Tag Archives: Farm

Drone clinic at Apple Farm Service – Ohio Ag Net

Famous test pilot Chuck Yeager once said, “The sky is not the limit, it’s just the beginning.” His words ring true as agriculture continues to turn to aviation and new technology. Local equipment dealership, Apple Farm Service, has accepted this change as the area’s only dealer for Hylio Ag Spraying …

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Farm sector eyes potential of tech

GOPAL RATNAM CQRoll Call WASHINGTON — If GPS guided tractors led the previous revolution in agriculture, the next generation of farming is likely to be marked by unmanned drones with onboard sensors that can spot weeds and decide when and how much herbicide to spray to control their growth. “We …

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Marshall Futureworx to Provide Offshore Wind Farm Inspection…

Marshall Futureworx, the venture building and advanced technologies arm of Marshall of Cambridge, has unveiled details of the first in a suite of new product lines and services it will be bringing to market to support ever increasing demand for secure and renewable energy. The ground-breaking new system, Lilypad, is …

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InDro Obtains FAA BVLOS Waiver for Solar Farm Inspections

InDro Robotics has obtained a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight flights. The waiver will allow InDro to expand its successful program of remotely piloted infrastructure inspections where we ship a drone to the location – and instruct a person there to be …

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Secondary impacts of new technology on the farm

If you haven’t had labor issues in the past 24 months, you will, but a lot of autonomous equipment is coming down the pike for smaller farms, not just those with thousands of acres. That’s according to Mark Ledebuhr, principal of Application Insight LLC, an organization focused on the design …

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Drones in farm sector a reality by next Kharif in Andhra Pra…

Express News Service VIJAYAWADA: Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University (ANGRAU) is planning to use drones in the agriculture sector by next Kharif in Andhra Pradesh.  Seen as an important step towards modernisation of the agriculture sector to make it more cost-effective and a solution for manpower shortage, drone technology, which …

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Drones come to the aid of ailing farm sector- The New Indian…

Express News Service KOCHI: Sometime in January, the paddy fields of Alathur, a small village in Palakkad district, witnessed an interesting experiment. Three paddy fields, comprising 110 acres, were sprayed micronutrients using customised drones or unmanned aerial vehicles.  “The paddies were 50-65 days old, just before they formed the spikes,” said …

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Hi-tech thieves using drones to case out farm and rural Nort…

Rural crime officers fear thieves may be using camera-equipped drones to scout out farms in North Wales. Over the past fortnight four different holdings in Denbighshire have been buzzed by drones with white vans seen nearby. Farmers report watching the drones hovering over their properties for lengthy periods. One was …

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Drones could be answer in locust battle | Farm Weekly

Drone technology could be the key to stopping locusts threatening food security, should the insects become a problem in Western Australia. In recent months, locust infestations have emerged in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, India, Pakistan, Iran, Yemen, Oman and Saudi Arabia. While there has been a small build-up in New …

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