According to an August study by Esticast Research & Consulting Market Research, the global commercial drone market may reach $3.6 billion by 2024. However, a new study forecasts an even larger bumper crop for just one of the many sub-sectors -- agriculture. The study, released this week by MarketInsightsReports, predicts the ag drone market will exceed the entire drone … [Read more...] about Report: Agriculture Drone Market May Exceed $4 billion
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Report: Agriculture Drone Sector To Yield $2 billion crop by 2021
The agriculture drone business will yield a healthy economic crop over the next four years, according to a recent market report. Zion Research released “Agriculture Drone Market: Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Segment, Trends and Forecast, 2015 – 2021,” a 100-page analysis last week. Covering areas such as fixed and rotary drones … [Read more...] about Report: Agriculture Drone Sector To Yield $2 billion crop by 2021
Case Study: Agriculture Drones Bring Big Value to Potato Growers
Guest post by Ian Smith, DroneDeploy — The information below was given to us during an interview with DroneDeploy user Derek P. who operates an AgEagle drone for his business, an agricultural services company in North Dakota. Derek has accumulated nearly 30 successful flights in his first growing season with DroneDeploy. Click and open the below map in a new tab to … [Read more...] about Case Study: Agriculture Drones Bring Big Value to Potato Growers
Agricultural Drones to Take Off After Being Grounded by Lack of Federal Rules
(Source: Star Tribune) Mike Geske wants a drone. Watching a flying demonstration on Maryland's Eastern Shore, the Missouri farmer envisions using an unmanned aerial vehicle to monitor the irrigation pipes on his farm — a job he now pays three men to do. "The savings on labor and fuel would just be phenomenal," Geske says, watching as a small white drone hovers over a … [Read more...] about Agricultural Drones to Take Off After Being Grounded by Lack of Federal Rules
DroneDeploy Announces $9M Series A, Exits Beta
On Tuesday, San Francisco-based DroneDeploy announced the closing of a $9 million round of Series A funding lead by Emergence Capital in addition to the release of its drone fleet management service, which had been in beta for quite some time. DroneDeploy's software-as-a-service allows users to create and manage autonomous flight plans for multiple drones on a mobile device … [Read more...] about DroneDeploy Announces $9M Series A, Exits Beta
