The launch ceremony of the pilot project on the use of drones in agricultural development projects took place from 10.00 to 12.00 on 26 July 2018 at the Ministry of Development and International Cooperation in Tunis, Tunisia. Continue reading
Category Archives: Agriculture
SLANTRANGE Announces Aerial Phenotyping Analytics Services for Agricultural Test Plot Research and Breeding
SLANTRANGE, Inc., a provider of remote sensing and analytics systems for agriculture, has announced a new suite of analytics services developed specifically for the needs of test plot research. SLANTRANGE Aerial Phenotyping provides researchers and breeders with valuable new classes of agronomic information for each individual plot of a field trial, delivering new levels of insight and efficiency and accelerating results for agricultural research operations. Continue reading
University Develops Digital Logbook for Drone Ag Users
A Purdue University researcher led development of a free, web-based application that will allow those using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to easily log their flight-related data. Continue reading
Elbit Switches Airports for Crop Research Flights in North Dakota
Elbit Systems has plans to use a drone to survey crops across the upper Midwest that can be used for research, analyzed, and sold to farmers. The project is a joint public-private partnership involving NDSU and UND. Continue reading
AeroVironment Launches Automated Quantix Hybrid Drone and AV Decision Support System
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced that its automated Quantix hybrid drone and AeroVironment Decision Support System (AV DSS) analytics software are now available for sale through its authorized reseller network. Continue reading
Delair and John Deere Team for Precision Ag. Services
The John Deere Operations Center is a portal to connect machines, operators and fields, allowing users to optimize agricultural data management. Continue reading
K-State Drones Develop Better Yielding Wheat Varieties
For the past three years, Jesse Poland, an associate professor of plant pathology at Kansas State University, and a team of researchers have worked in five countries to stay on top of wheat improvement and the most promising technology to help … drones. Continue reading
Oregon University Researchers UAS Protect Vineyards
Michael Wing, director of Aerial Information Systems Laboratory at OSU , left, and doctorate student Cory Garms – Andy Cripe – Gazette-Times
Since he began using unmanned aircraft in his research in 2012, Oregon State University forestry professor Michael Wing has seen many ways a flight can go wrong. Once, in August, he even had a turkey vulture threaten to attack a quadcopter he was using; the bird came within about 15 feet of the vehicle, he said. Continue reading