Arable
The demands on effective crop care are intensifying with active agents being withdrawn, costs rising, and resistance becoming a challenge.
Machinery
If drones have suddenly become the the hot topic in digital agriculture, overshadowing the introduction of autonomous tractors and field robot
Drones are proving to be the dark horse in the race to bring the benefits of digital technology to farming
John Deere have purchased Sentera, a Minnesota-based company that specialises in equipment for capturing and interpreting aerial images.
Tractor manufacturers, such as CNH, are finding that there are two ways in which they might increase the digital technology they offer...
Agri-Business
Red Stag Media, a UK-based public relations and marketing agency devoted to agricultural-related businesses, has recently put together a report on the future of agricultural machinery which carries many insights and interesting ideas.
A technology revolution in agriculture could help address the global challenge to produce more food while reducing pollution and environmental impact, according to a new report.
A new mobile phone app, Skippy Scout, has recently been developed to pinpoint diseases earlier in arable crops, using drone imagery.
Farmers are increasingly using technology to try and take the hardship out of farming, with drones...
Government
Soon to be made official drone regulations could see users required to file flight plans in advance and even include fines of up to £2,500.
Over 76,000 drones could be in the UK skies in 12 years’ time – and it could add as much as...
Rural Life
The O'Gorman Brothers recently finished harvesting potatoes in Co. Kildare and Martin Coogan was there to film the harvest with a drone.
Paul Brennan of Skyfly Photography filmed the Brennan Brothers agri-contractors sowing beans in February for Alexanders of Milford, Co. Carlow.
Sheep
Brett Sanders told Stuff New Zealand that for the past 18 months he has been using a drone to check a herd of 2,000 sheep at Matangi Station, near Alexandra.
World News
A drone in the US has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to carry fertilizers and pesticides to spray crops, the FAA has announced.
