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Matthew Johnson, founder of M3 Aerial Productions, poses with his fixed-wing drone, one of several his company uses to provide drone services to farmers since the agricultural branch of his company launched last year.

Don’t just fly your drone out of the box

New regulations make flying a drone more complicated for both recreational and commercial users

By Angela Lovell January 25, 2018

Reading Time: 5 minutes You’ve invested thousands of dollars in that unmanned air vehicle (UAV), and you’re anxious to see it perform. You take it out of the box, plunk in the batteries, and off it goes… forever. It happens, says Matthew Johnson, owner of M3 Aerial Productions, a Winnipeg company that offers UAV training and aerial imagery and […] Read more

The industry has seen plenty of hype about drones over the last several months — Fortune magazine even called 2015 “the year agricultural drones take off.”

Crops, Machinery

So you’ve got a drone — now what?

Until drone technology gets a lot more user friendly, farmers may want to leave it in the hands of agronomists

By Julienne Isaacs January 20, 2016

Reading Time: 5 minutes Chances are, you’ve got a drone — maybe it’s a Parrot AR you picked up for $100 at Walmart. Possibly it’s a $1,500 DJI Phantom 3 that takes great aerial photos. Or maybe you’re one of the few western Canadian producers who’s purchased an NDVI-capable drone that takes orthomosaic images that can be layered in […] Read more

Guide Business, Machinery Guide

Digital pursuits in the world of agricultural technology

The list of tools to collect, manage and transfer farm data is growing. Here’s a look at some of the recent additions

By Scott Garvey October 28, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutes Lehmann If your focus is on gathering more data rather than managing it, drone technology may be for you, and a new contender has recently stepped up with a high-tech offering. France’s Lehmann Aviation made a move to break into the North American data-gathering market this spring with the launch of what it calls “an […] Read more

Machinery, Production

Satellites and ag drones link up

By targeting their strengths, these two technologies can complement each other

By Ralph Pearce October 16, 2014

Reading Time: 5 minutes For “eye-in-the-sky” technology, the last three years have seen some stunning advances, especially in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and satellite imaging systems. Yet while both made headlines about the same time in 2011, both also had limited success on the farm, as is often the case when new technologies first get into […] Read more

Daily Network News

USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes

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Don’t just fly your drone out of the box

So you’ve got a drone — now what?

Digital pursuits in the world of agricultural technology

Satellites and ag drones link up

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