Agriculture · the crop cycle
One field, twenty-five drone missions.
Walk the season from pre-monsoon soil map to post-harvest compliance. Every mission is scoped for timing, payload, weather envelope, recommended drone, and the chemical it flies with.
25
missions
10
stages
36+
linked drones
Start here · founder demo trio
the three that sell the story
01 · Pre-Season
Map the land before a single seed is dropped. Soil, elevation, drainage.
Soil pH & Organic Matter Mapping
Prescription map fertilizer save 20%
- Timing
- Oct-May before planting
- Drone class
- Quad Scout + Lab
- Payload
- Multispectral + RGB + Sampling drone
- Frequency
- 1x per season
Elevation & Drainage Mapping
Laser leveling plan save 25% water
- Timing
- Oct for Rabi, May for Kharif
- Drone class
- M350 + L2 or eBee
- Payload
- LiDAR L2 + RGB
- Frequency
- 1x
02 · Planting
Get seed in ground — DSR rice, cover crops, aerial reforestation.
Rice Direct Seeded Rice DSR Sowing
10x faster than manual, save 30% water vs puddled
- Timing
- Jun 10-30 Kharif
- Drone class
- XAG P100 seeder / T40 seeder
- Payload
- Seeder air blower
- Frequency
- 1x
Cover Crop Seeding
Mustard cover crop fast
- Timing
- Oct after rice
- Drone class
- XAG P100
- Payload
- Seeder
- Frequency
- 1x
Reforestation Aerial Seeding
100k seed balls/day
- Timing
- Monsoon Jul-Aug
- Drone class
- XAG P100
- Payload
- Seeder seed balls
- Frequency
- 1x
03 · Growth · Scout
Weekly NDVI, nitrogen deficiency, thermal water-stress. See stress 7–10 days early.
Weekly NDVI Scout Health Monitoring
Detect stress 7-10 days before visible
- Timing
- Weekly after sowing
- Drone class
- Mavic 3M
- Payload
- Multispectral 5 band
- Frequency
- 7-10 days
Nitrogen Deficiency Detection
NDRE <0.3 = need N, variable rate
- Timing
- Tillering stage Rice Wheat
- Drone class
- Mavic 3M
- Payload
- Multispectral NDRE
- Frequency
- 2x per season
Water Stress CWSI Thermal
Find stress 2-3 days early, 25% water save
- Timing
- V6 Maize, PI Rice, weekly
- Drone class
- M30T
- Payload
- Thermal 640 radiometric
- Frequency
- Weekly
Weed Density Mapping
Weed map for spot spray 90% chem save
- Timing
- 20-30 DAS
- Drone class
- M3M + AI / XAG RevoSpray
- Payload
- RGB 20MP + AI Weed model
- Frequency
- 1-2x
04 · Growth · Pest
AI-detect paddy blast, fall armyworm before the field turns brown.
Pest - Paddy Blast Detection
Brown spot + temp rise = blast early
- Timing
- After 40 DAS
- Drone class
- M3M + M30T
- Payload
- RGB + MS + Thermal fusion
- Frequency
- Weekly
Pest - Fall Armyworm Maize
AI detects FAW holes in leaves
- Timing
- V3-V8 maize
- Drone class
- M3M
- Payload
- RGB AI FAW model
- Frequency
- Weekly
05 · Treatment
Spot-spray, broadcast, orchard mode, granule spread. 50× labour, 30% chem save.
AI Spot Spraying Weed Only
90% chemical saving, organic certifiable
- Timing
- After weed map
- Drone class
- XAG P100 RevoSpray
- Payload
- RGB + AI + Sprayer
- Frequency
- 1x
Broadcast Spraying Herbicide Pesticide
15ha/hr = 50x labour, 30% chem save
- Timing
- 20-60 DAS
- Drone class
- Agras T40/T50
- Payload
- Sprayer 40L 8 nozzles
- Frequency
- 2-3 sprays per season
Fungicide Spray Litchi Mango Orchard
Orchard mode radar adjusts to canopy
- Timing
- Apr-May before fruit
- Drone class
- Agras T50 orchard mode
- Payload
- Sprayer orchard mode
- Frequency
- 2x
Fertilizer Urea DAP Spreading
Works in wet paddy tractor cannot enter, 20ha/hr
- Timing
- Tillering, PI stage
- Drone class
- Agras T40 spreader / XAG P150
- Payload
- Granule spreader 50-70kg
- Frequency
- 2x
06 · Pre-Harvest
Yield estimation, fruit counting, lodging detection — plan combines and cold chain.
