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 ...

WILKINSON — One of the first times Aaron Collins operated a drone, trying to implement the new technology into a farming business, the drone quickly crashed. “The first time we had it we had done ...

Farming doesn’t have to be low-tech. Two of the biggest challenges family farmers face are competition with larger, more high-tech farms and keeping the next generations interested in farming. Smart ...

The only constant in farming is change. As growers, we’re more than familiar with the concept, but that doesn’t mean the agents of change we’re currently facing—including a changing climate, rising ...

Drones are also being deployed during the entire growing season. In cornfields in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, they ...

AMES, Iowa – The underground tiles that drain farm fields can release water into remote and shallow waterways. It’s not ...

The FAA estimates 38.3 million drone flights took place in 2024, most of them from recreational users. But drones are no ...

The Philippine Rice Research Institute’s Drones4Rice initiative is pushing rice production deeper into digital agriculture, using drones to automate seeding, spraying and fertilizer application — a ...

One Iowa State University Extension expert said that as farm drones gain popularity, they have the opportunity to get more non-farmers interested in agriculture.