Which aircraft does the job?
Pick drone, plane or helicopter, then the job. Licensed operators who cover your region quote their own price, and you contract them direct. Drone jobs also show a guide price.
LICENCES AND INSURANCE CHECKED · THE OPERATOR QUOTES · YOU PAY THEM DIRECT
Drones
Spraying, seeding and spreading, survey and mapping, scouting and inspection.
Fixed-wing aircraft
Spraying, spreading and seeding over large areas, and baiting on flat country.
Helicopters
Spraying, mustering, baiting and cherry drying.
Not sure which aircraft? The operator recommends one for your block.
Four things you get before anyone drives to your place.
The operator sends you a written quote: a rate per hectare, travel stated separately, and the minimum job charge if your block is under it. You see the number first. Nothing starts until you accept it.
We check the licences and the insurance certificates before an operator can take enquiries in your region. Remote pilot licence, the operator certificate with the aircraft listed, the chemical licences for your state, and public liability that covers chemical drift.
Coverage map, the volume that actually went out, the wind and temperature at the time, the product and the batch. It is formatted for your spray diary and it is yours to keep, send on, or hand to an auditor.
You take on the operator and you pay the operator. We never hold your money and we never take a cut of it from you. We bill the operator our fee once a month, separately, and it does not sit between you and them.
Six steps, and you are on the record.
Every job, start to finish
Boundary, crop, area, what goes on and the window you are working to. A dropped pin and a photo of the label is enough to start.
We check the label’s aerial-application directions and flag airspace, obstacles and neighbouring sensitive areas. If the label rules out a multirotor, or a ground rig would plainly do it cheaper, we say so before you go any further.
The enquiry goes to the operators who cover your region and hold the aircraft, the licence class and the chemical licences for your state. You see their credentials before you see a name.
Each operator sets their own price. You get a rate per hectare, travel stated separately, and the minimum job charge if it applies. Compare the quotes, take the one you want, or take none of them. There is no charge for asking.
The agreement for the work is between you and the operator, not with us. They flew it, so you pay them, on their terms. We never hold your money and never take a cut of it from you.
Take-off to shutdown goes on the job record: coverage map, volumes, conditions, product and batch. If the window closes, the job reschedules at no charge. The operator is the operator in command and makes the go/no-go call on the day.
Where our money comes from, since it is fair to ask. The operator pays us a platform fee: 20% of the job value on jobs we sent them, 2% on jobs they found themselves and recorded here. We bill them once a month. Your price is between you and them, and nothing you pay passes through us.
A drone isn’t always the right tool. Here’s when it is.
Call for a drone
- Paddocks too wet to carry a rig, when the window is closing
- Steep, timbered or broken country
- Creek lines, dam edges, drains and roadsides
- Small and irregular blocks under 40 ha
- Tall, late-season crops you’d otherwise flatten
- Spot spraying weed patches instead of blanket-treating the paddock
- Anywhere wheel tracks or compaction cost you yield
Don’t call for a drone
- Flat, dry, open country a ground rig can travel freely — a boom will usually beat a drone on cost per hectare, whatever the size, and we’ll tell you so
- Products the label requires to be applied from the ground, and in New South Wales, products the label allows from fixed-wing aircraft only
- Jobs needing more water per hectare than a drone can economically carry
We’d rather turn a job away than match it badly. If it’s not one for a drone, we’ll usually know what it is one for.
| Method | Typical $/ha | Where it wins |
|---|---|---|
| Ground boom spray | $8 – $18 | Large, dry, accessible paddocks |
| Drone | $18 – $35 | Rough, wet, awkward or access-limited blocks |
| Aerial (plane / heli) | $20 – $45 | Very large areas, very tight windows |
Indicative, ex GST. Source: AgPages published Australian contract spraying ranges, 2026.
A job you can actually check.
Aerial application is invisible from the ute. So the flight log comes back as a record: where the aircraft went, how much came out, and which corners it could not reach. The same record is what your agronomist, your insurer and the state regulator will ask for. It is yours, and it does not go away if you change operator next season.
Keep it for your records, send it to your agronomist, or hand it straight to an auditor.
- Boundary and exclusion zones as flown
- Flight lines actually flown, not planned
- Volume applied per zone, litres or kilograms
- Wind, temperature and time of application
- Operator licence, certificate and chemical licence numbers
- Product, label and batch
01Who am I actually contracting with?
The operator, not us. You get quotes from licensed operators who cover your region, you pick one, and the agreement for the work is between you and them. We check their licences and insurance before they can see your enquiry, we hold the job record, and that is where our part ends.02Who do I pay?
The operator. They send you the bill and you pay them, on their terms. We never collect, hold or forward your money. Our fee is paid by the operator, separately, once a month, and it has nothing to do with what you pay them.03What is actually in a quote?
A rate per hectare for the work, travel from the operator's base stated separately, and the minimum job charge if your block is under it. In writing, before anyone drives anywhere. Anything on the guide ranges page is a guide, not a quote — the operator's written number is the price.04What happens if the weather closes the window?
The job reschedules at no charge. The operator is the operator in command and makes the call on the day, on the conditions at your block against what the label allows. Nobody at the platform can overrule that, and we would not want to.05What records do I get back?
A job record on every job: the coverage map with the lines actually flown, the volume applied per zone, the wind and temperature at the time of application, the product, label and batch, and the licence numbers of the operator who flew it. It is formatted for your spray diary. You keep it, and it stays yours if you use a different operator next season.06Who supplies the chemical?
You do. The platform never buys, holds, carries or handles chemical and never will. Whether the operator supplies it instead is something you agree with them directly, and it is priced in their quote, not ours.07What insurance does the operator carry?
We hold current certificates before an operator can take enquiries: hull cover at full replacement value, third-party cover that explicitly includes chemical drift and overspray of at least amount not yet fixed, and aviation liability of at least amount not yet fixed. A lot of drone policies exclude drift, which is exactly why we ask for it in writing.08How is the operator checked?
Before they can see an enquiry from your region: remote pilot licence with the class rating for the aircraft, an operator certificate with that aircraft listed on it by make and model, and the chemical licences your state requires. We ask for the certificate, not the claim. If a licence lapses they have to tell us within number not yet fixed business days, and enquiries stop until it is back.09Something went wrong. What do I do?
Tell the operator and tell us at the same time. We release the job record, the credentials and the insurance evidence to both sides. You then have number not yet fixed days to work it out between you, and if that fails it goes to expedited arbitration in Sydney under New South Wales law. We do not decide who is right — we make sure both of you have the same facts.10How small a job will someone take?
A minimum job charge applies, and it is on the guide ranges page and in every quote. Under that, an operator will usually price by the hour instead, which often works out better for small blocks and spot jobs anyway. Send the block and let them tell you.11Drone, plane or helicopter: who decides?
The operator recommends the aircraft for your block and says so in the quote. Each aircraft page lists the jobs it can do, and each drone job page says when a plane or helicopter also does it.12Can a drone muster my cattle?
Only on your own property and within sight of the drone, under CASA rules. For anything beyond that, see Helicopters.13Who can lay aerial baits for wild dogs or feral pigs?
The approved procedures name helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. In New South Wales, aerial feral pig baits can only be laid by helicopter.
Where is the block?
Tell us the block, the product and the window. We will put it in front of the licensed operators who cover your region, and they will come back to you with a price.
or ring 0450 886 389 — that reaches us, not an operator. Mon–Sat, 6am–7pm during season