Promoting drone plant protection effects and costs is key

[ China Agricultural Machinery Industry News ] It must be said that the UAV plant protection is a mess of fire. In 2016, the quality of the drone machine was improved, the spraying effect was guaranteed, and the drone plant protection entered the actual operation stage. However, the drone is “close and far” for the users. It is because the national, enterprise, agricultural machinery cooperatives or large agricultural machinery companies have shown great enthusiasm for the drone plant protection and actively promoted through various means. Far from, because of the core technology, service team supply and demand and the effect, the acceptability of the growers still needs further improvement.

Promoting drone plant protection effects and costs is key

There are more than 100 manufacturers of plant protection drones, and the quality is improved simultaneously.

In terms of the number of production enterprises, nearly 200 manufacturers of plant protection drones entered in 2016, among which the main agricultural drone companies are Dajiang, Hanhe, Arc Aviation, Lanwei Airlines, Bird Air, Tongchuang Tianhang. At the same time, the development of technologies required by enterprises in the plant protection process, such as intelligent obstacle avoidance and breakpoint endurance, also promoted the actual use of drones. However, the current drones still need to be upgraded in terms of battery life and spraying technology.

From the point of view of agricultural cooperatives, in 2015, the author had contacted the chairman of an agricultural cooperative in Jiangsu, and he managed nearly 5,000 mu of land. He also provided mechanized operation services to the outside world, because the director’s own personal relationship had 5 units. The plant protection drone developed by the military background enterprise was tried. At that time, the chairman thought that this was the future direction, but it may take 3-5 years to explore.

A few days ago, I learned that a cooperative in Anhui has purchased four plant protection machines and plans to use it in 2017. Some cooperatives are inquiring about the state's subsidy policy for drones and intend to purchase them. In just two years, plant protection drones have become a topic that everyone must talk about, coupled with the national green production, full mechanization and other policies, agricultural machinery cooperatives as a sensitive group of advanced agricultural machinery, can be seen from various behaviors They think that there are huge business opportunities and it is worth investing.

There are many choices for planting large-scale plant protection machinery, and whether plant protection drones can be widely promoted depends on the effect and cost.

As a well-planned planter, no matter how used or not, he has maintained great interest in drone plant protection. During the visit, he met Dong Fei, the person in charge of the plant protection activity of etian Technology, who relied on e-field. The operation platform launched the activity of “over 400 mu minus 400 yuan” and called on growers to register online. In the past few days, online has received thousands of consultation calls and gathered nearly 600,000 mu of intention. Plant protection order. Great enthusiasm also created hope for drone plant protection service providers.

In fact, there are about four ways to plant large-scale plant protection. Artificial and tractor-modified machines (tractor-type and water-tube type), self-propelled plant protection machines, and plant protection drones are still mainly based on manual and tractor-modified machines. Walking plant protection machines and plant protection drones are still in the stage of continuous demonstration and promotion.

In Shandong Province, it is still mainly semi-manual and semi-automatic. About 70% of the way is tractor-modified machines. The efficiency of this machine can reach about 200 mu per day, and large-scale plots like Inner Mongolia. For a tractor planting operation, another tractor is required to use a bucket filled with water.

The operation price of the tractor modification equipment is about 5 yuan per mu, the cost of machine modification is about 5,000 yuan, and the cost of the drone is 40,000 yuan, and the operation price is about 10 yuan. The tractor's modification equipment has the price and the acquisition cost. Advantages are the important opponents of UAV plant protection promotion. The low-cost operation of drones is not good for users. The good price of the whole machine is high, and the operating cost is high, so the operating price can not be lowered, but the drone plant protection It is able to achieve route planning and breakpoints. When working in large areas, it can spray or re-spray, save water and save medicine, and spray personnel are separated from pesticides. Therefore, it has advantages in terms of agricultural materials use and personnel safety. .

