Everything is risky. Here is what we watch.
We are spraying in the air. Chemicals can drift, wind can carry them, and what goes on the soil can move through it. Drone farming has real risks, no doubt about it. We would rather you read them here than hear them from someone else.
The three that matter
- Drift
- Spray leaving the target field on the air. The main reason wind and inversions decide the schedule.
- Wind
- Moves chemical onto a neighbor's ground, a waterway, or a crop that should not have it.
- Water
- Product moving through the soil and, in the worst case, toward an aquifer. Very bad effects if it happens.
What we do about each
The forecast comes first. We spray inside a two-week weather window, hold for wind, and fly in the evening and at night when the air is calm. Much of our spraying happens after dark for exactly this reason.
We treat the stressed part of the field, not the whole field. Less chemical applied means less chemical that can drift or leach. And every pilot in the operation holds the federal and state certifications on the compliance page, which exist largely because of these risks.
Weighing it
If you set the risks against the benefits, the equation tilts toward automated application and away from the mechanized methods most farms use today. Less product, better placement, no wheel ruts, and passes that happen in the window that mattered. We will keep developing this page as the operation grows, and we will keep it honest.