Loughnan won the Farmers Weekly competition for the drone, provided by DJI Ferntech.
“It is going to save us a lot of time with a lot of the jobs that can soak up time when we get really busy during milking,” Loughnan said.
“Checking on lambing, kidding and fawning progress and problems – we have some steep blocks which a drone could far more quickly cover.”
It will also be useful for stud monitoring, pest control, checking for cast sheep and mustering, he said.
