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The technology is fairly new, but drones are already being tested for spraying in Alberta.
Equipment, News

FROM TOY TO TOOL: The sky’s the limit for farming drones

There’s better software and powerful zooms, and both spraying and seeding are advancing quickly too

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Glacier FarmMedia – From flashy toy to just another tool in the tool box — for many farmers, drones have simply become an everyday part of the work they do. “It’s not as novel as it was a few years ago,” said Markus Weber, president of LandView Drones. “For a lot of people when they
Farmers have newer and simpler rules for incorporating drones into their operations.
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New federal drone rules will be a boon to farmers

Previous rules discouraged producers from using them to check crops and livestock

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New federal rules for operating drones will make it a lot simpler for farmers to include them in their operations, says the president of a Winnipeg-based company that trains drone operators. Matthew Johnson, president and CEO of M3 Aerial Productions, said the move is a necessary one. “For a long time farmers have been testing
Matthew Johnson of M3 Aerial Productions says a drone ground school will contribute to public safety while teaching operators how to fly the remote aircraft.
Local news, Other

Brandon University launches new drone training

New course gives students opportunity to become certified drone pilots

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Brandon University will be one of the first post-secondary institutions in Canada to offer an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) pilot ground school when it introduces a course credit for taking the program this fall. Pilot training schools now offer similar training but not university course credits. The new course will offer students everything they need
An unmanned aerial vehicle is used to check a wheat crop.

Crops

Is a drone right for your farm?

Uses can include evaluating plant stands, crop scouting and locating and counting livestock

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Along with my agribusiness class, I watched, in considerable awe, the beautiful video images of the fields and facilities of a local seed company as they were projected on the classroom screen. The soundless video showed crystal-clear footage taken from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), also called a drone. Two decades previously, my family received
UAV demonstration at the 2014 Crop Diagnostic School.
Crops, News

VIDEO: Drone flies up, up and away

2014 Crop Diagnostic School demonstrated flying a UAV

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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.

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