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U.S. officials say they now get reports every day of “potentially unsafe” drone operations, such as over wildfires, near airports and over major sports events.

U.S. consulting on registration for aerial drones

Canada plans a registration process for light unmanned aircraft next year

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 3, 2015

U.S. federal transportation and aviation officials are at the drawing board on a registration process for unmanned aircraft systems, more popularly known as drones. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator Michael Huerta on Oct. 19 announced they will set up a task force to develop recommendations for such a process and

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KAP doesn’t want new UAV regs to unnecessarily ground farmers

Dan Mazier agrees safety is important, but in wide-open rural areas Transport Canada’s  regulations need to be flexible enough to reflect the reduced risk of flight mishaps

By Allan Dawson September 15, 2015

Unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, need regulation to ensure safety but the rules shouldn’t be so onerous as to prevent farmers from flying them, says Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Dan Mazier “KAP would like dialogue before they (Transport Canada) make regulations,” Mazier said in an interview Sept. 3. “If they are

Jeffery Kostuik (centre), diversification specialist with Parkland Crop Diversification Foundation, demonstrated his SenseFly eBee fixed-wing drone at the Westman Agriculture Diversification Organization’s (WADO) field day in Melita on July 21.

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Taking flight on crop surveillance

Drones offer farmers a number of options in monitoring fields  but it still doesn’t beat boots on the ground

By Jennifer Paige July 31, 2015

Far more complex than yesterday’s remote-control planes, the modern-day drone has a lot to offer today’s producer. “As far as data collection, these are really useful. We are figuring that we can make use of them for a number of things, including determining crop health and monitoring maturity,” said Jeffery Kostuik, diversification specialist with Parkland

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U.S. drone rules remain in hangar in 2014

By GFM Network News, Roberta Rampton December 31, 2014

New York | Reuters — The United States missed a year-end deadline for publishing new rules on remote-control aircraft, delaying an eagerly awaited step toward using drones in everything from farming to package delivery. Businesses have been clamouring for rules to allow commercial drone flights, fearing the U.S. is falling behind other countries in developing

UAV demonstration at the 2014 Crop Diagnostic School.

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VIDEO: Drone flies up, up and away

2014 Crop Diagnostic School demonstrated flying a UAV

By Allan Dawson July 28, 2014

Rejean Picard, a farm production advisor with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, demonstrated an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during the Crop Diagnostic School at the University of Manitoba’s Carman facility July 17, 2014. UAV’s hold a lot of potential for scouting crops. The video begins with Picard explaining how to power up the UAV.

MAFRD’s Rejean Picard was spreading the word about drones and the required certification for flying them at the recent Crop Diagnostic School.

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Got the drone, but how about your permit to fly it?

Transport Canada deems field-scouting activities as commercial and therefore a Special Flight Operating certificate is required

By Allan Dawson July 14, 2014

Farmers flying drones to check their crops or livestock could get their wings clipped by Transport Canada if they don’t have a Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC). “It is Transport Canada policy that UAVs operating in Canada must meet equivalent levels of safety as manned aircraft,” Transport Canada’s website says. “Requirements for the operation of

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Application requirements for a Special Flight Operating Certificate

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 14, 2014

Transport Canada – The following standards apply to the application for and the operation of an unmanned aeroplane, rotorcraft or airship pursuant to CAR 602.41. An application for a Special Flight Operations Certificate for the purpose of conducting the flight of an unmanned aircraft other than an unmanned free balloon or a model aircraft shall

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It’s a bird, a plane — no, it’s the farmer’s new eye in the sky

Drones can give you the big picture of a field, a small one of seed row spacing, or even check on the cows

By Allan Dawson June 17, 2014

Want a bird’s-eye view of your crop, find stray steers, or safely monitor a cow calving on pasture? It’s getting easier and cheaper to do with a wide array of drones on the market, says Rejean Picard, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development’s (MAFRD) farm production adviser in Somerset. Once almost exclusively used by soldiers

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U.S. consulting on registration for aerial drones

KAP doesn’t want new UAV regs to unnecessarily ground farmers

Taking flight on crop surveillance

U.S. drone rules remain in hangar in 2014

VIDEO: Drone flies up, up and away

Got the drone, but how about your permit to fly it?

Application requirements for a Special Flight Operating Certificate

It’s a bird, a plane — no, it’s the farmer’s new eye in the sky

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