Facing dreaded pest disease caused by fall armyworm, XAG is among the first to introduce fully autonomous drones in some of the most affected countries, such as Zambia, South Africa, Vietnam and China, to improve the control efficacy that has originally been limited to manual spraying. Continue reading
Category Archives: Agriculture
High-Tech Pollination Program Begins in North Dakota
Bee boxes sit to the west of Clark Coleman’s sunflower field north of Bismarck. Honey bees play a vital role in pollinating sunflowers, helping increase yield and quality. But up until now, the bees have been placed nearby and farmers hope for the best. “Bees pollinate, but they don’t know where,” explains Kate Lyall, who owns and operates Australian agriculture technology company Bee Innovative with her husband, David. Continue reading
Deveron Acquisition Targets US AgTech Market
Deveron UAS Corp. an agriculture digital services and analytics provider in North America has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Kansas City, Missouri based digital agriculture provider Atlas Team. Continue reading
Drones Using Facial Recognition Keep Cows Healthy
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The goal of this research project at the University of Kentucky is to identify each cow, locate it in a pasture and measure vital health information like weight, size, facial features and physical activity. Continue reading
AeroVironment Donates 87 Quantix Drones to 35 US University Agriculture Departments
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AeroVironment, Inc. announced its 2019 Quantix and AV DSS University Collaboration Project. The project’s focus is to advance academic research, applications and crop production practices to improve the future of farming through the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and advanced data analytics. Continue reading
Drones Help Farmers Save an Endangered US River
A drone soared over a blazing hot cornfield in northeastern Colorado on a recent morning, snapping images with an infrared camera to help researchers decide how much water they would give the crops the next day. Continue reading
Parrot Pulls Plug on Airinov
Israeli and Brazilian Joint Project for Modular Precision Swarming Crop Spraying Drone Solution
To overcome productivity issues common to maximum take off weight regulation found in many countries regarding UAV Crop Spraying, multiple automated collaborating drones are a solution. This technology requires knowledge of swarming and collision avoidance algorithms and experience in developing and operating Crop Spraying UAVs.
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