CHINA - With drone technology becoming more and more geared towards improving agricultural practices, one company is sure that its new product will kick start the next chapter in farming technology.

"Open the next chapter of agriculture with new technology," Dajiang Innovation says on its website, according to a Tech Times report. "Dajiang MG-1 designed for crop protection field design, integration of advanced flight control, reliable internal circulation cooling system, a portable folding airframe, and control simple custom remote control, to provide you with efficient, safe, and convenient operation tool plant protection."

The Wall Street Journal reports that the new Dajiang MG-1, which is made specifically with agricultural uses in mind, will cost about $15,000 a pop and will initially launch in China and Korea.

The new eight-rotor drone is mainly made for spraying crops, with the latest model able to cover seven to ten acres of land within one hour, according to the report. It can also carry up to 2.6 gallons of liquid.

"Dajiang MG-1 custom built for the plant protection operations of flight control, flight stability, precise response to the instruction, the job control convenient, simple exercises to get started," the company stated. "Alternatively spraying intelligent, auxiliary and manual mode of operation, to cope with various terrain requirements. Painted farmland without prior testing in flight directly plan a route, you can perform an automatic sprinkler, simple, intuitive, and efficient."

Notable features include:

• Efficiency in operation
• High reliability
• Precision spray
• Convenient mode of operation
• Intelligent memory function
• Automatic terrain following
• Custom remote control

Equipped with snazzy features like a microwave radar and the ability to scan the acres as well as keep the right distance from the crops for optimum spray, DJI boasts a minimum of more than 40 times more efficiency than manual crop spraying.

With the ability to cover at least 26 feet per second while modulating the amount of sprayed liquid for even coverage, it will be interesting to see if this is the newest practice in ag tech.