Food security is a global problem that requires a global solution. An international group of researchers led by Dr. Stanley Best, Director Nacional Programa Agricultura de Precisión of INIA Quilamap in Chile, is tackling one aspect using a system of autonomous drones: specifically, a DJI prosumer drone with a Heisha autonomous drone charging system. The "SmartFruit" project … [Read more...] about Taking Drones in Agriculture to the Next Level: the SmartFruit Project
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Precision Ag Reaches New Heights: Accelerating Plant Breeding and Variety Testing with Drone Data
Precision agriculture is reaching new heights. Agriculture has been a major vertical for commercial drones since the industry took off: and now, sophisticated analytics and software combine with evolved drone solutions to allow for new breakthroughs. At the annual ISF World Seed Conference held next week, French drone solution company Delair and Phenome Networks, a plant … [Read more...] about Precision Ag Reaches New Heights: Accelerating Plant Breeding and Variety Testing with Drone Data
Drone Earns It’s Keep in Indiana Farm – With an ROI Between 10 and 20 Times Cost
Originally published by Rhonda Brooks on Farm Journal Magazine. Re-published with permission from the author in its entirety. "Wind and hail took a big yield bite out of one of Mason Lantrip’s cornfields last summer. When the insurance adjuster showed up to verify the claim the two men enlisted help to assess the damage in the tall, tasseled corn, from Lantrip’s … [Read more...] about Drone Earns It’s Keep in Indiana Farm – With an ROI Between 10 and 20 Times Cost
SimActive Expands its Partner Network for Medium Format Camera Solutions
SimActive Inc., recently announces the expansion of its network of resellers for medium format licenses. The new strategic alliances allow them to address the growing market need for processing imagery from medium format sensors. Partners include firms such as LiDARUSA, who offers SimActive’s Correlator3D™ to complement Phase One cameras. This announcement follows a recent … [Read more...] about SimActive Expands its Partner Network for Medium Format Camera Solutions
Dr. Henry Jones Sr. is Not the Only One Who Hates Rats: Drones Help Mitigate the Pesky Beasts in the Galapagos Islands
One lesser known commercial usage of drones: to identify, and in some cases to mitigate or remove, invasive species. Invasive species - in this case rats - have been a problem for the eco-system of parts of the Galapagos islands for many years. Drones have proven to be an invaluable tool that allows scientists to mitigate, or in some cases to remove entirely, the pesky … [Read more...] about Dr. Henry Jones Sr. is Not the Only One Who Hates Rats: Drones Help Mitigate the Pesky Beasts in the Galapagos Islands
