Using drone technology and data analytics among other technologies, SA start-up Aerobotics is helping farmers manage disease and pest control at the touch of a button.

An international standard-setting body has proposed new guidelines for the drone industry, paving the way for greater regulatory certainty and safety measures.

According to experts, the drone is the most inexpensive method for fields smaller than 50 hectares. A drone can also detect problems early. The details, delivered by data, are accurate to a centimetre.

The Drone Volt’s Hercules 20 heavy lift UAV features a spraying system option. Drone Volt is selling one of the world’s strongest mass-produced drones into the Canadian market, the Hercules 20 (H-20).

In order to sustain a world population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, we will need to double global agri production over the next three decades. Thanks to a number of global trends that are influencing food security, poverty, and the overall sustainability of food and agricultural systems through digital technology, usually referred to as ‘AgTech’.

Technology has made a tremendous difference in the world, in areas as diverse as health and education, and pretty much everything in between.

Avocados, mangoes, and apples are on display every morning at the colorful Mahane Yehuda food market in Jerusalem, as well as in many other outdoor and indoor markets across Israel. But what if fruit pickers decided to abandon agriculture and the fruit stands were left empty?

Chances are, you already know drones are amazing. After all, this is something DroneLife readers just understand. But if you’re anything like me, you’re still regularly blown away when you learn about the latest developments in commercial drone technology. The possibilities seem endless.

A crop-spraying drone has taken its first legal flight in South Africa - a big breakthrough which could radically transform farming in South Africa.

While the idea of drone flying is still relatively new, these toy aircraft are becoming a must-have tool for many photographers where a photo-series is not complete without aerial footage.

Humans and satellites have a hard time beating a drone’s eye for detail in scanning farming systems from above. Flying below the clouds, collecting and sending images in almost real-time, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) gained ground quickly in agriculture in the last decade as part of so-called precision agriculture.

With precision agriculture becoming less of an idea and more of a reality for farmers, one Canadian company has jumped on board with drone technology to help farmers when they scout.

According to BayWa the use of drones in biological pest control, particular in corn, is increasing.

Jacob van den Borne is one of the farmers who was nominated as one of the 10 most innovative arable farmers worldwide. He and his brother started with precision farming in 2006 and they have an eye for the best technology available.

As I sit here and ponder what are all the great things that are being created for the agriculture industry I also have to take pause to push myself down into reality so that I don’t dig myself down into a rabbit whole.

From today, crop spraying drones will be showing up to work in South African fields.

Over 1,500 drone pilots,1,000 crop protection teams and 3,000 drones have been spraying cotton fields in China since late August.

– Digitisation is increasingly on the advance in all areas of agriculture. It is intended to improve working productivity and efficiency, to reduce the work load and to increase profitability.

Smart technology solutions may be at the heart of empowering Africa’s agricultural sector, turning it into a major source of commercial advantage for the continent. 

The age of artificial intelligence (AI) in agriculture is in motion.