Drones are adding a new level of precision to agriculture, giving farmers digital tools for cultivating better and more profitable crops. “The machinery that large farms use—big combines and ...

Farming doesn’t have to be low-tech. Two of the biggest challenges family farmers face are competition with larger, more high-tech farms and keeping the next generations interested in farming. Smart ...

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Deepak Joshi, a faculty member in K-State’s Department of Agronomy, said the growing use of drones in early-season crop ...

Drones are one area of farm inputs where costs have been falling, even as the cost of other inputs like farm labor, fertilizer and pesticides have been rising—in some cases dramatically, squeezing ...

Indiana spray drone operator spearheads an effort to educate and advocate for other drone operators in the state. The hope is ...

A drone flying against a blue sky. - Detlef Voigt/Getty Images While many still use drones purely as recreational devices, the technology has started to take on various other roles. Cities have begun ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Unmanned aerial vehicles aren't just for spies or for the battlefield. Farmers all over the country ...