After months of saving and research, 12 year old farmer Toby Field shelled out $2000 and bought a DJI Phantom 4 drone.
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“I went into the shop around 10 times to look at it and ask questions to make sure it was right for what I needed,” Toby said.
“My drone flies up to 500 metres high and about a distance of 3km, and has a flight time of 25 minutes while flying up to 80km an hour.
“If you stop using the controls it will just hover, that’s what you get for $2,000.”
Toby uses it on the farm to check water troughs and gates, and check on the ewes when they are lambing.
He is also looking at other ways to make use of his drone on farm.
Toby is considering how his drone can be used with Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) technology to analyse crop health.
He has already used his drone to take some good photos of the weather and harvest machinery in action.
Toby is already working hard to save up for his next purchase and you can be sure it will be something that he will use in his work on the farm.
