To hear the early adopters for drone technology tell it, low-flying platforms equipped with multi-spectral sensors can deliver high-resolution field data on everything from the performance of irrigation systems to soil maps that tell growers where and when to...

The agriculture ministry of Japan has unveiled a plan to promote the spread of drones for agriculture to cope with the aging of farmers and shortages of successors of farms in the country, reports The Japan News. In the plan...

The MicaSense RedEdge-MX multi spectral sensor senseFly and MicaSense today announce a new dual drone and integrated sensor solution for in-depth crop analysis—the senseFly eBee X with MicaSense RedEdge-MX. “We know from agricultural customers such as agronomists,...

The drone-deployable, multi spectral sensing unit that will capture the insights that power Syngenta and Sony's new Smart Agriculture Solution. As part of the 2019 Commodity Classic Convention & Expo in Orlando, FL, this week, Syngenta...

Corteva Agriscience announced today a global agreement with DroneDeploy to use DroneDeploy in its fleet of more than 400 DJI drones across the Company’s global Seed Production and Supply Chain, as well as its Pioneer Strategic Account Management and...

AeroVironment today introduced the next generation of its Quantix VTOL hybrid drone and the AeroVironment Decision Support System (AV DSS) for precision agriculture. Enhancements across the Quantix & AV DSS ecosystem deliver a combination of new features, performance improvements...

Precision agriculture intelligence leader Taranis announced the launch of its new solution that calculates and monitors the planting of seeds. "Taranis is the first platform to offer farmers and agronomists a scalable answer to plot management strategy. The addition of...

To have a better understanding of the climate change impacts, we often need to access remote and inaccessible areas. Whether it’s scouting, mapping, spraying, or data collecting, drones are proving to be a vital tool in assessing and mitigating...

Delair today announced a new drone platform specifically optimized for the agriculture industry, the Delair UX11 Ag. Built on the foundation of the successful Delair UX11 fixed-wing UAV, the new version combines the productivity benefits of long-range/BVLOS (Editor's Note:...

“For the first time ever, farmers are seeing that our imagery is as good as walking in the field. Farmers get it because it’s so visual. It’s a wow moment. ‘You captured this from a plane? That’s pretty amazing,’”...

AgEagle announced an expansion of the existing partnership between Agribotix, an AgEagle company, and The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Bayer, to introduce advanced aerial imagery analytics to farmers. Through the AgEagle platform, farmers are able to utilize aerial imagery...

Prunes are European plums with a high sugar content that allows them to dry without fermenting around the pit and are almost all marketed dried, as prunes or dried plums. California produces 96% of the prunes grown in the...

WingtraOne offers UAV pilots a reliable drone capable of covering acres, operating in challenging conditions, and producing great imagery in a user-friendly package, according to contributing writer and licensed drone pilot Nate Dorsey. For the every-day...

senseFly today reportedly sets a new standard in mapping tools with the launch of the eBee X. Launched with the promise that “it’s not about the drone,” but instead about overcoming business challenges, the eBee X, part of the Parrot...

Take a walk into the Suggs Laboratory for Precision Agriculture and Machine Systems and it’s hard not to be impressed, writes Rebecca Nagy on North Carolina State University's Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) website. Named after Charlie...

The vegetable production areas of the Central Coast of California have lifted vegetable cultivation to a high art, writes Richard Smith on GrowingProduce.com. Except for a 4-inch wide band around the seedline, growers cultivate the entire bed. That uncultivated band...

Beak & Skiff Apple Orchard in LaFayette, NY, is the first orchard in the world to use drones to pollinate their apple trees, reports Syracuse.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REresGT06CY Dropcopter, a start-up company, used a hexacopter drone to spray pollen on five acres at...

More than 50 national and international companies exhibited at DroneShow Latin America in May 2018. Editor's note: The DroneShow Latin America is an annual trade fair hosted by MundoGEO, a media and communications company founded in...

With more than 1 million UAVs registered with the FAA, it is vitally important for UAV operators to be aware of agricultural aircraft operations this growing season, the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) writes in a recent press release...

As this drone flies over a field of strawberries, it’s providing the grower with valuable scouting information at a much faster pace than the standard boots-on-the-ground view. Photo: PrecisionHawk Imagine waking up to find that Mother...