Targeted herbicide application for noxious weed control in pastures and rangeland — protecting your grass without blanket spraying.
Noxious weeds like musk thistle, leafy spurge, and eastern red cedar rob your pastures of productive grass. Traditional methods require either blanket spraying entire pastures (killing good grass along with weeds) or hand-spraying on foot (slow and labor-intensive). Nelson Drone Solutions offers a better approach: GPS-guided precision drone spraying that targets weed patches directly, protecting the grass around them while eliminating the weeds.
We start by surveying your pasture using our thermal and visual sensors to map weed concentration areas. Then we program targeted flight paths that focus herbicide application directly on weed patches rather than spraying the entire pasture. The Talos T60x applies herbicide at the precise rate and altitude for maximum effectiveness on the target weeds. You get a GPS-logged coverage report showing exactly which areas were treated.
Blanket-spraying entire pastures wastes herbicide and kills desirable grasses. Hand-spraying with backpacks is slow and labor-intensive. ATVs with boom sprayers compact soil and cannot access steep or rough terrain. Precision drone spraying combines the coverage speed of aerial application with the targeting accuracy of hand spraying — treating only the weeds, not the entire pasture.