Tag Archives: Agriculture
Sheep Adapt Readily to Regular Drone Monitoring, Says Virginia Tech Study
Researchers at Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have been studying the effects of drones on a variety of agricultural implementation, such as microbe analysis, and indeed, how drones affect the behavior of actual livestock such as sheep. … Continue reading
Drones in Agriculture: How UAVs Make Farming More Efficient
Dronefly just released a new infographic consolidating the most interesting contemporary uses of unmanned aerial vehicles in the field of agriculture. If you’re not familiar with these, have a look at one or two of the previous pieces we reported … Continue reading
New Texas law criminalizes drone use near animal farms
House Bill 1643 makes it a crime to operate a drone over “concentrated animal feeding operations,” as well as telecommunication facilities and certain oil and gas facilities … https://www.texastribune.org/2017/09/28/new-law-criminalizes-drone-use-near-animal-farms/ The Texas Tribune | Sept. 28, 2017
Flying high-tech in agriculture
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, is becoming more common as technology has improved and prices have dropped. They range in price and scale from inexpensive children’s toys to sophisticated machines with sensitive measuring equipment costing thousands of … Continue reading
