RESOURCES
Progressive Farmer: Poised for flight, Iowa startup hopes to provide efficiencies and options with amped up drone sprayers
November 30, 2019
The world headquarters of Rantizo screams tech startup. The small company that’s pushing the edge on autonomous drone spraying systems feels out of place in downtown Iowa City, wedged between a flower shop and a store hawking University of Iowa T-shirts. There’s an open-office concept and a workroom cluttered with disassembled drones, and to actually test anything out, engineers must crawl out a second-story window onto a roof.
share this
past blog posts
Related blogs
The Rantizo team is no stranger to drone spraying in the Bighorn Basin. Hear from our Worland, Wyoming, customer Gabe Sherman, Jordan Farms, about his experience with our drone spraying services. Interested in learning more? Visit our website for more information: www.rantizo.com/NorthernRockies
The right timing of herbicide applications is crucial for crops’ growth stage. Camby Reynolds with Simplot Grower Solutions knows this well for his customers. With drone spraying, he’s able to find the best time for applications for weed management, maintain irrigation, all while maintaining the overall crop growth. Learn more about how he’s implemented spray drones with ground rigs and airplanes in the Bighorn Basin in Wyoming: https://www.rantizo.com/aerial-applications-integrating-spray-drones-and-airplanes-into-a-crop-protection-plan
Wyoming farmer John Busch knows firsthand the importance of maintaining irrigation efforts in the Bighorn Basin. Receiving less than 14 inches of rain per year, irrigation is critical. Spray drones have allowed him to spray his fields while keeping the water running. Read more about spraying on irrigated acres in our blog: https://www.rantizo.com/spray-drones-offer-unique-benefits-on-irrigated-acres
