calculate your roi
See how an agricultural drone could impact your operation based on your acreage and current application costs.
What You’ll Learn
Cost Savings
Efficiency
Payback
proven results in the field
Beck’s PFR conducted a 3-year, multi-location study comparing fungicide applications made by ground rig, airplane, helicopter, and drone. Across multiple locations and growing conditions, drone application consistently delivered some of the strongest return on investment results while using significantly lower carrier volumes.
Ground VS. Drone
3 year multi-location fungicide application return on investment
(ROI PER ACRE)
ground rig
$6.40
(10-20 GAL./A.)
drone
$14.66
(2-3 GAL./A.)
Ground VS. Plane VS. Drone
3 year multi-location fungicide application return on investment
(ROI PER ACRE)
ground rig
$8.44
(10-20 GAL./A.)
airplane
$3.13
(2 GAL./A.)
drone
$13.17
(2 GAL./A.)
Ground VS. helecopter VS. Drone
3 year multi-location fungicide application return on investment
(ROI PER ACRE)
ground rig
$14.10
(15-20 GAL./A.)
airplane
$8.58
(2-3 GAL./A.)
drone
$16.53
(2-3 GAL./A.)
The data showed drone application produced the highest ROI in multiple comparisons, demonstrating that drones can be an effective and profitable application tool in real-world farming conditions.
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