Perfect Flight

Chemical drift remains a significant concern for farmers who employ aerial applications of pesticides or fertilizers in agricultural and forestry purposes. The rapid speed of both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft during these applications can cause the chemicals to stray from intended targets, posing considerable risks to surrounding environmentally sensitive areas such as rivers, lakes, beehives, and livestock habitats.

To address this effectively while optimizing the advantages of aerial applications, transparency and visibility become prominent. Perfect Flight’s platform serves this need by employing sophisticated algorithms to protect sensitive zones by establishing buffer areas.

“Our platform empowers users to examine several aspects of their aerial applications. This includes tracking the amount of product used and the flow rate, the flight path followed, and identifying potential areas for improvement, thereby facilitating further enhancement in application performance,” says Leonardo Luvezuti, head of business at Perfect Flight.

Its forward-thinking strategy not only promotes sustainable agricultural practices but identifies inaccurate applications within and beyond field boundaries. The result is reduced waste and precise dosages, leading to healthier crops, higher yields, and increased profit margins for growers.

Today, when the world is committed to environmental stewardship and bringing a positive shift in agricultural practices, Perfect Flight’s solution makes it possible to protect ecosystems and increase productivity hand in hand.

Its holistic approach extends beyond maintaining precision while spraying. A focus area in that regard is maintaining uniformity in the distribution of chemicals across a field. This attention to detail enables farmers to address the pitfalls of overapplication or uneven coverage.

Moreover, it quantifies the amount of wasted chemicals, providing a dual benefit—minimizing environmental impact and offering economic relief by reducing operational costs.

The proof is in the numbers; farmers using Perfect Flight’s platform have seen uniformity rates improve to 90 percent.

Notable improvements in aerial application practices in Brazil serve as a compelling, real-world example. In one instance, Perfect Flights worked with SLC, one of Brazil’s biggest producers of grain and fiber, which relies heavily on aerial application techniques.

SLC was facing challenges in monitoring and evaluating the services they received due to a lack of transparency in agricultural operations. However, with the use of Perfect Flight’s platform, SLC acquired the capability to closely monitor and optimize aerial applications on farms specializing in soybean, cotton, and corn production. Subsequently, they made the use of Perfect Flight mandatory for managing all their agricultural applications, catalyzing a transformative shift in their farming practices.

Perfect Flight ensures the farmers not only enhance productivity but also achieve compliance with stringent local regulations. “Using the platform, they can effortlessly comply with Brazil’s stringent environmental regulations,” says Vinícius Velho, business development representative of Perfect Flight.

Motivated by these successes, Perfect Flight has already started spreading its wings overseas. A case in point is its partnership with Raízen, South America’s largest sugar and ethanol producer. Perfect Flight’s platform seamlessly integrates into Raízen’s operations, ensuring contractors deliver services responsibly. The platform lets Raízen’s precision agriculture teams generate environmentally responsible flight maps and compare planned tasks against executed jobs.

In just the first season of implementation, Raízen saw a 25 percent improvement in key performance indicators. This led them to adopt Perfect Flight’s solution across multiple mills, enabling analysis of 100 percent of all aerial applications over an expansive area of over 3.3 million hectares.

Like these examples, Perfect Flight has been addressing many unmet needs for modern farming practices. It is ready to bridge this gap, paving the way for a more sustainable and efficient agricultural future.