Judging by the winter trade show circuit, drones are making greater inroads into farm country than ever before. The agricultural drone market is on the upswing. The latest research by Drone Industry ...

Once upon a time drones or unmanned aerial vehicles were only used by the military during a war, but as time has progressed, their application has expanded to multiple industries, including ...

Drones are adding a new level of precision to agriculture, giving farmers digital tools for cultivating better and more profitable crops. “The machinery that large farms use—big combines and ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University is pioneering a partnership with a leading U.S.-based drone manufacturer to innovate groundbreaking UAS technology. MSU’s Agricultural Autonomy Institute ...

Drones have become integrated into everyday life over the past decade—in sectors as diverse as entertainment, health care and construction. They have also begun to transform the way people grow food.

Industrial machinery manufacturer CNH Industrial previously revealed a concept for autonomous tractors that could turn farming into a desk job. Now, CNH is also partnering with DroneDeploy to offer ...

A new Connecticut company, Almanax, is using agricultural drones to spray seeds, water, and fertilizer on farms. Drones offer a cheaper alternative to traditional sprayer tractors and can help control ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has paved the way for a Texas-based drone company to allow one operator to pilot “swarms” of up to three drones without a visual observer. Others could soon follow ...

Tilling large agricultural areas is a complex challenge and each intervention on hundreds of hectares involves significant costs: soil preparation and amendment, seeding, insect and weed control, ...

Available in more than 40 countries worldwide, XAG’s drones aim to make digital agriculture the norm, welcoming farmers into the AgriFuture. The company continues to enrich its product line portfolio ...

When Steve Morris began building unmanned aerial systems in the late 1990s, he envisioned flying them over fields and collecting data that would be useful to farmers. But after the wars in Afghanistan ...