Mission briefing
Livestock Cattle Counting sits in the parallel stage of the crop cycle. It runs on a m30t / m350 h20t carrying zoom 200x + rgb, and in Bihar the window is any weekly at a frequency of weekly. Expect roughly 500 head 15min per sortie, and stand the drone down outside the wind <10m/s, day envelope — flying past it wastes chemical and risks drift onto neighbouring plots. Readings are interpreted through NA, so the payload has to output those bands rather than plain RGB. 500 head 15min vs 3hr bike On a easy-difficulty mission like this, the cost driver is not the drone — it is the number of return trips and the pilot hours around them, which is what the payback maths on the economics page turns on.
What you need
- Payload
- Zoom 200x + RGB
- Drone class
- M30T / M350 H20T
- Vegetation indices
- NA
When to fly (Bihar)
- Timing
- Any weekly
- Frequency
- Weekly
- Coverage
- 500 head 15min
- Weather envelope
- Wind <10m/s, Day
What this pass costs to buy in
Custom-hire rates operators actually charge for field work. Use these as the benchmark before you decide whether to own a drone or hire one for livestock cattle counting.
| State | Job | ₹/acre | ₹/ha |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bihar | Spraying Rice | ₹450 | ₹1111 |
| Bihar | NDVI Scout | ₹150 | ₹370 |
| Bihar | Spreading Urea | ₹400 | ₹988 |
| Bihar | DSR Seeding | ₹800 | ₹1976 |
| Punjab | Spraying Rice | ₹500 | ₹1235 |
| Haryana | Spraying | ₹500 | ₹1235 |
Before you fly this mission
- DGCA rules for agricultural flying →
Green-zone limits, 120 m ceiling and the paperwork a spray sortie needs.
- Kisan Drone subsidy 2026 →
Up to 100% support for FPOs and CHCs buying the drone that runs this pass.
- Agri drone price list India →
What the machines capable of this mission cost, ex-showroom.
- Pilot licence cost & RPTO list →
You cannot fly this commercially without a DGCA remote pilot certificate.