The Pakistani province of Sindh has a colossal locust problem. Hometown researcher Shahzad Nahiyoon has a solution from on high. For the past 30 years, farmers in Malir have suffered devastating insect attacks without the benefit of pesticide spraying. A shortage of manned aircraft prevented aerial crop-dusting, resulting in thousands of acres of decimated … [Read more...] about Crop-spraying Drones Tackle Locust Swarms in Pakistan
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senseFly and Microsoft Plant Drone Farming Solution
Fixed-wing drone company senseFly is teaming up with Microsoft to optimize food production worldwide with a data-drive farming platform. The Switzerland-based company announced a new partnership with Microsoft Azure FarmBeats. No, that’s not a new set of vegetable-based, overpriced headphones. It’s a global initiative harvesting the ambitious goal of increasing global … [Read more...] about senseFly and Microsoft Plant Drone Farming Solution
AgEagle Precision Ag Drone Firm Merges With Enerjex
Agricultural drone company AgEagle Aerial Systems yesterday announced a merger with EnerJex Resources in a stock trade. Founded in 2015, AgEagle was named one of DroneLife’s “7 Best Agriculture Drones” last year and provides precision ag UAV solutions. Automated drones collect valuable data for farmers by flying over fields of corn, soy beans, wheat and other types of crops … [Read more...] about AgEagle Precision Ag Drone Firm Merges With Enerjex
New Study Puts Agricultural Drones Market at Over $1 Billion by 2024
Agriculture has been a major vertical for commercial drone technology for the last few years -but far from flattening out, the market looks like it is continuing to expand. A new research study puts the Agricultural Drones Market at over $1 billion by 2024. The new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. estimates that "global shipments will exceed 200 thousand units … [Read more...] about New Study Puts Agricultural Drones Market at Over $1 Billion by 2024
Agricultural Drone Provider Inks Major Deal with John Deere
A major player in the agricultural drone industry just planted a bumper crop of new business with one of the world's foremost farm equipment giants Agribotix, a Colorado-based company specializing in "drone-enabled agricultural intelligence," inked a deal last month to integrate its UAS platform with John Deere. The company will deploy its FarmLens ag-drone platform to … [Read more...] about Agricultural Drone Provider Inks Major Deal with John Deere
