Farming is practically part of Ashley Kuhlman’s DNA.
“I’ve always wanted to be in some sort of farming,” Kuhlman said. “I was always out in the field with my dad. Just to be able to watch things grow day by day is remarkable.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Agriculture
Drones Can Help Lift Biocontrol in Specialty Crops
Parabug drone
Growing up and working in California’s Salinas Valley, Jaclyn Bennett has long heard the complaints from growers who want to use beneficial insects but bemoan the man-hours needed to disperse them in the field. Continue reading
XAG Combats Pests with Crop Spraying Drones
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
High-Tech Pollination Program Begins in North Dakota
David Lyall, Paul Snyder and Kate Lyall are working together to track honey bee movements in sunflower fields
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
United States Department of Agriculture engineering technician Kevin Yemoto guides a drone into the air at a research farm northeast of Greeley, Colorado
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