Farmers are turning away from tractors and instead using AI-guided drones to spread fertilizers, herbicides, and insecticides. The switch isn’t just good for farmers’ wallets, it’s good for ...

OUR DRONE PILOT, SEAN CAMPBELL, DECIDED TO FIND OUT HOW THEY’RE BEING USED. JOHN ZULAUF HAS BEEN A FARMER FOR 30 YEARS. I USE GROUND EQUIPMENT. I USE AERIAL WITH AN AIRPLANE APPLICATION.

It’s critical that people employed in agriculture get more involved in the regulatory process as drone technology makes inroads in farming, says Robert Blair, a fourth-generation Idaho farmer ...

Zylstra sees drones as a valuable tool though. He says he wouldn’t be surprised to see lots of farmers owning their own drones. Encinias also notes the safety element — if a drone goes down ...

American farmers were among the first to respond, arriving on scene with drones in tow. Seventy miles east of Asheville, in Hickory, N.C., Russell Hedrick and his father cleared fallen trees on ...