Aeroapplications in full swing: airplanes and drones traversing our skies, and our fields

In the heart of the agricultural campaign, the roar of Air Tractor engines marks the pulse of production. Valor Agregado Agro spoke with Francisco "Tato" Casajús, from Casajús Servicios Aéreos, exploring the reality of a sector that does not rest and which, from the heights, has a privileged perspective of what the soil returns to the producer. Activity today is incessant. Planes are coming and going loaded with insecticides and fungicides to protect the potential of soybeans and corn. However, the panorama is not uniform. "Tato" describes a productive gap marked by the caprice of the clouds: while in the Río Cuarto area, the crops are "very green and on track" thanks to the water accumulation, to the east, the scenario changes drastically. "From here to La Carlota there are about 100 kilometers, and the differences are noticeable. There the drought is important; it rained 15 or 20 millimeters which is not enough and the crops feel it," explains the aerial applicator. This lack of ...