長期的時候也會用代噴。”
操作農業植保無人機，除了民航局的無人機飛行執照，還需要取得農業部的代噴技術人員訓練合格證，在農業缺工的情況下，無人機代噴農藥前景看好，成了新興的就業新藍海。
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