The world of drones is growing more each day. Contributing to this growth, Steve Li, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System weed scientist, is holding a virtual drone end-user conference March 18-19 via Zoom.
Li said there are many farmers who are...
As farmers prepare for the upcoming growing seasons, the dawning of a new year is a reminder of the new things to come. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System is planning two precision agriculture workshops in February. These workshops are...
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Auburn University
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ver past couple of years, we’ve done considerable work with drones and have begun exploring the use of spray drones for applications in cropping systems. Below are several common questions.
Q. How much do...
The National Cotton Council-coordinated 2023 Beltwide Cotton Conferences (BWCC) will provide research results and other timely information on topics ranging from dicamba usage to drone optimization with the aim of maximizing the production sector’s efficiency, sustainability and profitability.
Who attends...
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It’s a familiar sight for many — a ground sprayer slowly making rounds in a field, applying pesticides to row crops to give producers the best chance of protecting crops from pests and seeing high...
• By Paul Schattenberg •
Crop production is getting a boost thanks to high-tech methods of collecting, managing and analyzing data that are being used by Texas A&M AgriLife researchers and others.
“Researchers with Texas A&M AgriLife Research, along with Texas...
When a human or an animal gets sick or is stressed, their temperatures can go up. The same is true for plants.
A researcher with Texas Tech's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources is using drones to detect crop...
• By Tiffany McDowell •
A lawsuit recently filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas challenges the constitutionality of the Texas “Use of Unmanned Aircraft” statute.
Background
This background section will focus on those areas relevant...
The annual Rolling Plains Summer Field Day, hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Vernon, is set for Sept. 24 at the agency’s Chillicothe Research Station, 1340 Farm-to-Market Road 392, Chillicothe.
The free program will begin...
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The Fresno County (California) Farm Bureau recently held its 25th annual Journalism Awards. This year's award winners were recently recognized at FCFB's second annual "Bounty of Fresno County" event at Wolf Lakes Park in Sanger.
More than 25 entries were...
Southeast, Delta and South Texas Farmers Honored
Growers from the Southeast, Delta and South Texas regions were honored recently at the annual Stoneville Legacy Club celebration held in Destin, Florida.
The club, now in its third year, recognizes cotton growers for...
California farm enlists drones as part of high-tech toolbox.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Managing Editor •
Since 2015, Bowles Farming, a diversified family farming operation near Los Banos, California, has enlisted drones to help boost efficiency, optimize crop inputs and yields, and...
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