"We're spraying crops that previously have not being sprayed," says Nick Nawratil, chief operating officer of Hylio, the firm behind the trial. "That's one huge opportunity that drones are opening ...

Squinting through the morning sun, Jesse Patrick watches the top of his corn crop whip in the downdraft of a large spray drone pipping fungicides into the canopy. “The drone is only putting out ...

DES MOINES, Iowa – Three years ago, Joe Encinias’ sister-in-law saw a drone in an Iowa field for the first time. That drone sighting changed a lot for Encinias. His family began exploring the ...

Zalauf said some farmers are skeptical of full scape crop dusting. But now, there is something new, sprayers attached to drones. "The acreage owners come out and watched, and they were very ...