The future of agricultural drones looks promising in the next decade. Experts predict drones will be able to operate autonomously in 2-3 years, and agricultural drones will grow to a $6.5 billion industry within 10 years.

The autonomous electric machine, called Ted, drives in the rows between the vines to weed around plants. It uses RTK guidance, sensors, lasers, cameras and probes to understand its environment.

Autonomy is an evident theme in the list of the highest read, watched and listened to items posted to the Precision Farming Dealer website in 2021. Discover what lessons and information dealers from across the country were most interested in this year. 

XAG's five new products — the XAG P50 and P100 Agricultural Drone, XAG M500 and M2000 Remote Sensing Drone, and the updated XAG R150 Unmanned Ground Vehicle — have been released in China and will be available for global sales in 2022.