Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)—better known as drones—have been used commercially since the early 1980s. Today, however, practical applications for drones are expanding faster than ever in a variety of industries, thanks to robust investments and the relaxing of some regulations governing their use.

Valmie Resources Inc. has announced that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Monitoreo Especializado Agrícola de Jalisco, SA (MEA), a crop monitoring solutions provider.

Jeff Lorton says drone technology is the next big thing in agriculture, and he's determined to make sure it lands in Yamhill County, the center of Oregon's world-class wine industry.

Having grown up in a generation fed an abundance of eye opening and eye rolling science fiction fodder, I’ve gotten a pretty diverse taste of what the future of the world was supposed to look like by now.