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DJI Agras is the spray drone line, and it is the part of DJI’s business where regulation bites hardest — because these aircraft are heavy, they carry chemicals, and they fly over other people’s land.
On hardware, the Agras T55 and dual-battery T100 launched globally and both quietly cleared the FCC hurdle that has blocked other DJI products from the US market. What operators actually fly is a separate question, and we asked it directly: three Illinois spray drone operators on what is really in their fleets.
The enforcement story is worth knowing before you buy. DJI revoked an operator’s certificate after an Agras drone was used to lift a person ten metres — the manufacturer can withdraw permission to operate, and does.
The wider context is not comfortable. We have reported that the state of US ag drones is dying quickly, a sector squeezed between import policy and thin margins. Related coverage sits on the FCC and FAA desks, and heavy-lift operations intersect with BVLOS rulemaking. Every DJI Agras story lands in the feed below.
Last updated August 24, 2026 — the feed below updates with every new story.
DJI Agriculture launched two new spray platforms worldwide on July 1, 2026: the Agras T55, a lighter 50-liter drone built around an upgraded safety stack, and the Agras T100 Dual Battery Spraying System, an endurance-focused revision of the flagship the company shipped last November. Both arrive with the same qualifier DJI has attached to every…
Ag spray drones have moved from novelty to revenue stream in the U.S. Corn Belt, and the operators flying them have strong opinions about which platforms hold up over a full season. Prairie Farmer recently spoke with three Illinois custom operators about the aircraft and trailers they actually run. Their answers line up around two…
DJI has revoked a pilot's agricultural UAV certificate after an Agras drone was used to lift a person 10 meters in the air. Learn about the safety regulations and DJI's strict new enforcement.
If you or someone you know works in agriculture, there’s a possibility they have seen a large “Ag drone” being used on a nearby farm as a replacement for traditional crop-spraying planes. The entire drone industry has been running on one unspoken truth for years: DJI builds the most capable, most proven Ag drones platform…
Mexican Army Special Forces killed Nemesio Rubén “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes this past weekend in Tapalpa, Jalisco — the most wanted drug lord in Mexico, with a $10 million US bounty on his head. Within hours of federal confirmation, the predictable question surfaced: does the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) die with him? The answer,…
Every once in a while, a video appears that forces an entire industry to pause, rub its temples, and whisper, “Please don’t let regulators see this.” The recent recording from Pará that we received via Petroleo e Gas does exactly that. It shows a man attempting to ride a DJI agricultural drone, a machine designed…
DJI Agras drone transforms 82-year-old Chinese farmer Dai Shuying into viral sensation, boosting her farm's efficiency 60x while US farmers face ban barriers.
The Texas Farm Bureau is sounding the alarm on the FCC’s sweeping foreign drone ban, warning that “limited availability of drones and parts could prevent farmers and ranchers from adequately managing pesticide and fertilizer use, monitoring crop stress, checking livestock and other essential tasks.” The agricultural sector is now grappling with what this regulatory shift…
The T55 and T100 launched globally and quietly cleared the FCC question, but the broader picture for American ag drones is genuinely unsettled — which is why we have reported the sector as being under real pressure rather than simply growing.
Not always what the marketing suggests. We asked three Illinois spray drone operators what is in their fleets, which is a better guide than any product page.
DJI has revoked an operator's certificate — after an agricultural drone was used to lift a person 10 metres off the ground. The manufacturer can and does withdraw permission to operate.
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