Australian grain producers, like the Single family, almost exclusively rely on herbicides for weed control in fallow situations.

Recognising the need for site-specific weed detection to manage herbicide resistance and cost-effective weed control in a broadacre farming system, John Single and his sons Tony and Ben Single, - along with robotic specialists have, over the last ten years, developed the Single Shot drone-based weed detection sensor.

The Single Shot system allows for mapping of individual plants so weeds can be treated in a broadacre farming system.  Used commercially on the Single's farm near Coonamble for more than two years, Single Shot is capable of mapping 200 hectares an hour, consistently picking up weeds as little as 4cm in size.

It has been designed from the ground up to be cheaper to purchase and operate, as well as to detect smaller weeds more reliably than comparable sprayer mounted systems.