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Fighting the Russian wheat aphid with drones

March 30, 2015 theDroneInfoagriculture, aphid, australia, farming, kansas, precision agriculture, Russian wheat aphid0 comment

Stories like this one are important to understand. Wheat farmers in America have been battling the Russian wheat aphid for more than 30 years and now Australia is preparing to do the same. The challenge with this small creature is that it can be very hard to track down and, once you do track it down, you may be too late. Gartenredakteur / Pixabay Drones are providing a solution for rapidly scanning and analyzing fields for the aphid and will be an important tool in winning the battle. Read this…

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UAV photography in our farmlands

March 24, 2015 theDroneInfofarm, precision agriculture, UAV photography0 comment

While this post is from 2013 it provides a couple of good examples of UAV photography in our farmlands. Corn in Illinois Last month we had the opportunity to do some fixed wing flying in the heartland. Below is a sample of a flight in which we covered approximately 300 acres of corn. The flight lasted about 20 minutes and has a ground resolution of 15cm . Wheat in Idaho Last week I had the opportunity to do some flying for General Mills field day in Idaho. The day…

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The Ledger.com: Unmanned Aircraft a Promising Agriculture Technology

March 23, 2015 theDroneInfoagriculture, agriculture technology, farming, florida, precision agriculture0 comment

Farming becomes easier and easier with new agriculture technology such as drones This piece on the use of drones as a key agriculture technology was originally published on TheLedger.com. Ty Rozier of Elevated Horizons demonstrates an Agri-6 UAV during a UAV Applications in Agriculture workshop at the UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred on Friday. SCOTT WHEELER | THE LEDGER “LAKE ALFRED | You might see drones buzzing over Florida farms in 2017. Ty Rozier of Elevated Horizons demonstrates an Agri-6 UAV during a UAV Applications in Agriculture…

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Precision Agriculture: Farmers see drones in their future

March 22, 2015 theDroneInfoagriculture, FAA Drone Regulations, farm, farming, precision agriculture0 comment

Precision agriculture will play a key role in feeding future generations. This article, originally published in The Gazette, shows awareness of precision agriculture growing in the mainstream. DUBUQUE — Unmanned aerial vehicles, famous for delivering lethal strikes on terrorists, have yet to live up to their considerable promise for improving farm productivity. An unmanned aerial vehicle at Crop Tech Services Inc. in Ely use drones such as this one to monitor clients’ farm fields. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) “They have the potential to gather and process an unprecedented amount of data, but that…

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Slantrange focuses on making farming more productive

March 18, 2015 theDroneInfoagriculture, crops, farming, precision agriculture, weeds0 comment

Q. What is SlantRange’s business focused on? We design, manufacture, and market sensor and analytics systems for use on 3rd party drone aircraft that measure a variety of crop health conditions for farmers. We are continually seeking out ways to use airborne remote sensing technologies to improve farming productivity. Q. Your technology adds tremendous value to many areas, lets talk agriculture. How does SlantRange help farmers? Our system produces multiple data products for farmers that each have some unique value: Crop Populations – Measurements of the plant density (plants/acre) that…

SLANTRANGE Wins Innovative World Technologies Category at 2015 SXSW Accelerator Competition

March 18, 2015 theDroneInfoagriculture, farming, precision agriculture, press release0 comment

“Over the past six years, more than 50 percent of the SXSW Accelerator participants have gone on to receive funding in excess of $1.7 billion and 12 percent of the companies have been acquired,” said SXSW Accelerator Event Producer, Chris Valentine. “The 2015 Accelerator winners are truly ones to watch and we expect them to achieve similar success.” San Diego, CA (PRWEB) March 18, 2015 SLANTRANGE, Inc., a drone-based agricultural crop sensor and data analytics company, was awarded first place in the Innovative World Technologies category at the 7th Annual SXSW…

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Mississippi State University Utilizes Drones

March 17, 2015 theDroneInfoagriculture, farming, precision agriculture0 comment

Originally published on AGWired. Robert Moorehead of Mississippi State University “Robert Moorehead, Director of Geosystems Research Institute and Northern Gulf Institutes at Mississippi State University, was at the 2015Mid-South Farm & Gin Show to showcase the research being done on harnessing UAV technology on farm.. Moorehead had a chance to chat with Chuck Zimmerman about their use of UAVs and drones. Geosystems Research focuses on agriculture; they utilize UAV technology to determine plant development, particularly in early-plant corn. Using one of the drones that they had on display, they “can view down to…

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PrecisionHawk, a data-first approach to drone technology

March 17, 2015 theDroneInfoagriculture, data, precision agriculture, soil0 comment

Q. What is PrecisionHawk’s business focused on? PrecisionHawk takes a data-first approach PrecisionHawk develops an end to end solution for UAV operators including hardware for collection and cloud based software for processing, management and analysis. This ensures that a user has a hands-off and streamline process to receive actionable data as opposed to a set of pretty pictures. We truly believe that in developing the automated tools to provide sophisticated analysis will be the key for users who expect to see a true ROI across key industries such as agriculture,…

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Crop Mapping with UAVs

March 16, 2015 theDroneInfocrop, crop mapping, crops, farming, mapping, precision agriculture0 comment

Precision Agriculture, Crop Mapping, and more Misconceptions Abound In the past few weeks I have had more than one conversation with people wanting to use small electric rotary wing systems (quads, hexacopters etc) for crop mapping. In more than one instance people have become upset with me when I inform them that these airframes with their relatively low endurance are not suited for mapping ten thousand hectares of sugarcane in central Guatemala. Depending on weather conditions, payload, battery, airframe etc you can only reasonably expect 15 minutes of flight time…