Drone services giant Terra Drone Acquires Agriculture Startup Avirtech by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Continue reading below, or listen: DroneLife · Terra - Drone - Acquires - Avirtech - Expands - Terra - Agri - Brand Drone and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) technology leader Terra Drone Corporation is entering the precision agriculture sector through its acquisition of … [Read more...] about Terra Drone Acquires Agricultural Spraying and Mapping Drone Company Avirtech: Expands Terra Agri Brand
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Drones in Agriculture: Part 137 and Leveraging Spraying Drones
As the Drone Nerds' ElevateUAV Summit kicked off in Miami this morning, the Keynote speech highlighted fastest growing verticals in the commercial drone industry. Among these is agriculture: a leading vertical since the industry launched. Since 2016 and the implementation of Part 107, precision agriculture in the U.S. has improved and grown steadily. New sensors, new … [Read more...] about Drones in Agriculture: Part 137 and Leveraging Spraying Drones
Drone Ag Wins UK Grant to Develop Skippy Scout: Automated Crop Scouting with COTS Drones
Drone Ag is the developer of Skippy, a mobile app delivering precision ag data on a smartphone. Using inexpensive, commercial off the shelf (COTS) DJI drones, Skippy could be a game changer for farmers, researchers and commercial producers of agricultural products. Skippy Scout delivers crop views, reporting, and more; automatically. Skippy doesn't require great piloting … [Read more...] about Drone Ag Wins UK Grant to Develop Skippy Scout: Automated Crop Scouting with COTS Drones
Australia’s Carbonix Completes First Commercial Flights in US with Volanti Electric Fixed Wing
Australian drone manufacturer Carbonix and drone data management platform provider Aerial Vantage have completed their first commercial flights in Michigan. With missions taking place every fortnight, the ongoing campaign aims to extract insight through advanced drone capabilities and advanced AI data processing. The initial missions are a component of a larger aerial remote … [Read more...] about Australia’s Carbonix Completes First Commercial Flights in US with Volanti Electric Fixed Wing
Extreme Weather Presents Risks to Farmers. Better Analytics Can Help Mitigate the Damage.
Sentera Launches Crop Damage Analytics Platform by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian J. McNabb Continue reading below, or listen: DroneLife · Sentera - Launches - Crop - Damage - Analytics Sentera, a Minnesota corporation specializing in agricultural analytics, recently announced the launch of its Crop Damage analytics platform to aid in critical decision-making around … [Read more...] about Extreme Weather Presents Risks to Farmers. Better Analytics Can Help Mitigate the Damage.
