Ohio’s Young Gun: Innovating Drone Spraying in Family Farming | The DroneOn Show Episode 22
Update: 2025-09-05
Description
In this episode of The DroneOn Show, Mike sits with Hayden Crum, a 20-year-old Ohio entrepreneur who launched Midwest Air as a high school freshman. From a 7th-generation, 5,000-acre family farm, Hayden’s spraying 100,000 acres with DJI T20s and Zagg drones, outpacing helicopters with better coverage. Despite a power line crash and Ohio’s drought challenges, he’s scaling to 30,000 acres and selling drones to farmers.
Chapters
- (00:00:00 ) - 20 year old drone entrepreneur
- (00:00:24 ) - How to Become a Farmer
- (00:02:13 ) - How Do You Run a Business With a Drone?
- (00:05:37 ) - Drones for Farmers: Safety
- (00:09:48 ) - COVID crops
- (00:10:45 ) - Do drones contaminate your crop?
- (00:14:43 ) - How To Apply Fungicide Well
- (00:19:31 ) - Do You Need a Drone to Work?
- (00:23:14 ) - Emergency Braked on a Plane
- (00:23:47 ) - Drones for farmers: Growing the crop
- (00:26:02 ) - Farmers Use DJI P100 Drone for Weed Control
- (00:29:02 ) - Do You Need a Pilot Drone on the Field?
- (00:30:55 ) - DJI P100 Pro vs XAG X-40
- (00:32:16 ) - Flying a drone with two batteries requires two chargers
- (00:33:39 ) - Drones for Farmers: Starting Out as a Business
- (00:35:18 ) - How To Run a Drone Trailer
- (00:36:23 ) - Have You Got What it Takes to Grow Organic Wheat?
- (00:38:22 ) - Is the market flooded?
- (00:42:05 ) - Is being a drone spray pilot easy work, easy money?
- (00:44:32 ) - DJI Drone on an Old Farm
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