Sugarcane is widely grown in the vicinity of Sathyamangalam, Erode district. The sugarcane produced here is sent to a Bannari Amman Sugar Mill in Sathyamangalam. Farmers used Power Sprayer to control weeds in the sugarcane crop. As farmers said it costs more to spray weedicide, the mill arranged a demonstration to the farmers on spraying of herbicides using Drones sugarcane. Farmers have welcomed the use of drone spraying technology.