from smartplanet.com State officials and progressive farmers advocate the use of drone technology for monitoring fields but FAA regulations are keeping them on the ground. Robert Blair owns a farm in Kendrick, Idaho, that has been in his family more than a century. Since 2006, he has also owned an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone. That's no coincidence: Blair … [Read more...] about Why the U.S.’ blanket ban on drones is bad for farmers
Agriculture
Dakota drones urged to notify crop dusters
With the exponential growth of drones sales in the U.S., the skies are about to get more crowded. This has caused concern with regulators in North Dakota as agricultural UAVs take flight over the same farm airspace occupied by (manned) aerial crop sprayers. After the FAA awarded North Dakota Federal Aviation Administration Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site status to an area … [Read more...] about Dakota drones urged to notify crop dusters
HoneyComb and the AgDrone
[sam id="4" codes="true"] The use of drones in agriculture is gaining supporters everyday, but it has yet to explode into the mainstream. HoneyComb CEO Ryan Jenson believes his Oregon-based company is poised to master this niche market when the metaphorical bomb goes off. "Agriculture is expected to be the largest adopter of drone technology," Jenson told DRONELIFE in an … [Read more...] about HoneyComb and the AgDrone
