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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