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Drone use held back by rules
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rones have suddenly become very popular and are helping farmers around the world to monitor their crops. The flying “crop scouts” can measure biomass, map weeds, detect disease, look for signs of crop stress and much more.
However, current rules are stopping farmers and agronomists from getting even more from drones. In some countries like Spain, the rules are very draconian. Of particular hindrance is the line of sight rule, where they always
have to be within sight of the operator. Just imagine if a drone could go off unaided and scan fields following a pre-set programme, before returning to the office to recharge and download data before flying out to map more fields. This would take crop
‘The good news is that some countries are
relaxing their rules’
monitoring to the next level, being fully automated. But farmers also understand
that rules are necessary to avoid risk to aircraft, as well as the question of privacy. Some animal activists have even
deployed them as spies in the sky to monitor animal welfare on livestock farms.
Nearly every week in the UK there is a report in the papers of a near miss at one of the country’s airports. The risk, however, is from the general public, not trained and licenced professional operators. New technology is also the answer, with anti-
avoidance systems taking out the risk of collision. Another area where their full potential is not being
fully realised is spot spraying of crops, drastically cutting the amount of spray needed to treat weeds. The good news is some countries are
relaxing their rules. For example, in Queensland, Australia, spraying is now permitted. In fact here in the UK, we could well see
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spraying in two years, although this still requires changes in pesticide approvals. It is clear drones will do much more in
future, possibly becoming indispensable tools like the tractor, combine and sprayer.
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