San Francisco-based start-up FarmWise and Michigan manufacturer Roush are working together to develop and test autonomous vegetable weeders in Michigan….
Precision Agriculture
Ag Department Seeks Feedback on Need for Drone Spectrum
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is studying what spectrum is needed now and in the future to support technologies used…
Must We Fly Out of Sight to Farm?
BVLOS rules will revolutionize unmanned agriculture. But they’ll need to economically and quickly convert raw data into actionable information farmers can deploy.
ACEINNA’s INS1000 Described as Centimeter Accurate, Multi-Constellation, Multi-Band, Dual Antenna, RTK, and Affordable GNSS/INS Solution
ACEINNA has launched its new INS1000 high performance dual-band RTK INS (Real-Time Kinematic Inertial Navigation System) with built-in inertial sensors…
Delair Introduces the UX11 Ag UAS
The new UX11 Ag unmanned aircraft system (UAS) from Delair is specifically designed for large scale surveying in agriculture and…
Drones Are Here And Farmers Are Starting To Get It
The idea behind Agriculture and Space Day was to make sure everyone appreciated just how much space technologies contributed to…
NovAtel Launches New TerraStar-C PRO Multi-Constellation Correction Service
NovAtel Inc. today launched its new TerraStar-C PRO correction service with multi-constellation support, including the GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou constellations. Combined…
Commercial UAV EXPO Returns to Las Vegas in October
Commercial UAV EXPO Americas 2018 takes place October 1-3 at The Westgate in Las Vegas, Nevada. If you register by May…
U.S. Transportation Secretary Chao Announces UAS Integration Pilot Program Selectees
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced that USDOT has selected 10 state, local and tribal…
Trimble’s ISOBUS-Compatible GFX-750 Display System Designed for Precision Agriculture Applications
Trimble recently introduced the Trimble GFX-750 display system for agriculture applications. The display system comes with the simple-to-install, roof-mounted NAV-900…
Overwatch Imaging Completes SOAR Oregon Program to Upgrade Autonomous Image Capabilities
Overwatch Imaging, a small business specializing in customized large-scale aerial imagery intelligence systems, successfully completed a year-long program to upgrade…
Kespry Forms Alliance with John Deere
John Deere Construction & Forestry dealers will now provide the Kespry Aerial Intelligence System to their customers.
The Promising Business of Counting Sunflowers
French UAS manufacturer Delair-Tech is pushing the boundaries of high-tech agriculture with seed producer Maisadour Semences to develop drone-based applications for counting sunflower plants across vast cultivated fields.
Seeding Trees on the Fly
Planting trees is not easy work. Unlike spreading seeds in a freshly tilled acre of level farmland, forestland is hilly, sometimes inaccessible, and covered in things—rocks, shrubs, vines and other trees.
Pix4D Launches Hybrid Desktop, Cloud Image Processing Subscription Offering
Pix4D has announced a subscription-model offering for precision agriculture image processing using a hybrid approach allowing cloud-based and local hardware…
PrecisionHawk Partners with Genera Energy
PrecisionHawk and Genera Energy recently formed a partnership to develop new analysis algorithms designed to improve the efficiency and quality…
Delair-Tech Partners with Micasense
Delair-Tech recently partnered with Micasense to target the precision agriculture market. As part of the agreement the Micasense RedEdge sensor…