Farmers Tom and Bill Alston use drones to take some of the stress and injury risk out of mustering sheep and cattle on their Beeac property in the south-west of Victoria State, Australia. Continue reading
Category Archives: Agriculture
Agritech Startup XAG Seeks Domestic Listing After $46 Million Fundraising
XAG Co. Ltd., a Chinese manufacturer of agricultural drones and robots, is planning an initial public offering on its home market shortly after securing 300 million yuan ($46 million) of funding. Continue reading
Class Action Filed Against AgEagle Aerial Systems
Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc. and certain of its officers. Continue reading
Dutch Drones Chew Up Moths
Dutch cress grower Rob Baan has enlisted high-tech helpers to tackle a pest in his greenhouses: palm-sized drones seek and destroy moths that produce caterpillars that can chew up his crops. Continue reading
XAG Says Drones Could Beat Locust Swarms at Night
As African countries are getting prepared for the imminent locust crisis, the smart agtech company XAG has proposed that agricultural drones, through more targeted night spraying application, can strongly support the current ground and aerial control measures. Continue reading
Dendra Launches Gen 3 Aerial Seeding Technology
For the last 5 years, the deforestation rate was estimated to be 10 million hectares per year. There is currently over 2 billion hectares of degraded land, causing increases in carbon dioxide in our atmosphere and loss of biodiversity. The rate of land degradation today is still higher than land restoration. Dendra Systems took on the challenge to reverse that and has achieved a milestone. Continue reading
DroneDeploy Teams with Corteva Agriscience on In-Field Analytics
Enterprise drone data platform DroneDeploy announces a collaboration with one of the world’s largest pure-play agricultural organization, Corteva Agriscience to bring improved management decisions to farmers year-round. Corteva operates one of the largest agricultural drone fleets in the world, helping farmers to plant and harvest efficiently, safely and sustainably. Continue reading
senseFly Launches eBee Ag Fixed-wing Mapping Drone for Agriculture
senseFly announced the launch of eBee Ag, the latest addition to the eBee X series of drone solutions. User-friendly and affordable, eBee Ag helps farmers, agronomists and service providers efficiently capture aerial data and plant health insights for faster agronomic decision-making that can improve crop yields and profit potential. Continue reading