What Drones Can Do for Agriculture by Alexandr Stepanenko, Technical Account Manager, ELEKS. Alexander gives an overview of the technological side of drones, its costs and technological advances.

1. What Drones
Can Do for
Agriculture?
Alexander Stepanenko, Technical Account Manager at ELEKS

2. AGENDA 01 Briefly about main farmers’ and insurers’
challenges which drones can help with
02 Quick look at the technical options
available on the market from the most
affordable to the most expensive
03 Drone types overview and pros/cons

3. DRONES IN FARMING
Soil and field analysis Planting Crop Spraying
Crop Mapping and Surveying Irrigation Monitoring Livestock Monitoring

4. DRONES IN AGRI INSURANCE
Pre-
Claim
Post-
Claim
Site inspection
Claims decisions
Fraud prevention
Pricing accuracy and risk reduction
Monitoring natural disasters

5. OPTIONS OVERVIEW
Camera RGB 4K-8K
Payload N/A
Weather sealing No
Flight range 30-40 min
15-20 mi
Comm range 5-5.5 mi
+ +
$15-25K +$3-5K +$2.5-3.5K$1.5K
Manual visual monitoring
Way points for scheduled
monitoring
Accurate NVDI
Livestock monitoring
Irrigation monitoring
Full hardware flexibility
Any tailored AI algorithms
on-board
Any possible integrations
Planting
Spraying
Irrigation monitoring
Improved control
Professional software
integration
Service
Camera Multi 4K-8K
Payload 50-55 lbs
Weather sealing Yes
Flight range 30-40 min
15-20 mi
Comm range 5-5.5 mi
Crop mapping
RGB NVDI

6. DRONE TYPES
Copters
QuadplanesTailsitters
Fixed-wing