In August 2024 we were asked by a couple of farmers in Northamptonshire if we could broadcast their stubble turnip and forage rape seeds using our large agricultural drone as the previous contractor had stopped using the sprayer mounted broadcaster that had previously sown the crops leaving the farmers with a problem of not being able to seed them into the standing wheat crop.

The fields were varied in shape, surrounded by trees and over the brow of a hill, some even had power cables in but nothing was a problem for our large DJI Agras T50 drone equipped with broadcaster unit and able to carry up to 50kg at a time and achieve work rates up to 65 acres per hour when seeding cover crops or turnips with small seeds.

Once we had completed the airspace checks and set up the field boundaries all before we arrived on farm it was a simple case of setting up our equipment, making sure the area was safe for flight and taking off, within a few short hours the whole 120 acres had been completed.

We caught up with the farms a few weeks later to check on establishment and were pleased to hear that everything had established very well and definitely equal to if not better than the previous methods, so much so that the farms have already booked us for the 2025 seeding operation.

Below are a few photos sent from the farms of the established seed, The left photo shows the turnips with the photo on the right showing the forage rape, given the dry weather establishment has been very good.

For more information on our drone seeding, spreading or spraying services please do take a look at our dedicated website page here or for more pictures of work we’ve completed our Instagram page is a great gallery