How to Use Drones for Seeding Cover Crops, In-Season Applications & More

Drones have become an important part of Russell Hedrick’s no-till system over the past 4 growing seasons. The Hickory, N.C., first-generation no-tiller, who holds his state’s soybean yield record and the world dryland corn yield record, provides an overview of how to use drones for crop imagery, in-season nutrient and pesticide applications, cover crop seeding and more. “People don’t realize there’s a limit on what ground sprayers can do after a crop reaches a certain growth stage that these drones can handle, which really increases our yields,” Hedrick says.

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