From the perspective of national policies, on January 16, 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture held a national conference on agricultural mechanization in Beijing. Li Weiguo, director of the Agricultural Mechanization Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, said that in 2017, the pilot program for subsidies for new agricultural products will continue to be implemented steadily, and subsidies for new agricultural products will be expanded. The scope of the pilot will promote the transformation and application of agricultural machinery technological innovations that are urgently needed for agricultural production, and allow the implementation of plant protection unmanned aircraft subsidies in suitable areas.

In fact, some provinces have already subsidized the plant protection of drones. For example, in 2015, Henan Province specially formulated the “Pilot Program for Agricultural Aircraft Purchase Subsidy in Henan Province”, selected agricultural aircraft as a pilot product for new agricultural product subsidies, implemented provincial-level financial fund quota subsidies, and multi-rotor plant protection with a liquid tank capacity of 5-10L. The machine subsidies 40,000 yuan, the subsidy of the liquid tank capacity of 10-15L is 66,700, and the subsidy of the liquid tank capacity of 15-20L is 83,300.

In 2015, the Agricultural Mechanization Management Office of the Fujian Provincial Department of Agriculture issued “2015 Fujian Agricultural Machinery Purchase Subsidy Products have been filed for publicity”, and a number of UAVs were included, although in June 2016, the suspension of the subsidies for agricultural aircraft headings was suspended. In December 2016, the agricultural aircraft purchase subsidy file was re-launched, and the archived results were announced in January 2017. In November 2016, Jiangxi Province incorporated agricultural drones into the purchase subsidies, and the equipment funds purchased by the new business entities. 50% will be subsidized, and the single subsidy of the project will be as high as 200,000 yuan.

Although the subsidies for plant protection drones vary from province to province, from the perspective of national policy and the strength of pilot provinces, it is sooner or later that plant protection drones are included in the subsidy list, and more pilot provinces are expected to publish subsidy catalogues. information.

Internet + agricultural machinery socialization service platform has also become one of the forces to promote the development of plant protection mechanization

Now UAV plant protection is still facing various problems. The operating price of UAVs is strongly related to the state of the block, the size of the block, the degree of obstacles, etc., so the performance requirements of the UAV are high, such as automatic obstacle avoidance. Breakpoint endurance, stability, endurance, etc.

After the plant protection operation technology of the drone becomes mature, the industry development must rely on the Internet, integrate resources, complement each other's advantages, and jointly create a good market environment and market order. Cui Gongzhen, director of etian Technology Operations, said that agricultural flight plant protection has developed rapidly in the past two years, but it is still in the seedling stage. Industry chaos is widespread and needs to be maintained by all parties in the industry. The spraying speed of the UAV plant protection standard should be 5km/h. Many plant protection teams have done more work to get the job done quickly, and the flight speed is pushed very fast, and some even fly at 12km/h. The flying speed is fast, the spraying of the liquid is not sufficient, the crop is low, and the spraying effect is not guaranteed, which may result in ineffective or ineffective control. Originally, one box of medicine should be used for one acre. As a result, only half a box of medicine was used in one circle. The post-planter's refilling was not only costly and wasteful of agricultural time.” e Tian Technology focused on the qualification of the plant protection operation team before carrying out the activity. And the performance of the aircraft has been strictly screened. At the same time, e Tian Technology hopes to use the plant protection activities and plant protection service providers to jointly discuss the operating standards of the UAV plant protection industry, standardize the operation process, and use scientific methods to ensure the operation results.

In fact, with the acceleration of land circulation, the number of large-scale planters and the increase in professionalism, the current peasants’ minds and acceptance of new things are far more open than we expected, but the ability to resist risks due to planting income constraints is still limited. Moreover, due to the high price of new agricultural machinery and uncertain effects, the growers are still conservative in choosing to use new things. Similar to e Tian Technology, the Internet + agricultural socialization service platform has become a push for growers to use new things. Accelerators, through this type of agricultural socialization service platform, docking growers and service providers, and verifying the identity and operational capabilities of both parties, providing a package of agricultural machinery service solutions for farmers through a shared model.


(Original title: Can the UAV plant protection be "flying up" in 2017?)