Yield Estimation Biomass
Biomass NDVI x canopy volume, 5% accuracy
- Timing
- 30 days before harvest
- Drone class
- M3M + L2
- Payload
- MS + RGB + LiDAR
- Frequency
- 1x
Fruit Counting Litchi Mango
Count fruits per tree, 500 trees/day, schedule labour cold storage
- Timing
- 30 days before harvest Muzaffarpur
- Drone class
- M350 + H20 + AI
- Payload
- RGB 20MP + AI counting
- Frequency
- 1x
Harvest Planning Lodging Detection
Detect lodged rice wheat for combine route
- Timing
- 1 week before
- Drone class
- Mavic 3M
- Payload
- RGB + LiDAR
- Frequency
- 1x
07 · Post-Harvest
Stubble burning monitoring — government compliance.
08 · Parallel
Livestock, night thermal patrol, fence breach and predator alerts.
Livestock Cattle Counting
500 head 15min vs 3hr bike
- Timing
- Any weekly
- Drone class
- M30T / M350 H20T
- Payload
- Zoom 200x + RGB
- Frequency
- Weekly
Livestock Fever Detection Thermal Night
Find fever animal 2C higher, night patrol predator
- Timing
- Night 9pm-4am
- Drone class
- M30T thermal
- Payload
- Thermal 640 + Zoom
- Frequency
- Weekly
Fence Breach & Predator Alert
Fence breach, nilgai, predator alert Bihar
- Timing
- Night
- Drone class
- M30T
- Payload
- Thermal + RGB + Spotlight
- Frequency
- Daily
09 · Bihar · Makhana
Mithila pond monitoring — NDWI water spread, algae bloom for foxnut.
10 · Special
Aquaculture shrimp zones, sugarcane sett counting at 500 ha per flight.
Aquaculture Shrimp Feeding Zone Monitoring
Feeding zone waste detection
- Timing
- Year round
- Drone class
- Mavic 3M
- Payload
- RGB
- Frequency
- Weekly
Sugarcane Sett Counting & Growth
Count sett germination, 500ha/flight
- Timing
- After planting
- Drone class
- eBee Ag
- Payload
- RGB + LiDAR
- Frequency
- Monthly
All 25 missions, A to Z
The complete mission library as plain links — payload, timing window, drones and chemicals sit on each mission page.
- AI Spot Spraying Weed OnlyAG10 · Treatment
- Aquaculture Shrimp Feeding Zone MonitoringAG24 · Special
- Broadcast Spraying Herbicide PesticideAG11 · Treatment
- Cover Crop SeedingAG04 · Planting
- Elevation & Drainage MappingAG02 · Pre-Season
- Fence Breach & Predator AlertAG22 · Parallel
- Fertilizer Urea DAP SpreadingAG13 · Treatment
- Fruit Counting Litchi MangoAG17 · Pre-Harvest
- Fungicide Spray Litchi Mango OrchardAG12 · Treatment
- Harvest Planning Lodging DetectionAG18 · Pre-Harvest
- Livestock Cattle CountingAG20 · Parallel
- Livestock Fever Detection Thermal NightAG21 · Parallel
- Makhana Pond Water Spread MonitoringAG23 · Special Bihar Mithila
- Nitrogen Deficiency DetectionAG07 · Growth
- Pest - Fall Armyworm MaizeAG15 · Growth-Scout
- Pest - Paddy Blast DetectionAG14 · Growth-Scout
- Reforestation Aerial SeedingAG05 · Planting
- Rice Direct Seeded Rice DSR SowingAG03 · Planting
- Soil pH & Organic Matter MappingAG01 · Pre-Season
- Stubble Burning Monitoring GovernmentAG19 · Post-Harvest
- Sugarcane Sett Counting & GrowthAG25 · Special
- Water Stress CWSI ThermalAG08 · Growth
- Weed Density MappingAG09 · Growth
- Weekly NDVI Scout Health MonitoringAG06 · Growth
- Yield Estimation BiomassAG16 · Pre-Harvest