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Drones are an important tool on Jeremiah Gebhardt’s farm in rural Salisbury, Missouri. For the last few years, he’s used them to spray his corn, soybean and wheat fields. Since adding the new farm equipment came with a large up-front cost, it was not a decision he made overnight. “I …

NEW DELHI, 26 July 2024: AgriWings, a leading drone-based agrichemical spraying service provider in India, proudly announces a groundbreaking achievement in empowering farmers to significantly boost their annual incomes. Through the adoption of advanced drone technology, farmers working with AgriWings are now capable of achieving an annual income of INR 7-8 …

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Aerobotics is utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) in helping fruit and nut farmers improve crop yields. Although the Cape Town-based company only started nine years ago, it is already operating in 18 countries, with the U.S. being their largest market, followed by South Africa, Australia, Spain and …

On Aug. 3, 1921, Army Air Corps pilot Lieutenant John A. Macready, piloting a specially modified Curtiss JN4 Jenny, spread lead arsenate over a six-acre grove of 6,000 catalpa trees at Postmaster… Premium Content is available to subscribers only. Please login here to access content or go here to purchase a subscription.  

NEW DELHI: Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative (IFFCO) will now use drone technology. It has tied up with Drone Destination, which recently had a hugely oversubscribed IPO, to offer Agriculture Drone Spray services through IFFCO’s Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samridhi Kendras (PMKSKs) across India. As part of the MOU, Drone Destination will …

Low income group farmers in Rajasthan will be provided drones on rent that will help them monitor crops and spray chemicals in a wide agricultural area with less cost and time. Around 1,500 drones will be made available at custom hiring centres by the state government in two years. …

Tribune News Service Parveen Arora Karnal, January 9 Farmers in the district are switching over to technology to effectively spray water-soluble fertilisers and pesticides on crops. At least 15-20 farmers approach officials of Maharana Pratap Horticulture University (MHU) here every day with queries on the use of drones …

A grass drone. Photo: Brent Barbano, Sharegrid Previous Next Image 1 of 2 A grass drone. Photo: Brent Barbano, Sharegrid Image 2 of 2 This innovation is designed to help farmers determine the best time and which areas to allow their cows feed. ALFIE SHAW Published: Sun 31 Jul 2022, …

Some small-scale cassava farmers in Cambodia are looking into drone technology to achieve higher crop yield and lower costs. Cassava is the second largest crop grown in the country after rice and it contributes 4% to the GDP growth. The production, processing and export of cassava has been the key …

Conference on “Promoting Kisan Drones: Issues, Challenges and the Way Ahead” Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on 2 May 2022 inaugurated and addressed the conference on “Promoting Kisan Drones: Issues, Challenges and …