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crop duster or drone service for spraying water hyacinth
Posted on 9/17/25 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 9/17/25 at 12:55 pm
Looking for someone to spray about a 40 acre duck pond that has about 10 acres of water hyacinth in southeast Louisiana. Our guy that typically handles this for us is working out of state right now.
Anyone have a contact for someone who could handle this?
Anyone have a contact for someone who could handle this?
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Posted on 9/17/25 at 1:32 pm to bullred84
A farmer friend of mine used a drone this year due to the fields being too wet for the tractor. He said he'd never use traditional crop dusters again. The drone was much more efficient.
Posted on 9/17/25 at 2:04 pm to bullred84
After he gets done have him take it to the spillway please
Posted on 9/17/25 at 2:28 pm to bullred84
Email Zknight@knightair.com. He does drone spraying.
Posted on 9/18/25 at 6:40 am to bpinson
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He said he'd never use traditional crop dusters again. The drone was much more efficient.
Drones certainly have their place. They can get in and around those tough to reach places (like under power lines, around tree lines).
They can also be highly accurate.
But they can’t touch crop dusters (airplane or helicopter) in terms of efficiency.
Drones don’t have the tank or battery capacity to compete.
That crop duster will effectively spray four to fives times more acreage than of a set of tandem drones.
Drones (generally) are a bit more expensive on a per acre basis. That should soon change though … as tech advances and drives down prices. Also, will likely be more custom drone applicators working the market too.
Posted on 9/18/25 at 9:01 am to stewie
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They can also be highly accurate
This. Less chemical used means less money spent.
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Drones don’t have the tank or battery capacity to compete
I know a guy who runs six at a time. It's really interesting to see how quickly he can knock out 100 acres.
It also allows a farmer to purchase his own drones and eliminate the duster pilot completely.
While we have tons of duster pilots in the Deep South, the midwest doesn't. This is where I see most drone operators working, covering jobs on farms up to 10,000 acres or more in size.
This post was edited on 9/18/25 at 9:03 am
Posted on 9/18/25 at 9:51 am to geauxbrown
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also allows a farmer to purchase his own drones and eliminate the duster pilot completely.
I would've thought with current tech, the knowledge needed to operate and repair drones would be best left to people who specialize in it.
But I don't know anything about it.
Posted on 9/18/25 at 10:34 am to geauxbrown
quote:How quickly?
I know a guy who runs six at a time. It's really interesting to see how quickly he can knock out 100 acres.
Posted on 9/18/25 at 11:07 am to White Bear
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How quickly?
Not as fast as a crop duster.
He's covering about 35 acres an hour with one.
This post was edited on 9/18/25 at 11:12 am
Posted on 9/18/25 at 12:42 pm to stewie
I've seen, I don't know if it's accurate or not though, that new software for drones is that you map your field in the software and then the drones will then spray the field.
When they run low on spray, they come back and get refilled. Also the operator can check each of the nozzles to make sure they're all operating properly.
Also, getting licensed to be a crop duster is a fairly lengthy process. One of my close friends son just got his license to do it.
When they run low on spray, they come back and get refilled. Also the operator can check each of the nozzles to make sure they're all operating properly.
Also, getting licensed to be a crop duster is a fairly lengthy process. One of my close friends son just got his license to do it.
Posted on 9/18/25 at 1:59 pm to geauxbrown
quote:I know
Not as fast as a crop duster. He's covering about 35 acres an hour with one.
That’s a pretty good rate though.
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