Automated flight planning, multispectral intelligence and prescription application — brought to Margaret River vineyards by people who think in precision and know vines.
The way we see it, drone technology in viticulture is still just getting started. The opportunity isn't simply to replace a tractor or a spray crew — it's to build a genuinely data-driven approach to vineyard management.
The tools already exist. We're here to bring them to Margaret River — and to run them with the precision, compliance and automation we treat as the baseline, not optional extras.
"Plenty of operators will fly your block. Not many can tell you what the vines are actually doing."
Every block mapped and flown to a plan — repeatable, pass after pass.
See vine vigour and stress before it shows up to the naked eye.
Every job logged and compliant — proof of what went where, when.
Inputs placed by the map — the right rate, only where the block needs it.
Deep viticultural expertise on the ground, and the technology and systems thinking behind the operation. That combination is the whole point.
Sean's background isn't in agriculture — not originally. He studied microbiology and spent years in pathology, life sciences and pharmaceuticals, where precision, compliance and automation are the baseline, not optional extras.
That's the mindset he's built Southwest Agri-Tech on: treating a vineyard like a system you can measure, map and manage — not just a block to drive a sprayer over.
With over 20 years of viticultural experience — much of it in Margaret River — and multiple industry awards, James sees every job through a viticulturalist's lens. Flying a spray or spreading run, he's reading the vines, the canopy and the conditions, not just the flight plan.
He also runs his own viticultural consultancy in the region — so you're talking to someone who can deliver both the drone work and the on-ground advice.
Most operators give you one or the other. We pair them on every job — which is exactly what turns a flight into a decision you can stand behind.
If you're a Margaret River grower wondering what precision drone ag actually means in practice, we're always happy to have a conversation.
