{
  "slug": "whirrwork-price-crop-spraying-drone",
  "url": "https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/whirrwork-price-crop-spraying-drone/",
  "topic": "whirrwork",
  "claim": "Published prices for the robot job “Crop spraying by drone” range from $8 to $20 per acre across 4 recent sourced price points, according to Whirrwork's price index.",
  "figure": {
    "value": 8,
    "display": "$8–$20",
    "unit": "USD per acre"
  },
  "scope": {
    "geography": "Whirrwork dataset (worldwide)",
    "period": "As of 2026-10-25"
  },
  "measure": "Whirrwork dataset count",
  "confidence": "high",
  "source_type": "whirrwork",
  "source": {
    "type": "whirrwork",
    "kind": "Whirrwork dataset (own research)",
    "name": "Whirrwork",
    "title": "Price range: Crop spraying by drone",
    "publisher": "Whirrwork",
    "published": "2026-10-25",
    "date_note": "Data as of 2026-10-25; frozen in release 2026-10",
    "url": "https://whirrwork.com/research/data/2026-10/",
    "archive_url": null,
    "archived_at": null,
    "primary_note": null
  },
  "accessed": "2026-10-25",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-25",
  "stale": false,
  "quote": null,
  "quote_note": "Computed by Whirrwork from its own dataset; see the methodology in the linked report.",
  "caveats": [
    "Describes Whirrwork's dataset, compiled from public sources. It is not a census of the whole market.",
    "Benchmarks from public price lists and published rate cards, not quotes. Job size, location and specification change the price.",
    "Every underlying price is listed with its source on https://whirrwork.com/use-cases/crop-spraying-drone/"
  ],
  "verification": "Computed from dataset release 2026-10 by the Whirrwork build (scripts/build.mjs, src/lib/research.js).",
  "link_check": null,
  "release": "2026-10",
  "report_url": "https://whirrwork.com/research/reports/robot-service-price-index-2026-10/",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "attribution": "Whirrwork (https://whirrwork.com), CC BY 4.0",
  "citations": {
    "apa": "Whirrwork. (2026, October 25). Published prices for the robot job “Crop spraying by drone” range from $8 to $20 per acre across 4 recent sourced price points, according to Whirrwork's price index [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/whirrwork-price-crop-spraying-drone/",
    "chicago": "Whirrwork. “Published prices for the robot job “Crop spraying by drone” range from $8 to $20 per acre across 4 recent sourced price points, according to Whirrwork's price index.” Whirrwork Research. Published October 25, 2026. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/whirrwork-price-crop-spraying-drone/.",
    "mla": "“Published prices for the robot job “Crop spraying by drone” range from $8 to $20 per acre across 4 recent sourced price points, according to Whirrwork's price index.” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 25 Oct. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/stats/whirrwork-price-crop-spraying-drone/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.",
    "bibtex": "@misc{whirrwork_whirrwork_price_crop_spraying_drone,\n  author       = {{Whirrwork}},\n  title        = {{Published prices for the robot job “Crop spraying by drone” range from \\$8 to \\$20 per acre across 4 recent sourced price points, according to Whirrwork's price index}},\n  howpublished = {Whirrwork Research},\n  year         = {2026},\n  month        = oct,\n  url          = {https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/whirrwork-price-crop-spraying-drone/},\n  urldate      = {2026-10-25},\n  note         = {Statistic computed from the Whirrwork dataset. Licensed CC BY 4.0}\n}"
  }
}