Spring farming goes smart and green in China

Tractors spray pesticide in the wheat fields in Wanggang Town, Yingshang County of east China's Anhui Province, March 6, 2021. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

BEIJING: Setting the flight speed, relative crop height, and fertiliser doses, Luo Faxin, a 55-year-old farm manager, pressed the button lightly. Five agricultural drones flew swiftly toward the farmlands to spray fertiliser automatically.

A rare scene in the past, this is now a common sight at Luo’s farm in Taolou Township of Changfeng County, east China’s Anhui Province, during the spring farming season.