Drones are a major tool for agriculture, recognized by the World Bank and advocacy organizations around the world as a way of securing the global food supply. In Asian countries and elsewhere, spraying drones are widely used to apply fertilizer, pesticides and other products for more efficient farming. How are spraying drones bringing new opportunities to rural … [Read more...] about Agras Drones: Spraying Drones are Bringing Opportunity to Rural American
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Drones in the Agriculture Sector: Five Ways Intelligent UAS are Helping Growers Meet Demand
Zena Drone has helped revolutionize the burgeoning hemp industry. In this guest post, Leah Jacobe outlines five ways that intelligent drones in the agriculture sector are helping growers to meet the demands of global food production. The following is a guest post by Leah Jacobe, Media Team Leader at Zena Drone, a leading producer of small AI-driven commercial drones … [Read more...] about Drones in the Agriculture Sector: Five Ways Intelligent UAS are Helping Growers Meet Demand
AgEagle Acquires senseFly, Launches New MicaSense Sensor
AgEagle Acquires senseFly, Launches New MicaSense Sensor by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Industry leader AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. and leading European drone group Parrot revealed in a joint announcement that they have signed an agreement under which AgEagle will acquire Parrot subsidiary senseFly in a cash and stock transaction valued at US$23 … [Read more...] about AgEagle Acquires senseFly, Launches New MicaSense Sensor
AgEagle Acquires Measure, on Path to Offering End-to-End Drone Solution
KS-based drone company AgEagle has acquired Measure, provider of Ground Control drone operations software. The combination cash and stock transaction for Measure, valued at $45 million, is the latest move in publicly-traded AgEagle Aerial Systems (NYSE American: UAVS) efforts to "become the company of choice for end-to-end drone solutions," says a company release. AgEagle was … [Read more...] about AgEagle Acquires Measure, on Path to Offering End-to-End Drone Solution
DJI’s Agriculture Drone: AGRAS T20 for Agriculture Spraying
DJI's agriculture drone for crop spraying, the DJI AGRAS T20, makes agricultural spraying easier, smarter, and safer. Crop spraying by drone, while not widely legal in the U.S., has been adopted elsewhere around the world. As agricultural drones get easier to fly and ever more automated, crop spraying by drone offers agronomists a better, more efficient, and less … [Read more...] about DJI’s Agriculture Drone: AGRAS T20 for Agriculture Spraying
