Want to save yourself headaches later this season? Take a rainy day this spring to set up your sprayer and create your 2021 application plan. Consider these fundamentals and steps to ensure spraying ...

Having introduced a massive heavy-lift drone at the end of October, Volocopter is now looking to show what the aircraft can do through a new partnership with John Deere. The two have teamed up to put ...

Selective spraying is the technology of detecting weeds in a crop or on fallow ground and only spraying the weed. The reduction in herbicides can be between 60% and 90%, depending on the weed density ...

According to Latvian entrepreneur Elviss Straupenieks, it costs about US$65,000 a year to pesticide-spray an average-size vineyard using a helicopter. His alternative? Well, he claims that his company ...

Dual-line precision spraying systems can increase corn yields to 278 bushels per acre while reducing herbicide costs.

Giant tractors and massive saw-mills aren't for farmers like Karen Mohn. "It's kind of neat to see,” she said, “but not accessible." But drones are. "This is one of the reasons why we're here at ...

In a bid to cut costs and make more from less, some farmers have devised shortcuts when doing important farm aspects like crop spraying. But experts are now warning that shortcuts are costly and have ...

HECTOR, Minn. - Zipping along at 140 miles an hour just above the corn tassels while dodging power lines, trees and towers is not the time to be wondering if you’ve made the right career choice. It’s ...

Pyka's Pelican crop-spraying drone can carry more than its weight in chemicals and is designed to take off and land in 150 feet, half the length of a football field. Oakland-based Pyka shares a goal ...

Learn the difference between harmful and beneficial pests to help boost soil biology in conservation cropping systems.