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Dan Crummett
Ahead of the Curve

Large Domestic Autonomous Aerial Applicator Comes to Midwest

Regional aerial service Heinen Brothers is part of the commercialization process of Pyka, a young California startup’s global reach into unmanned aerial application platforms.
Growers in the western Corn Belt and parts of the Southern Plains may notice a strange, slow, high-wing spray plane at work this summer over row-crop fields and some pastures — a sight that likely will become commonplace soon.
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3-D Technology Reveals Cover Crop Biomass on Farm Fields

Helping farmers make informed decisions on controlling resistant weeds is the goal of a collaborative project between USDA NRCS and university partners.
The problem of “not seeing the forest for the trees” may have a solution with 3-D technology being used to estimate biomass of cover crops growing in farm fields.
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