Get off the $13 acre.
The average spray acre paid $21 last year. It pays $13 now. The Premium Acre finds the work that never joined the price war: who pays, what to quote, and the paperwork that gets you paid and through an inspection. Twice a month, on the 1st and the 15th.
After the founding spots close, the price is $49 a month.
Lock in my $17 rateStripe checkout. Month to month, cancel anytime. Your $17 never goes up while you stay.
Every issue, the 1st and the 15th
Tank Mix, the free weekly, shows you the industry. The Premium Acre shows you the invoice and the inspection.
Offense
The Money Lane
One money lane broken down to the dollar. Who pays, what to quote, who to call and the words to use. Solar sites pay vegetation contractors five figures a year. Almost nobody flies herbicide on them. I dig up lanes like that while everyone else fights over $13 corn acres.
Defense
The Fine Print
One missing line on a spray record is a $750 fine. A label that does not cover drones is your liability, not the manufacturer's. Every issue, I take one compliance trap apart so you do not lose a season to an inspector, a label or the cheap guy down the road.
Paperwork that pays
The Binder Doc
Every issue ships a document straight into your Operator Binder. Quoting sheets. Spray records. Contracts. A year from now you own the binder that survives an audit.
Your binder starts with five documents, day one
Founding members get the full Starter Binder the day they join. Nothing held back for later.
- 01
Job Quoting Sheet
Price jobs on your numbers, with the words for when the farmer brings up the cheaper guy
- 02
Spray Application Record
The audit-ready record built on FAA Part 137, plus the fields your state fines you for missing
- 03
Spray Service Agreement
The operator-to-farmer contract that does the talking before anything goes wrong
- 04
Subcontract Spray Agreement
Terms for dealer and co-op work: rates, acreage counts and who answers for drift
- 05
Pre-Season Compliance Checklist
FAA, state licenses, insurance and FCC paperwork checked before the first job
- A new document lands in your binder with every issue.
First look at farmer leads
When a farmer inquiry from your area comes through agdronedirectory.com, members see it first. A founding perk, not a quota: leads land when farmers ask.
Who writes this
I am AgDrone Eugen. I edit Tank Mix, the free weekly that goes out to 1,000+ drone operators across the country, and I run agdronedirectory.com, the national operator directory. The Premium Acre is where I put the numbers and the documents that do not fit a free email.
See the work before you pay
These three field guides are free Tank Mix downloads. Every paid issue clears this bar, then goes further: exact numbers, what to say and the document to close the work. If the guides are not worth your time, keep your $17.
Founding member offer
The founding member deal
When the founding spots close, the rate is $49 a month and the $17 lock is gone for good.
$17 a month for as long as you stay. New members after founding pay $49.
The Starter Binder the day you join. All five documents up front.
I go through your operation myself. How farmers find you, what an inspector would see, and the three fixes I would make first, sent to you.
First look at farmer leads in your area, starting day one. When an inquiry comes through the directory, members see it first. A perk, not a quota.
A vote on every Money Lane and Fine Print topic. You help pick the jobs and the traps each issue takes apart.
Stripe checkout. Month to month, cancel anytime. Your $17 never goes up while you stay.
Questions, answered
Read the free field guides first. The Premium Acre Playbook, The Solar Book and Fields Only a Drone Can Fly cost nothing, and every paid issue has to clear that bar and go further. If the guides do not earn your $17, keep your money.
Yes. Founding members pay $17 a month for as long as they stay, and the price never goes up. After the founding spots close, the regular rate is $49 a month.
The full Starter Binder: the Job Quoting Sheet, Spray Application Record, Spray Service Agreement, Subcontract Spray Agreement and Pre-Season Compliance Checklist. All five documents up front.
Tank Mix is the free weekly that shows you the industry. The Premium Acre shows you the invoice and the inspection: exact numbers, what to say and the documents you use on the job.
Yes. A part-time operator signs the same contracts, keeps the same spray records and faces the same inspector as a full-time outfit. And better-paying work matters most when your flying hours are limited.
Checkout runs through Stripe with any major card. Membership is month to month, and you can cancel anytime.
Twice a month, on the 1st and the 15th, straight to your inbox. Every issue carries one Money Lane, one Fine Print and one Binder Doc.
Your margin is the whole game
One money lane. One compliance trap. One binder document. Twice a month, for less than what one acre paid at the old rate.
Lock in my $17 rateStripe checkout. Month to month, cancel anytime. Your $17 never goes up while you stay.
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