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.
The National Agricultural Aviation Association has launched a UAV safety campaign to raise awareness and prevent accidents between UAV operators and low-altitude manned aircraft.
Southern States Cooperative is hosting an FAA-approved drone demonstration at Grandview Farms in Dunnsville, Virginia on Friday, August 7 from 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Ninox Robotics is in the midst of bringing an Australian-first UAV service to farmers. The company has been engaging in drone trials of its UAVs in Queensland and New South Wales in an array of challenging scenarios.
The FAA may not be dragging its heels on commercial drone regulations after all. At a congressional hearing on Wednesday, senior FAA official Michael Whitaker said "the rule will be in place within a year."
Verdant Robotics showed off its new Sharpshooter at the FIRA Conference a few weeks ago. Dubbed the only robotic precision application system that aims before it shoots, Sharpshooter uses Bullseye Aim & Apply Technology.
The college offers an associate degree in Applied Science in Agriculture (60 credit hours). Students enrolled in this program may specialize in precision farming technology by selecting up to 15 credit hours in this area and agriculture business, sales and agronomy.
The college offers an AAS in Precision Agriculture and customized precision ag- related training for agricultural producers, insurance underwriters, equipment dealer and agricultural cooperative employees and others.
Offering training on Ag Leader, Trimble, Reichhardt, Norac and Integris Systems in twice yearly customer training events (spring/fall). Also offering individual training opportunities on any HTS Ag products and SMS software, year round.