Drones | UAVs
May 21, 2019
Delair today introduced a new model of its popular long-range UAV, the Delair DT26, which offers an easy-to-integrate architecture for adding user-specified sensors and other payloads to the platform. The Delair DT26 Open Payload model features a removable container...
Drones | UAVs
May 14, 2019
Beck’s precision farming platform FARMserver has partnered with Sentera to simplify the process of uploading drone imagery into their multifaceted precision farming technology. For users who are flying with Sentera’s FieldAgent, uploading drone images is now easier than ever...
Drones | UAVs
May 13, 2019
The world market for precision agriculture is forecast to hit $12 billion by 2025, according to research company Global Market Insights, and many of the industry's largest participants are moving into the space, writes contributing writer Peter Guest for...
Drones | UAVs
May 9, 2019
Although the market for precision agriculture-based drones and robots was only at $2.5 million in 2018, a new report by BIS Research indicates the market (including both drones and robots) could explode to $23 billion in the next decade,...
Drones | UAVs
May 6, 2019
Editor's note: Part Three of this three-part series on agricultural spraying drones features Rantizo. Be sure to also check out Part One (ADAMA/Tactical Robotics) and Part Two (Bayer CropScience).
Drone technology in agriculture has moved rapidly though the technology hype...
Drones | UAVs
May 2, 2019
An Iowa State University researcher says that the next step in the commercial drone world is to expand capacity by deploying fleets of interconnected drones, according to a piece published at News.IAState.edu.
But, according to Borzoo Bonakdarpour, an assistant professor...
Drones | UAVs
May 2, 2019
Editor's note: Part Two of this three-part series on agricultural spraying drones features Bayer CropScience. Be sure to also check out Part One (ADAMA/Tactical Robotics) and Part Three (Rantizo).
Drone technology in agriculture has moved rapidly though the technology hype...
Drones | UAVs
May 1, 2019
PrecisionHawk today announced PrecisionAnalytics Agriculture, an aerial mapping, modeling, and agronomy platform purpose-built for precision agriculture, according to a Business Wire post on APNews.com.
Using PrecisionAnalytics, business leaders in agriculture can apply the latest generation of analytics tools and artificial intelligence...
Drones | UAVs
April 29, 2019
Much has happened since we last spoke with Taranis in the fall of 2018. Since raising $20 million in Series B funding, the Israeli smart farming start-up has tripled its customer base and acres serviced to 20 million-plus, and...
Drones | UAVs
April 29, 2019
Editor's note: Part One of this three-part series on agricultural spraying drones features ADAMA/Tactical Robotics. Be sure to also check out Part Two (Bayer CropScience) and Part Three (Rantizo).
Drone technology in agriculture has moved rapidly though the technology hype...
Drones | UAVs
April 17, 2019
A Purdue University researcher has come up with a patented design for drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, that works in windy conditions, is more energy efficient, and can handle a larger payload. Credit: Xiumin Diao/Purdue...
Drones | UAVs
April 16, 2019
Sentera has announced the launch of a miniature high-speed brushless gimbal customized for Sentera Single sensors mounted on DJI Phantom 4 Pro V2.0 equipment, according to a press release on Sentera.com. The gimbal boosts acres-per-hour coverage by 40 percent,...
Drones | UAVs
April 16, 2019
One way to effectively monitor weeds is using remote sensing data, especially those obtained by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), writes Vidi Nene for DroneBelow.com.
In a recent study carried out by the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research-Remote Sensing Division...
Drones | UAVs
April 13, 2019
Farm drones have come a long way (a veritable COUNTRY MILE, if you will) since they first started hitting the InfoAg trade show floor back in 2013, and they’ve come an even longer way in the last two and...
Drones | UAVs
April 3, 2019
As more growers embrace precision agriculture and the operational benefits drones can offer, manufacturers are finding ways to more effectively integrate ground and aerial sensors, and to handle all the data increasingly popular advanced solutions are able to collect,...
Drones | UAVs
March 28, 2019
Increasingly regulation, combined with bad press for drones, is causing a mild decline in recreational drone sales, so DJI of China is directing more attention to promoting drones for agriculture, according to Drone Reviews and News.
The Financial Times is...
Drones | UAVs
March 25, 2019
Regardless of whether you are an independent flier or a corporate entity using drones for various tasks, mapping is one of the biggest utilizations for drone technology to date, writes Mark Sheehan fo Commerical UAV News. Thankfully, there are...
Drones | UAVs
March 21, 2019
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...
Drones | UAVs
March 20, 2019
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...
Drones | UAVs
March 13, 2019
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,...