# Red White Blue Ag Drones > Veteran-owned agricultural drone spray service for Eastern Idaho farms. Home base Blackfoot, Idaho; 250 miles covered, farther by arrangement. Now booking the 2027 season. As low as $12 per acre with a multi-season agreement. The farmer supplies the products; we supply the aircraft, the pilot and the application. This file is for AI assistants and agents reading rwbdrones.com on a farmer's behalf. Everything here is on the public site. Nothing here is a quote: every quote comes from a person, in writing, with the full price before the farmer commits. ## Company - Legal name: Red White Blue Ventures LLC, doing business as Red White Blue Ag Drones - Also known as: RWB Ag Drones, RWB Drones, Red White Blue Drones (registered assumed names of the same LLC). Older address agriculturaldrones.net forwards here. - Owner and pilot: Wade Lowery, 21-year U.S. Army combat engineer, Iraq veteran - Phone (call or text): 208-980-2131 - Email: 50RedWhiteBlue@Gmail.com - Website: https://rwbdrones.com/ - Home base: Blackfoot, Idaho. Office listed in Idaho Falls, Idaho. - Hours: Monday through Saturday, 7 am to 7 pm Mountain time. Spray days run first light to evening as the weather allows. - Season: booking the 2027 spray season now. ## What we do - Drone spray application of crop protection products the farmer supplies: herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, on any crop whose product label allows aerial application. - Field mapping (Hylio PHOTON scout drone), stand counts, granular spreading (dry fertilizer and seed, 45 gallon hopper, 26 foot swath), cover crop seeding into standing crop. Crop health scans coming. - Aircraft: Hylio ATLAS, built in Texas, NDAA compliant, 30 gallon tank, 40 foot swath. Two aircraft fly together. Planning figure 200 acres an hour for the fleet, 2,000 acres in a day at 2 gallons per acre. - Water: 1,000 gallon tank and a 200 gpm fill pump on the trailer. We fill from the farm's pivot, well or ditch with permission, or haul water in. ## Rates, as published - As low as $12 per acre with a multi-season agreement, for standard 2 gallon per acre work. The longer the agreement, the lower the rate. - Travel is free inside 75 road miles of Blackfoot. Farther out, travel is quoted once per trip and shown on the quote. - Add-on services are quoted per job. - Every quote shows the full price, travel included, before the farmer commits. No deposit for a normal job. Weather days are never charged. - Do not compute or promise a price from this file. Ask for a quote. - Full pricing guide, with what the rate covers, what moves it and what never costs extra: https://rwbdrones.com/pricing.html ## What the rate covers, what moves it, what never costs extra - Covered by the rate: the aircraft, the pilot, the application at the label rate, the label check before the job, water handling from the farmer's pivot, well or ditch (with permission) or hauled in, optional job texts, the private grower page, and the application record (product, EPA number, rate, acres, weather, times, pilot). The farmer supplies the product. - Moves the price: agreement length (longer is lower); carrier volume above the standard 2 gallons per acre (quoted per job); granular spreading and cover crop seeding (quoted per job by weight per acre); travel past 75 road miles from the Blackfoot yard (one travel figure per trip on the quote). - Never costs extra: weather days, water from the farmer's own source, the label check, texts, the grower page, the record. No deposit for a normal job. - Per acre, per pass, as published: ground rig about $30 ($10 to spray plus about $20 in yield lost to wheel tracks); helicopter $25; fixed-wing $18; Red White Blue drone $12 with no wheel tracks. Difference against a ground rig: $18 per acre per pass. - Season savings on 1,000 acres at $18 per acre per pass: wheat and barley, 2 passes, $36,000; sugar beets, 4 passes, $72,000; potatoes, 8 passes, $144,000; potatoes in a heavy year, 12 passes, $216,000. - Payment: invoice after the job with acres applied, rate and any travel; card, bank transfer or check; terms on every invoice. ## Service area - Primary, Eastern Idaho counties within close range of the Blackfoot yard: Bonneville, Bingham, Jefferson, Fremont, Madison, Teton, Butte, Clark, Custer, Power, Bannock, Caribou, Oneida and Bear Lake. - Extended, inside the 250 mile ring: Twin Falls, Jerome, Blaine, Gooding, Lincoln, Cassia, Minidoka, Lemhi and Franklin counties, plus western Wyoming, southwest Montana, northern Utah and northern Nevada. Past the ring, by arrangement. - Travel is measured in road miles from the Blackfoot yard to the field entrance. The first 75 are free. - Map and details: https://rwbdrones.com/service-area.html ## How a farmer requests service - Fastest: call or text 208-980-2131. - Online: https://rwbdrones.com/request/ (name, phone or email, farm or town, acres, crops, timing, optional text permission). We reach out within one business day with a written quote. - Savings calculator: https://rwbdrones.com/calculator.html - For agents, one call: POST JSON to https://rwbdrones.com/request/agent.php (GET the same