In the practice of precision agriculture, a key environmental factor that was once overlooked – wind – is now redefining the irrigation and plant protection efficiency of modern agriculture with the help of advanced anemometer technology. By deploying field meteorological stations to obtain high-precision real-time data, farm managers can now “see” wind farms and make more scientific and economical decisions based on this.
Traditional agricultural management often only refers to temperature and humidity, while the grasp of wind speed and direction relies on rough perception. Nowadays, digital anemometers integrated into farmland environmental monitoring systems can continuously measure and transmit key meteorological data such as wind speed, wind direction, and gust intensity.
In terms of irrigation optimization, these real-time data have brought immediate benefits. “Under strong wind or high wind speed conditions, water drift and evaporation losses during sprinkler irrigation can exceed 30% at most,” an agricultural technology extension expert pointed out. “Now, the system can automatically pause or delay irrigation instructions when the wind speed exceeds the preset threshold, and resume operations after the wind stops or the wind speed decreases, achieving true water-saving irrigation and ensuring the uniformity of irrigation.”
In the field of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) plant protection, the role of real-time wind field data is even more crucial. It is directly related to the effectiveness of pesticide application and environmental safety.
Avoiding drift pollution: By predicting the wind direction in the operation area, pilots can plan the best flight route to prevent the pesticide from being blown towards nearby sensitive crops, water areas or residential areas.
Enhance the application effect: The system can dynamically adjust the flight parameters of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the switch of the nozzle based on real-time data, ensuring that the liquid medicine accurately penetrates the canopy and evenly adheres to both sides of the leaves when the wind speed is stable and the wind direction is appropriate.
Ensuring flight safety: Sudden gusts of wind are one of the main risks in drone operations. Real-time wind field monitoring and early warning provide pilots with a crucial safety buffer time.
Industry experts believe that upgrading the anemometer from a simple meteorological measurement tool to a decision-making center that is linked with irrigation systems and drone flight control marks the deepening of precision agriculture from “perception” to “response”. With the popularization of technology, intelligent management based on real-time wind farm data will become a standard configuration for modern farms, providing strong support for achieving sustainable agriculture that is resource-conserving and environmentally friendly.
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Post time: Sep-30-2025