Co-operating flying drones could survey crops very quickly, but at what cost?
Cost is another issue. Mr Gilbreath estimates that a drone swarm will cost tens of thousands of dollars once it hits the market, making it unlikely that smaller farmers in developing economies will be able to afford one.
"Large firms in industrialised countries will experience a cost advantage through increasing their output, with the smaller farmer left behind unless they form a co-operative of some sort with other micro-farmers or sell highly specialised commodities.Media captionFarmer Bill Herz admits that, as a small grower, he wouldn't pay tens of thousands for a swarm of drones.
"Farmers won't need to buy the swarm," says Mr Gilbreath."They may say, I need my field analysed by tomorrow. A service provider may come in with 10 or 20 of these things and do it by lunchtime."
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