CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Across the country, farmers and small entrepreneurs are adding drones to their fleet of tools for tasks like spraying agricultural chemicals or spreading ...

Agriculture drone sprayers use GPS to fly over fields and spray chemicals like pesticides or fertilizers from the air. The ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ben Belton, Michigan State University and Leo Baldiga, Michigan State University (THE ...

A new Connecticut company, Almanax, is using agricultural drones to spray seeds, water, and fertilizer on farms. Drones offer a cheaper alternative to traditional sprayer tractors and can help control ...

Many Canadian farmers are eager to use drones to spray pesticides — already common in the United States — but industry groups say slow regulatory approvals are leaving the country years behind its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just a few years ago, agricultural drones were expensive, small and difficult to use, limiting their appeal to farmers. In ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Just a few years ago, agricultural drones were expensive, small and difficult to use, ...