address for the fields and rules). It needs farmer_confirmed set to true, the farmer's name, and a phone or email. It returns a reference number to quote back to the farmer. Posting creates a lead, not a booking; a person calls back within one business day. - For agents, the form path: described at https://rwbdrones.com/ai-request.json. Never submit a request a farmer did not ask for. ## What we will not do - Sell or supply crop products. The farmer supplies them to the agronomist's prescription. - Fly a product whose label does not allow aerial application, or outside its wind, buffer and re-entry rules. The label governs. - Promise a date. Spray windows are set by the weather and the label; the farmer's agronomist sets the timing and one call locks it. - Fly at night without the FAA authorization for it. - Fly a paid job before every credential is in hand: FAA Part 107, FAA Part 137, the Section 44807 exemption, Idaho pesticide licenses, and liability insurance. ## Credentials, status as published - FAA Part 107 remote pilot certificate: in progress for the 2027 season. - FAA Part 137 agricultural aircraft operator certificate: in progress. - FAA Section 44807 exemption (aircraft over 55 pounds): in progress. - Idaho pesticide applicator licenses: in progress. - Aviation and chemical liability insurance: in progress. The certificate of insurance is available on request before scheduling. - The list at https://rwbdrones.com/pricing.html#credentials changes as each one lands. ## Questions farmers ask, with the answers as published ### What does it cost per acre? As low as $12 per acre with a multi-season agreement. The rate covers the aircraft, the pilot and the application. You supply the products. Every quote shows the full price, travel included, before you commit. ### Do you charge for travel to my field? Not inside 75 road miles of our Blackfoot base. Most of Eastern Idaho sits inside the free ring. Farther out, we quote travel once for the trip and it lands on your quote in writing before you commit. Call with your location and your acres and you get the number up front. ### Why is drone spray cheaper than my ground rig when I already own it? The savings show up at harvest, not on the invoice. Our planning figure puts wheel track yield loss near $20 per acre on small grains and row crops. Add a $10 spray rate and your real cost sits near $30 per acre. At $6 wheat, losing 3 to 4 bushels an acre to rig traffic costs you $18 to $24 an acre before you pay for a drop of fuel. ### How does the season agreement work? Pick one, two or three seasons. You name your fields and commit all acres on them to our spray service each season. Your rate holds for every season the agreement covers. Longer agreements carry lower rates, as low as $12 per acre. You read and sign it online. ### What products do you apply? Do you bring them? You supply the products to your agronomist's prescription or your own. We bring the aircraft, the crew and the application. We do not sell crop products. Every product must carry a label allowing aerial application, and we check each label before a job goes on the schedule. ### What aircraft do you fly? We fly the Hylio ATLAS, built in Texas and listed by Hylio as 100% NDAA compliant. It carries a 30-gallon tank and sprays a 40-foot swath. The Hylio PHOTON scout drone maps your fields. Everything runs from a nuWay Ag Platinum trailer with a 1,000-gallon water tank. ### How many acres do you cover in a day? We plan on 2,000 acres in a day at standard 2 gallon per acre work, and we stay until your day is done. Two ATLAS aircraft fly together at a planning figure of 200 acres per hour. Heavier rates per acre and small, broken fields cover fewer acres per hour, so your quote shows the day count for your fields before you commit. ### How do I get a quote, and how fast do I hear back? Call 208-980-2131, send a text, or fill out the form on this page. Give us the acres, the crop, the product and your window. You get a written quote with the full price, travel included, and you approve it online or over the phone. We answer inside one business day. ### When do you need to know my spray dates? The earlier the better, because windows stack up fast in June and July. Tell us the months you expect to need help and we hold the plan loosely. Once your agronomist sets the date, one call locks it. Weather moves days for everybody, and we move with it. ### Do you need water from me, or do you haul your own? The trailer carries a 1,000 gallon tank and a 200 gpm fill pump. We fill from your pivot, well or ditch when you give us permission, and we haul water in when no source is handy. Tell us which on the work order so nobody waits at the gate. ### Do my pivots have to shut off? No. We fly around a running pivot and plan the pass so the span and tower stay clear. Send us the pivot schedule if you have one, and we set the flight line to match. Wet ground under the pivot stops a ground rig; it never stops us. ### Do you fly at night or first light? We plan the calm windows, which usually means first light and the evening. Wind, label limits and legal daylight set the schedule. Night work