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Agricultural drone flying over a farm field

🌾 PRECISION AGRICULTURE · AGEN (47) · €8–30 PER HECTARE

Drone precision agriculture in Agen

Free quote — precision agriculture in Agen

The valley farmland around Agen benefits from the Garonne — and the multispectral drone makes the most of it: vigour maps, input zoning, monitoring of the patchwork plots between slopes and valley floor. From Pont-canal d'Agen to the outlying districts, our pilots know the terrain of Agen and prepare every flight on the local aeronautical chart.

The Agen economy relies on food production (IGP prunes, the fruit-and-vegetable sector of Lot-et-Garonne, France's leading orchard), the pioneering Agropole food-tech park, the national prison-service academy (ENAP) and SUA rugby. Drone missions: precision agriculture and orchards, agri-food communication, real estate, construction monitoring, canal river tourism. Prefecture of Lot-et-Garonne, halfway between Bordeaux and Toulouse, Agen is inseparable from its prune — the ente plum dries on the surrounding hillsides — and from its 539-metre canal bridge, one of France's longest, carrying the lateral canal across the Garonne: a splendid aerial subject.

Examples of assignments in Agen

  • Crop counts, game-damage detection and plot diagnostics for farmers across the department (47)
  • Vigour maps and variable-rate input plans on cereals and crops around Agen
  • Early detection of disease or water stress in vineyards
  • Plant counting and density estimation after sowing

Sites and landmarks in Agen

To prepare flights in Agen (32,485 inhabitants, Nouvelle-Aquitaine), the pilot relies on landmarks such as:

  • Pont-canal d'Agen
  • Cathédrale Saint-Caprais
  • Vieille ville et rue Beauville
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Agen
  • Passerelle piétonne sur la Garonne

Rates

€8–30 per hectare — the range observed on the 2026 French market, including regulatory preparation, flight and delivery. Every mission in Agen is priced on its own facts: area to cover, flight height, expected deliverable and local formalities.

The airspace context in Agen

Some plots around Agen fall under controlled airspace (Aérodrome d'Agen-La Garenne (LFBA)): agricultural flights remain possible there at low height after a protocol, with no impact on map quality.

Agricultural flights use the open category over the farm's own plots, away from third parties; drone spraying remains under a strict experimental framework in France — we only provide imagery and diagnostics. Full regulations and rates: precision agriculture across France →

Information checked against the regulations in force as of September 2026 (EU regulations 2019/945 and 2019/947, applicable French decrees).

Frequently asked questions

Precision agriculture in Agen: what budget should you plan?

Allow €8–30 per hectare — the 2026 French market range, including regulatory preparation, flight and delivery. In Agen, coordination with the local airspace is included in the quote and arranged within a few days.

What does the drone see that I cannot from the edge of my field near Agen?

Multispectral imagery measures canopy reflectance: it reveals nitrogen or water stress one to two weeks before it becomes visible to the eye. On Nouvelle-Aquitaine farms, that converts into prescription maps your equipment can use directly.

Can the drone spray my fields?

Yes, within a precise derogation framework since law 2025-365 and its spring 2026 implementing texts: plots with slopes of at least 20%, banana plantations and grapevine mother stock, only with biocontrol, organic-approved or low-risk products. Outside that framework, aerial spraying remains prohibited; we then provide the maps that optimise your conventional sprayer passes.

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