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
Don’t just fly your drone out of the box
New regulations make flying a drone more complicated for both recreational and commercial users
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
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
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
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
Satellites and ag drones link up
By targeting their strengths, these two technologies can complement each other
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
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