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NW Illinois | I'll start on my bias. I really wish the aerial platforms would get this fixed quickly. I personally think a ground rig only strategy is dangerous. If it gets wet you sit, if a windstorm goosenecks the corn your screwed. After 30+ years doing this the idea of buying a 5th machine for me to operate and maintain is not enthusing me. That said I have made clear I have no interest in owning my own drone and sitting atop a trailer for weeks in the summer heat, that's a younger man's gig.
As I said earlier plausible, especially if use rates where below max allowed. Technically if sub max rate used, it could drag in the person that recommended that rate into the claim.
Why I don't agree with it is I have a customer that bought his own drone for his own acres, operates it at sub 30' spray width and only has streaks where he couldn't keep elevation stable. He talks a lot about speed being important as well for doing a good job.
It's very early here in corn harvest, so early estimates are 40-50 bu less in untreated. That number includes non applied results from another customer who used a plane. Where plane just couldn't cover due to obstructions (Powerlines, Farmsteads). Haven't seen the 100 bu that 9670GUY had in his field, in another post recently, and hope we don't.
As I said before, in a worst case scenario of a civil suit, they would essentially have to admit they cannot evenly distribute product across the entire spray width using this theory as defense to a monetary loss claim. Just not a place you want to be in my opinion. Admitting wrong to sound right.
My wish is the industry would acknowledge the issues, handle necessary recourse, so we can move forward with solutions. This is hurting image and trust badly and needs fixed quickly.
Edited by SimpleJoe 9/22/2025 15:59
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how wide is a helicopter spray swath?
