The workshop will include a demonstration of the purpose designed Ag Eagle near-infrared (NIR) agricultural drone.

Date: Friday 15 July

Time: 2-3:30 pm

Location: John Allen’s property, Oaklands Farm Pty Ltd, 274 Mawsons Rd, Beerwah, Qld 4519

Cost: Free, afternoon beer provided

What are the benefits of a UAV?

• NIR and NDVI can identify crop stress well before the human eye can, leading to faster, more effective treatments;
• Confirm that crops are growing where, when and how they should, right through the growing season;
• Detect problems like poor growth, lack of nutrition, faulty irrigation, pest or weed invasions and crop damage as early as possible, while you can still do something about it, and potentially increasing crop yields by 15- 20 percent;
• Plan the most expensive crop inputs like fertiliser, pesticides and weed control applications based on crop health and plant density potentially saving you 20 – 30 per cent of your input costs.

Register interest in attending online via the Growcom website.

For more information contact Anna Geddes, Hort360 Facilitator, on 0413 902 218 or via e-mail.