Drone Seeding

Seed Where A Drill Can't Practically Go

Aerial seeding broadcasts seed onto the surface from above. That opens up ground a drill or air seeder can't work: wet holes and drowned-out spots, slough margins, ravine sides, treed corners, established pasture, and disturbed or reclaimed sites with no seedbed to speak of.

It is also a practical way to get a cover crop or forage blend out over a large area quickly, including into standing crop or stubble later in the season.

Common Seeding Work

• Cover crop blends broadcast into standing crop or after harvest.
• Forage, hay and pasture seed on rough or fenced ground.
• Reseeding thin stands, washouts and flooded-out areas.
• Fill-in seeding on headlands, corners and equipment-damaged strips.
• Reclamation and revegetation seeding on disturbed sites and right-of-ways.

Be Realistic About Broadcast Seed

Broadcast seed sits on the surface instead of being placed at depth. Establishment depends on the seed type, seed size, moisture at and after application, timing, residue cover and how much seed-to-soil contact the site gives you. Small, hard seeds in a moist seedbed generally do better than large seed sitting on dry, heavy trash.

No establishment or stand outcome is guaranteed. What can be done is match the job to conditions honestly and tell you when timing looks poor.

What To Send

Location, approximate acres, the seed or blend and target rate, and what the ground looks like — stubble, pasture, disturbed soil, standing water. That is enough to talk through the plan and price the job.