Drone demo at AIM 2024. | Phil Franz-Warkentin photo

From AIM: Expect a year of drone drama

Glacier FarmMedia – The latest drone technology in agriculture was on full display at Ag in Motion 2024 in Langham, Sask., drawing a crowd to a demonstration of the latest models. Smaller drones designed for surveying, and crop/livestock monitoring are already a tool in many farmers’ toolboxes, but the larger spray drones are also becoming […] Read more

Andrew Kippen points to the nozzle of a spray drone from Green Aero Tech. Kippen’s employer, North Valley Precision Planting, is a dealer for Green Aero Tech.  |  Don Norman photo

Spray drones struggle to take off

Farmers and agribusiness want to use drone sprayers, but regulations for applying crop protection products lag

Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian farmers are looking forward to the day their battle against pests has a better air force, but government says they’ll have to bide their time before pesticide-spraying drones are an option. Drones can be used in the United States if the product label covers aerial application and all other drone operation rules are […] Read more