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22 04, 2019

Drones and their Use in Agriculture

By DSR Journalist|April 22nd, 2019|Categories: Agriculture Articles |Tags: commercial commercial permissions drone operators drone safe register drones drones and agriculture drones and farming drones and precision agriculture dsr national drone pilot network PfCO precision farming |Comments Off on Drones and their Use in Agriculture

Drones and their Use in AgricultureDrones are playing an increasingly important role in worldwide agriculture. Against a backdrop of a growing world population, faced with the challenge of sustaining food production with dwindling resources, drones can offer a reasonably priced precision farming solution.How can Drones HelpThe ability to scan large tracts of land that by their nature, inhibit access and manoeuvrability is something that is ideally suited to an unmanned aerial vehicles. Much time can be saved over a ground level survey when assessing land condition, crop health a [...]

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28 01, 2019

Benefits of drones in Agriculture

By DSR Journalist|January 28th, 2019|Categories: Articles Agriculture Inspections & Surveys |Tags: agriculture CAA cherry picker commercial do farmers need permission to fly drones drones drones and agriculture dsr freephone number farming flying a drone hands free hectare PfCO photogrammetry precision farming |Comments Off on Benefits of drones in Agriculture

Drones in AgricultureIt’s largely agreed that the UK and Ireland have barely begun to tap into the huge potential that commercial drones have to offer.An industry still in its infancy, the business world is still investigating ways in which drones and unmanned aerial vehicles in general can make operations faster, safer and more cost efficient.One area that has been quicker to the party in leveraging ‘drone power’ is agriculture.  In fact 18% of farmers are now thought to be using drones in some form to assist them with their land management.  Particularly impressive [...]

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