Farming With Drones

Hubertus Paetow is a German farmer and drone enthusiast. He has employed a drone to keep a critical eye on his farmland. The drone is outfitted with a camera and surveys the land. A mobile phone application allowed him to calculate a flight path for the drone. "I just enter the outline of my field into my mobile phone - just a rough outline. Then the app automatically calculates the best flight path for the drone, the shortest route," says Paetow.

The drone surveys the field and captures images of things the farmer may not have been informed of otherwise, like mouse and lice infestations. "These yellow spots indicate that there is a lice infestation. . . On the rest of the field we were able to prevent further damage by treating with insecticide," Paetow explains. This unique use of technology allows him to treat the field properly, and  is undoubtedly the future of agriculture. 

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