Data Management
February 16, 2016
There are now around 300,000 drones registered to the Federal Aviation Administration. Drones are seeing strides forward in use after registration was opened at the end of last year, reports David Geiger, Agribusiness Report, on KCRG.com.
In agriculture, they are...
Data Management
February 12, 2016
Andrew Nixon over at BetterForTheJob.com has published an agriculture drone buyer's guide at bestdroneforthejob.com/drones-for-work/agriculture-drone-buyers-guide/.
It's a pretty well-curated web resource that covers a lot of ground on the subject of UAVs. Feel free to check it out at the link...
Data Management
February 10, 2016
Sentera, a global provider of software, sensors, and drones to the agriculture industry, announces its compatibility with the agX Platform. The collaboration benefits both agX and Sentera customers. agX clients can easily incorporate Sentera’s data management solution, AgVault Software,...
Data Management
February 10, 2016
There are now around 300,000 drones registered to the Federal Aviation Administration. Drones are seeing strides forward in use after registration was opened at the end of last year, reports David Geiger with Agribusiness Report in Cedar Rapids, IA.
In...
Data Management
February 2, 2016
Sentera, LLC, a global provider of software, sensors, and drone technologies to the agriculture industry, has announced completing the integration as a John Deere Operations Center Production Partner. This affiliation gives John Deere's dealer and customer network access to...
Data Management
January 21, 2016
According to Kris Poulson, vice president of agriculture for Sentera, an estimated 45,000 farmers across the U.S. received a drone or unmanned aerial system for Christmas, reports Keith Norman on TheDickinsonPress.com.
Sentera is a Minneapolis-based company that develops and markets...
Drones | UAVs
January 15, 2016
A University of Minnesota student with the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Laboratories helps test a Sentera UAS for precision agriculture applications. Photo credit: University of Minnesota
A collaboration between the University of Minnesota College of Science and...
Data Management
January 12, 2016
The Precision Ag Summit hovers into Jamestown, ND, for its fifth annual appearance, with topics ranging from unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) to "big data" and the financial returns for precision agricultural investments.
The event will be held January 18 and 19.
Like...
Data Management
January 11, 2016
Measure has released the first-ever Drone Flight Calculator to help farmers assess the value of using drones in their agriculture operations. The Web-based application is the direct result of a study and flight operations conducted with the American Farm Bureau...
Drones | UAVs
January 8, 2016
The Raptor Module sonically emits patterns mimicking various birds of prey with altering flight patterns, providing farmers with a low cost solution to a traditionally difficult problem.
ATI has been working closely with farmers in Oregon's...
Drones | UAVs
December 14, 2015
FAA, responding to heightened concerns about rogue drone flights near airports, unveiled a pre-Christmas rule on Monday requiring drone hobbyists as young as 13 years old to register their unmanned aircraft, reports David Morgan via Reuters.com.
The new online registry...
Data Management
December 7, 2015
DJI, a leader in unmanned aerial vehicle technology, announced the launch of a smart, crop-spraying agricultural drone.
The DJI Agras MG-1 is dustproof, water-resistant and made of anti-corrosive materials. It can be rinsed clean and folded up for easy transport...
Data Management
December 3, 2015
A new report from Smithers Viscient, Ten-Year Forecast of Disruptive Technologies in Crop Protection to 2025, is the result of an exhaustive primary research program incorporating interviews with a panel of leading crop protection technology experts. The report profiles...
Data Management
December 2, 2015
There's little denying that the precision agriculture market is fast-paced and rapidly evolving, as any sector so heavily tied to technology tends to be. But is its reach across the whole of the agricultural landscape expanding or merely holding...
Data Management
December 2, 2015
Sorting through the complex and ever-changing nature of precision agriculture is challenging to say the least. But one thing is for certain, this industry is primed to prosper despite tough market conditions. In my view, these five "must-have" things...
Data Management
November 20, 2015
The AgEagle has been used for multiple missions in multiple growing seasons since it was first developed. Photo credit: AgEagle Aerial Systems
A group of students in Kansas are pairing with some of the state’s farmers...
Data Management
November 17, 2015
The Aviation Program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe is producing cutting-edge drone research and hands on field operations that will improve agriculture — a major economic influence in northeast Louisiana. Photo credit: University...
Data Management
November 17, 2015
A sense of history hovered over Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts on Friday as he gingerly took the controls of an unmanned quadcopter on the edge of an alfalfa field, reports Tim Unruh of the Salina Journal.
“I feel like Orville...
Data Management
November 4, 2015
AgEagle is the first UAV Company to offer customer financing.
"Financing will help our customers realize the benefits of robotic aerial imaging on the farm sooner. Thus optimizing the use of chemical and nutrient applications and allowing them to pay...
Data Management
November 3, 2015
PrecisionHawk and Genera Energy have partnered to develop new analysis algorithms specific to improving the efficiency and quality of sustainable biomass crop production and distribution. The algorithms will convert raw aerial imagery collected by drones and satellites into an...
