00:00 Are you considering purchasing a drone for aerial application on your farm? Curious as to what the cost is. 00:05 What about the equipment that you're gonna need? How many acres can you get over? What exactly can I do with my drone on my farming operation? 00:12 I knew you had those questions, which is why I talked to Mike Wingrove in this video. To answer your drone questions, take a look. 00:18 So if you're considering putting a drone into an application on your farming operation, 00:23 we thought we'd tell you what it's like. As you can see, here's a flatbed trailer hooked up to the truck. 00:28 We got Mike Gro with Integrated Ag Solutions working in conjunction with Kelly Garrett. Mr. Gro, you've got your drone. 00:33 This is your first year of using it in Broad Acre. How much did you spend on this drone? Uh, The whole complete setup's about 36, 30 7,000. All 00:41 Right. So we got our drone. And then just for rough numbers, how many gallons is the capacity? 00:45 Uh, 12 gallon. Okay. 12 gallon capacity. And then it can fly for about six minutes? Yeah, depending on the flight times and the short rows. 00:53 Long rows, uh, right. Yeah. Just figure rough Six minutes. Okay. Per fell, You're doing both corn and soy today. 00:59 You've got a setup in here. We happen to be using a product from spray tech in our mix. So in your, uh, nurse tank over here, 01:05 you just got a hose connected to it, you got your generator. Go ahead and tell us what we got in 01:08 here and, and how this all works. So yeah, the reason we got the generator is we gotta charge the batteries. 01:14 Obviously we gotta change the battery after every flight. So, um, it takes about four batteries 01:19 to keep up throughout the day. Uh, and sometimes you, you might have to wait a little bit depending on 01:24 what kind of running you're doing. Um, we got the, a bigger generator here that is to charge 'em and to run the fan 01:32 and the pump to pump the chemical out. And I thought that the fan was here for your comfort on a hot day 01:36 and you said Absolutely not. The fan is there because Yes, uh, yes. I would love the fan to be pointing at me, 01:42 but I have to point 'em at the batteries because we gotta keep those batteries cool when they're charging so they don't overheat. 01:48 And that is also the reason for the canopy on the trailer? Yeah, The umbrella is to keep the batteries shaded so 01:53 that way they are not under such heat stress. And that helps with, uh, keeping them charged, is that right? 01:58 Yes, exactly. Keep 'em in the shade so they stay cool and charge fast. Anything else I need to know about your 02:03 drone setup on the trailer? Um, no. I mean, there's obviously different styles of setups. 02:09 Um, you could have just a pickup with a, um, landing pad on top of your bed. Um, this is just, we have, we have the trailer here, 02:17 so we set it up and using what we have. How many acres are you gonna cover with this rig? This, uh, this season or even just this week? 02:24 Um, you can get about 200 acres a day and in our Iowa terrain. Um, so, uh, we're hoping to get about 10,000 acres covered. 02:33 Got it. His name's Mike Wingrove. I'm Damian Mason coming at you from your Atlanta cattle where Integrated Ag Solutions 02:38 and Mike Wind Grove are showing you what you need if you want to become a drone user.