Agricultural Drone Companies

We try to maintain a comprehensive list of agricultural drones for sale in the U.S. ADI takes no position on which drones should or should not purchased, our objective is to provide information on various ag-drones and their country of origin.

There are a growing number of options in the agricultural drone space. Given the significant cost of purchasing a heavy-lift ag-drone combined with the shifting regulatory landscape restricting imports and potentially banning some drones outright, we wanted to provide a comprehensive list of heavy-lift ag-drones available in the U.S. to help people make informed decisions.

Hylio

Hylio is an American agricultural drone manufacturer.

They offer agricultural drones of all sizes and offer the leading swarming technology in the agricultural drone space.

    • 150 lbs payload

    • Spray 50 acres p/ Hour

    • Spread 2,400 lbs p/ Hour

    • 150 lbs payload

    • Spray 80 acres p/ Hour

    • Spread 3,900 lbs p/ Hour

    • 66.4 lbs payload

    • Spray 50 acres p/ Hour

    • Spread 960 lbs p/ Hour

    • 37 lbs payload

    • Spray 27.5 acres p/ Hour

    • Spread 960 lbs p/ Hour

    • 21 lbs payload

    • Spray 15 acres p/ Hour

    • Spread 960 lbs p/ Hour

DJI

DJI is a Chinese agricultural drone manufacturer. They offer agricultural drones of all sizes.

While they represent the largest share of the American market, they are facing incipient import and sales restrictions - and may eventually be banned from operating in the U.S. entirely - read more in our advocacy section.

    • 85 lbs payload

    • Spray 50 acres p/ Hour

    • Spread 3,900 lbs p/ Hour

    • 85 lbs payload

    • Spray 40 acres p/ Hour

    • Spread 7,500 lbs p/ Hour

    • 85 lbs payload

    • Spray 30 acres p/ Hour

    • Spread 3,500 lbs p/ Hour

    • 20 kg payload

    • Spray 30 acres p/ Hour

    • Spread 2,000 lbs p/ Hour

DMR Drones

DMR (Drone Manufacturing & Research) is an American agricultural drone manufacturer offering a range of drone sizes.

DMR is a relatively new market entrant with a similar form factor to DJI.

    • 13.2 gal.

    • 10.5 gal.-40

    • 7.9 gal.

    • 5.3 gal.

XAG

XAG is the second-largest Chinese agricultural drone company operating in the U.S. by market size.

XAG is not currently facing direct bans from the U.S. government, though import bans and tariffs may impact them in the future.

    • 155 lbs payload

    • Spray 47 Acres p/ Hour

    • Spread 4,770 lbs p/ Hour

    • 110 lbs payload

    • Spray 47 Acres p/ Hour

    • Spread 2,860 lbs p/ Hour

    • 44 lbs kg payload

    • Spray 15 Acres p/ Hour

    • Spread 5,200 lbs p/ Hour

    • 44 lbs payload

    • Spray 180 Gallons p/ Hour

    • Spread 1,455 kg p/ Hour

    • 35 lbs payload

    • Spray 37 Acres p/ Hour

    • Spread 5,200 lbs p/ Hour

Guardian

Guardian is an American agricultural drone manufacturer focusing on large-bodied spray drones with extremely fast-charging integrated batteries.

Guardian is in the early stages of getting into the commercial market.

    • 200 lbs payload

EAVision

EAVision is a Chinese drone manufacturer offering a range of drone sizes.

Information on EAVision’s drones are only sporadically available.

  • Spec list to come.

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A Note on Re-labeled DJI Drones

As Congress and Federal Agencies increase pressure on foreign adversary nations in general, and China in particular, there is an increasing effort, particularly by DJI to re-enter the market using undeclared subsidiaries. ADI cautions would-be customers that Congress and regulators are aware of these companies and are unlikely to ignore them in the long run, as evidenced by their investigation into Anzu Robotics.

While ADI cannot definitively say that these companies’ products are passthru’s for DJI, there are more parallels between these companies and Anzu Robotics, an allegedly American company which was finally determined to be a DJI pass-through. ADI cautions any would-be customer against purchasing a drone that claims to be American while looking too much like a DJI product. Other signs of potentially being a DJI front company are drones with cutting edge technology developed by companies with no engineering or software experience, or teams that have been long-standing DJI wholesalers.

While the majority of these drone manufacturers claim to have resolved this by developing separate in-house software, no evidence has been set for that we are aware of demonstrating that the DJI SDK was, in-fact bypassed in any of those instances. DJI has no motive to allow root access to their hardware and, without it, DJI, and by extension the CCP, have foundational control over the equipment and therefore, American legislators and regulators will be motivated to work to get it out of American airspace.

To learn more about how these pass-throughs work, click below for the House Select Committee on China’s letter to Anzu Robotics.