Guest post by DroneDeploy — As one ag industry expert put it, using a drone on the farm is like being able to see your field from a 10,000-foot altitude, but also being able to zoom in to tw... Read more
Researchers at Kansas State University hope drones can work their aerial magic to yield a better wheat harvest and are betting almost $1 million they can. The National Institute of Food and... Read more
Sponsored by DroneDeploy How high to fly, how to detect crop stress and more As we head into July, growers across the Northern Hemisphere are busy monitoring the growth of their crops, apply... Read more
Sponsored by MMC — Industrial drone manufacturer MMC has announced a partnership with “agricultural intelligence” company Agribotix, to provide a dedicated agriculture drone sol... Read more
When drones encounter animals they normally end up on the losing side. Just look at the eagles being trained to take down stray UAVs, or what happens when an antelope takes a disliking to be... Read more
Guest post By Anya Lamb, DroneDeploy — Planting is underway throughout most of the United States and many growers are excited to use drone mapping during the growing season. In the coming we... Read more
Sentera, LLC, a Minnesota-based drone and data management systems provider, on Monday announced the release of an NDVI upgrade for the DJI Inspire series that retains the full functionality... Read more
DJI, the Chinese drone manufacturer based in Shenzhen, announced it is establishing a service network to expand the use of agriculture-specific unmanned aerial vehicles in China. The company... Read more
Ag tech investments double in 2015 despite U.S. farm slump Satellite imagery company Planet Labs and China-based drone maker DJI raised the most within the precision agriculture sector. Also... Read more
by the staff of DroneDeploy, republished with permission Misconceptions and advice from ag drone industry experts In part two of this series on NDVI drones you’ll hear from Markus Weber and... Read more
by the staff of DroneDeploy, republished with permission Misconceptions and advice from agriculture industry experts There’s a lot of hype about agriculture drones. By AUVSI’s own estimates,... Read more
Sponsored by DroneDeploy — A number of companies are competing in the growing market for aerial mapping, data capture, and analysis that appears t0 be ripe for reaping revenue in the drone... Read more
DJI is continuing its aggressive push into multiple markets. Today it announced a “smart” crop spraying drone, The DJI Agras MG-1, for the agricultural market. DJI claims this d... Read more
DRONELIFE originally published this article in 2014 – this article has been completely updated from the original as of 2017. While drones are spreading into industries from ware... Read more