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Drones are adding a new level of precision to agriculture, giving farmers digital tools for cultivating better and more profitable crops. “The machinery that large farms use—big combines and ...
Whether it is scouting land or gathering crop data, more Wisconsin farmers are utilizing new drone technologies.
Drones have recently started to take off in Michigan agriculture — but the industry’s leading manufacturer is facing a ...
Farming doesn’t have to be low-tech. Two of the biggest challenges family farmers face are competition with larger, more high-tech farms and keeping the next generations interested in farming. Smart ...
Drones flying over Midwestern fields are likely to become a more typical sight. Farmers are finding that the remotely piloted aircraft can do everything from spraying fields to monitoring livestock.
Businesses across the United States are bracing themselves for a looming ban on drones made by DJI, a Chinese company, which ...
Drones could offer farmers multi-spectral images of their crops to show which plants need more fertilizer, more water or more nitrogen — an advance in what's known as "precision agriculture." And that ...
The Federal Aviation Administration should revamp its drone proposal to provide flexibility to allow farmers and ranchers who cannot access the internet to continue using drones, according to the ...
Whether using drones for monitoring, mapping, livestock, seeding or even spraying, one must know the regulations for their ...
BLOOMINGTON — It’s a bird; it’s a plane … it’s a State Farm drone. The Bloomington insurance company has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to test drones for commercial use.