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China agricultural drone workload about 30 times U.S., moving beyond adoption to industry

China\'s agricultural drone workload is about 30 times that of the United States, according to an estimate cited by Cleantechnica. China operated about 309,000 crop-protection drones as of early 2026 and carried out about 203 million hectares of treatment work in 2025. U.S. industry data put annual work by approved operators at about 16.4 million acres, or about 6.64 million hectares. The article says farmland area is similar in both countries, pointing to differences in operations and systems.