Harper Adams University staff, supported and led by precision farming specialist Precision Decisions, are attempting to grow and harvest a hectare of cereal crops — all without stepping a foot into the field, according to an article on FGInsight.com. The...

Dr. Mike Duncan (right) describes the type of information that will be gathered by the drone. Neal Pilger is preparing to launch. Photo: Mike Zettel/Metroland Hovering above the grapes growing in the experimental field behind Niagara...

DroneDeploy, a cloud-based drone software platform, today unveiled the Drone Mapping Directory, a drone mapping marketplace to connect businesses with drone service providers. At launch, the Drone Mapping Directory unites more than 250 drone service providers operating in 48...

Today at Intergeo, NovAtel introduced its RTK ASSIST service. RTK ASSIST is a subscription-based service that provides users with satellite-delivered correction data to seamlessly continue centimetre-level accuracy during Real Time Kinematic (RTK) correction outages caused by communication disruptions. Users...

Business and technical executives seeking to advance their companies' electronic connections with trading partners are encouraged to attend this year's AgGateway Annual Conference, November 7-10 at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld, Orlando, FL. This year's program features interactive, technical...

The aerial imagery industry is in a rather strange place currently. Which of the three options (satellite, manned aircraft, or drone) is best for your situation will likely depend on who you ask (and who that person works for). The...

Sentera's Precision Agriculture Solutions being sold by Rise Above Custom Drone Solutions throughout Australia. Pictured here, DJI Phantom 4 Drone with NDVI 09 Upgrade. Sentera, LLC, a global provider of remote sensing hardware and data management...

Mitchell Technical Institute precision agriculture students recently used the program's new Trimble UX5 drone to survey land and take high resolution images. Photo: MitchellRepublic.com After weeks of sitting in the classroom, several Mitchell Technical Institute students...

Sentera has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Dynamic UAV Solutions North America, LLC, a new distributor in the commercial UAV space for the mapping, construction, survey, and agricultural, inspection, mining, public safety, and landfill industries. "This is a big...

Robots and drones have begun to quietly transform many aspects of agriculture. In fact, the IDTechEx Research report on Agricultural Robots and Drones 2016-2026: Technologies, Markets, and Players finds that this is already a $3 billion market in 2016,...

Swiss professional drone manufacturer, senseFly, expanded its portfolio today with the launch of the new eBee SQ fixed-wing agricultural drone. This cutting-edge unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is built for the Parrot Sequoia multispectral camera and can cover up to...

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) and CNH Industrial have announced the unveiling of concept autonomous tractors. ASI is CNH Industrial’s technology provider responsible for developing autonomous vehicle technology for a concept cabless Case IH Magnum and a concept New Holland...

Precision agriculture is likely to play a significant role in what is projected to be a roughly $82 billion unmanned aerial vehicle industry, but it will take time to develop, experts said Friday at Precision Agriculture Day at the...

Elbit Systems of America, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd, along with its local partners, hosted an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) field day August 22 at the Hillsboro Regional Airport to highlight its recent HERMES 450 flights over North...

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Today is a day that many in this industry have been awaiting for quite some time. With today's implementation of FAA's new Part 107 Commercial Drone regulations, the use of UAV technology and sensing becomes more accessible...

*GUEST COLUMNIST'S NOTE: This monthly column takes some crazy sounding ideas and applies them to the field of Ag Tech. The purpose of this is purely entertainment, but hey, if we can spread ideas, or ignite imaginations, how awesome...

PrecisionHawk and Skyward have come together to assemble a complete package of technology tools to increase efficiency across the commercial market. (EDITOR'S NOTE: New FAA Part 107 Commercial Drone Regulations go into effect Monday, 8/29/16.)  The partnership provides a one-stop...

Veris Technologies and The Climate Corp., a subsidiary of Monsanto Co., recently announced a partnership that will make high resolution soil maps from Veris on-the-go soil sensors available as a key data layer for the agronomic models in The...

Green Aero Tech, a Canadian-based drone imagery provider, has just struck a deal to provide data to two of the largest John Deere dealerships in Canada – Enns Brothers and Western Sales. This collaboration will give John Deere customers...

Professional drone maker, senseFly, has teamed up with the popular aviation navigation app, Air Navigation Pro, to launch Safer Together. This joint initiative has been designed to address one of the biggest issues facing the General Aviation (GA) and...