WSU is partnering with Digital Harvest Corp. to test an unmanned aerial vehicle that could provide a safer, less expensive means to blow rainwater off cherry orchards to avoid fruit losses.

Nearly 1,400 farmers from across the country joined 360 Yield Center for a hands-on field day that focused on high-intensity nitrogen management during Proving Grounds 2015, on Aug. 11, 12 and 13, in Tremont, Ill.

The upcoming three-day seminar in Las Vegas beginning on Friday, September 11th will teach participants everything they need to know about flying drones in dozens of commercial industries.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a research team from WSU a $548,000 grant in 2013 as part of its National Robotics Initiative. Testing may being this fall.

Joining more than three dozen established committees in the Society's Machinery Systems technical community, the UAS committee, designated MS-60, will focus on research, education, and the development of standards pertaining to this rapidly expanding area of the agricultural industry.

The South Dakota Board of Regents has approved a request from South Dakota State University to develop plans for an undergraduate ag degree that officials say isn't offered anywhere else in the country.

The agricultural use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs, will be the subject of an Aug. 27 field day at the Iowa State University Agricultural Engineering and Agronomy Research Farms.

The seed destructor will be on display at this year’s Department of Crop Sciences’ annual Agronomy Day on Thursday, Aug. 20, on the University of Illinois South Farms.

The company's equipment has over 20,000 hours of total flight time. In 2014, Sentera equipment captured 15 million photos, mapped more than 24,000 square miles, logged over 12,000 hours of flight time and managed over 175,000 GB of data.