Aviator's Epic Drone Shift on 500K-Acre Florida Ranch | The DroneOn Show Episode 13
Update: 2025-07-04
Description
In this episode of The DroneOn Show, Mike sits with James Harris of Southern Crop Services at a drone convention. A corporate pilot who soloed at 16, James swapped cockpits for drones, spraying 70,000 acres on a 500,000-acre Florida ranch, including a 34,000-acre pasture job in a month. Starting with their first Unimog rig that sparked viral buzz, he tackles rugged terrain and FAA training hurdles, sharing gritty lessons for ag drone grinders.
Chapters
- (00:00:00 ) - Drone On The Air
- (00:00:26 ) - James Harris on Drones and Growing Businesses
- (00:01:16 ) - Drone Spray: 80,000 Acres
- (00:03:15 ) - How a Drone Pilot Helped With Landscaping
- (00:05:49 ) - Flying When You Were Younger
- (00:07:15 ) - Farmers Get into Drone Farming
- (00:11:03 ) - Drones on a Florida cattle ranch
- (00:13:49 ) - Working on a 500,000-acre ranch--
- (00:17:44 ) - Flying a drone on a crop dusting crew
- (00:19:32 ) - Do You Think Drones Will Be Obsolete on Farms?
- (00:23:15 ) - Do you think it's Too Late to Get into Drone App Business
- (00:24:30 ) - How many drones do you have in your fleet?
- (00:25:32 ) - How to Build an Obstacle
- (00:28:46 ) - Flying Unmanned Drone
- (00:29:11 ) - Do drones help with aquatics?
- (00:32:28 ) - How to Get Your Drone Pilot License
- (00:36:01 ) - Flying a Drone With a CFI
- (00:38:37 ) - Drone spraying on corn
- (00:40:53 ) - Do drones shrink the crop spraying business?
- (00:44:21 ) - How to grow a crop
- (00:45:33 ) - Diesel Generator
- (00:47:35 ) - PODCAST: How to Win an MMA Match
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