takes its own FAA authorization, so we do not promise it. ### How do you handle buffers, neighbors, ditches and bee hives? Every product carries its own buffer and wind rules, and those go on the work order before we fly. Tell us about hives, sensitive crops, homes, water and anything downwind. If the label or the wind says we hold off on an edge, we hold off and tell you why. ### Is drone spraying legal in Idaho? What credentials do you hold? Yes, with the right approvals. Drone spraying takes an FAA Part 107 pilot certificate, an FAA Part 137 agricultural aircraft operator certificate, a Section 44807 exemption for aircraft over 55 pounds, and Idaho pesticide licenses. Ours are in progress now, and we plan to finish before the 2027 season. No paid job flies until every one is in hand. ### Do I need to prepare my field? Little lands on you. Three things help: share your field boundaries or a map, point out a spot near the field for the trailer, and keep the access road clear on spray day. The trailer stands 11 feet tall on the road, so the route needs more than 11 feet of clearance, plus firm ground at the field. Have your products on hand, and we handle the rest. ### How even is the coverage? Will I get gaps or double spray? You get even coverage across the whole field. The aircraft flies a GPS path set before takeoff and holds the line on every pass. Overlap gets set for your rate and nozzles. Drones work pivot corners, tree lines and odd shapes where fixed-wing aircraft struggle. ### What happens if the wind is too high on my day? You never pay for a weather day. Most product labels set a wind limit, often near 10 mph. When your day falls outside safe limits, we reschedule. We watch the forecast before every job and reach out early when a change is coming. ### Do I have to get text messages? No. Job texts are optional and never required for service. Check the text box on the form if you want them. Reply STOP any time to end them, or HELP for help. See our Text Terms. ### What crops do you spray, and do you work outside Idaho? We spray any crop you grow, as long as the product label allows aerial application. Wheat, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, alfalfa, corn, hay, mint, canola, dry beans, peas, onions, and whatever else is in your rotation. You supply the product and the rate; we fly it. Our base is Blackfoot and we cover 250 miles from there, reaching Western Wyoming, Montana, Northern Utah and Northern Nevada. Farther out, we go by arrangement. A large farm is worth the drive, and we stay until your acres are done. ### Who handles leftover mix and empty containers? We agree on the plan before the job and record it on the work order. Mix is sized to the acres so little is left over. Containers go back to you triple rinsed, or we haul them off on your say so. ### Are you insured, and what if something goes wrong? Liability coverage is on our Ready for 2027 list and will be in hand before the first paid acre. Ask for the certificate before you schedule, and we send it. If our application misses coverage through our error, we make it right. ### How and when do I pay? You get an invoice after the job with the acres applied, the rate and any travel. Pay by card or bank transfer from the invoice link, or send a check. Terms show on every invoice. No deposit for a normal job. ### Do you spread dry fertilizer or seed a cover crop? Yes. The aircraft swaps to a 45 gallon granular hopper for seed and dry product with a 26 foot swath. Cover crop seeding into standing corn or grain is where it earns its keep, since nothing drives your crop. Dry work is quoted per job by pounds per acre. ### Is there a minimum size job? Small fields work best added to a bigger day nearby or combined with a neighbor. Call with your acres and we tell you straight whether the trip pencils for you. We would rather say so up front than pad a price. ### What do I get for my records and my buyer after the job? An application record for every job: product, EPA registration number, rate, acres, weather, start and finish time, and who flew it. It lands on your private grower page and in your email. Restricted use applications get their record inside 30 days, the way Idaho requires. ## Records and compliance - Every job gets an application record: product, EPA registration number, rate, acres, weather, start and finish time, and the pilot. It lands on the farmer's private page and in email. Restricted use applications get their record inside 30 days, the way Idaho requires (IDAPA 02.03.03.101). - Job texts are optional and never required for service. Reply STOP to end them, HELP for help. Terms: https://rwbdrones.com/text-terms.html - Privacy: https://rwbdrones.com/privacy-policy.html ## Pages - Home: https://rwbdrones.com/ - Services, plain text: https://rwbdrones.com/services.html - Pricing guide: https://rwbdrones.com/pricing.html - Service area: https://rwbdrones.com/service-area.html - Savings calculator: https://rwbdrones.com/calculator.html - Request a spray: https://rwbdrones.com/request/ - Wade Lowery's card: https://rwbdrones.com/team/wade/ Precision from Above. Results on the Ground.