The introduction of agricultural drones has greatly saved time and labor costs for Guo Jianhua and his son, who plant more than 300 mu of lemon trees.
"Test now, test now..."In a 300-mu lemon tree orchard in Fengqi Village, Aotou Town, Conghua District, Guangzhou, two drone pilots are making the final preparations for the agricultural drone before taking off. Guo Jianhua, born in 1994, tests the drone on his mobile phone before taking off, while his father Guo Runjin puts the pesticide into the cabin of the drone.
"Not only is it more efficient, it's more effective."

Guo Jianhua and his father lift the huge agricultural drone off their tricycle to prepare for a day of pesticide spraying.

Guo Jianhua set up positioning base stations in the orchard to provide centimeter-level positioning for the aircraft, so that the spraying is more accurate.

Before each operation, the father is responsible for the preparation of pesticides, Guo Jianhua is responsible for the selection of spraying area.

After installing the positioning instrument and completing all the tests, Guo jianhua selected the spraying area on the mobile app and gently pressed the "Start" button to take off the drone.The weather was good and he set his speed at 2.4 meters per second and altitude at 4 meters.About 10 minutes, the drone loaded pesticide spraying finished, automatic return.During the flight, all flight parameters can be seen on the mobile app at a glance.

"In the past, three people could spray up to 20 mu of lemon trees a day, which was inefficient.With drones, only one person can spray 300 mu of fruit trees in three to four hours, greatly improving the efficiency."Guo Jianhua told reporters, not only the efficiency has been improved, the effect has also been improved.Before artificial pesticide, often sprayed to the ground, unmanned aerial vehicle spraying scientific Settings, can be balanced spraying to fruit trees.

Before spraying pesticides, Guo jianhua uses his mobile phone to select the area where the drone will spray.

Guo Jianhua can easily monitor the spraying of the drone through the screen of his mobile phone.

A year ago, Guo Jianhua resigned from a car company and returned home as a "new farmer".His father, who has been growing lemon trees for nearly 20 years, contracted the fruit five years ago and the two tended it together."Seeing mom and dad working so hard, I wanted to go home and take over the orchard business.Last August, WHEN I was delivering goods, I happened to see a farmer in Zengcheng using a drone. At that time, I had an idea that my lemon tree could also be sprayed with a drone."

Guo Jianhua told his father about the idea and Guo Runjin was very supportive.Therefore, Guo jianhua immediately contacted a local drone company in Guangzhou, and spent 110,000 yuan to buy the latest uav with the highest configuration at that time, including eight photocells.Guo Jianhua gave the reporter calculated an account, the average orchard sold 1000 pounds of lemon every day, a month is 30 thousand pounds.According to the purchase price of 1-3 yuan, the income is 30,000-90,000 yuan."After the cost of renting land, hiring workers to pick and deliver goods, we can pay for ourselves in about three months."

After spraying pesticide, Guo jianhua and his father retrieve the agricultural drone.

Guo Jianhua and his father ride the drone on a tricycle through the lemon fields.

The drone guo uses is so intelligent that he quickly learned how to operate it after a week of flight training at a drone company.When he got home, he taught his father how to do it.Depending on the season and weather conditions, Guo Runjin and Guo Jianhua do the drone spraying together or alone.Guo Jianhua control more, his father in the side to help deploy pesticides.Guo Runjin said with a simple and honest smile: "This thing, or young people will play some.""I hope we can use more high-tech means to do well in the new agriculture."

In order to deliver the goods on time in the evening, Guo jianhua and his father help pick the freshly picked lemons.

When pesticides are not sprayed, workers pick lemons from 2 to 5 p.m.The number of kilograms picked varies depending on the number of orders from customers each day.This day, Guo Jianhua received a few vegetables and fruits trading market nearby old customers order phone, the evening to give a truck of lemons, about 1000 jin.Sometimes, Guo Runjin and Guo Jianhua also participate in the harvest.Looking at the basketfuls of freshly picked lemons, father and son said it was the best part of the day.

In order to catch orders, Guo Jianhua and his son came to the orchard to help pick lemons.

Guo Jianhua and his father came to the orchard to help pick lemons.

After a hard day's work, father and son were having dinner with family and friends.

At night, Guo jianhua and his father patrol the orchard.

At 2 am, guo Jianhua, who had less than four hours of sleep, took a cart full of lemons to a vegetable and fruit market in Baiyun District to trade. At 2 am, Guo Jianhua set off from his family's warehouse with a truckload of lemons for a fruit and vegetable market in Baiyun district, 10 kilometers away.Load it, weigh it, trade it, go to another fruit and vegetable market nearby...At 4 o 'clock in the morning, Guo Jianhua finished the delivery and prepared to go home. "This year's acquisition price is good, in addition to Guangzhou, I will also deliver goods to Dongguan, Zhuhai, the Pearl River Delta business."On the way back, Guo Jianhua told reporters, although the work every day tired, but very full, "I hope the lemon orchard more and better, I hope to use more high-tech means, do a good new agriculture."