In May this year, somebody deliberately set the Slieve Beagh peatland in Northern Ireland on fire – triggering a local trust to trust drone technology with catching the next person…

A nature restoration consortium in Scotland is seeking to quickly recover vegetation lost to wildfires by using drones to spray seeds around the denuded patch. The project will take place…

When people here of drone technology in agriculture, the image most get is that of automated aerial crop spraying machines that have made life easier for many a farmer across…

A researcher with the University of Canterbury (UC) in Christchurch, New Zealand is looking to break new ground with drone-based remote sensing research that could help reduce economic and environmental…

DJI, the biggest drone maker in the world, has just launched a humongous crop spraying drone, capable of carrying up to 150 litres’ worth of chemical spray or fertilisers. Called…

Another video has surfaced of a drone saving a life in China, where a man had to ditch his initial mission when he noticed a neighbour stranded on a roof…

It is now year six since German aviation company Volocopter and agriculture behemoth John Deere promised us the VoloDrone, a crop-spraying unmanned aerial vehicle that was supposed to disrupt the…

Chinese precision agriculture solutions provider XAG is stepping up its expansion efforts, with recent launches of its flagship agricultural drones in Brazil and Southeast Asia. In Brazil, the company launched…

MY THO, Vietnam – Amid Vietnam’s “durian gold rush,” farmers are turning to smart agriculture technology, notably agricultural drones, to stay ahead. A durian is a large, tropical fruit native to Southeast…

The global agricultural drone industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, with adoption rates soaring as regulatory frameworks mature and technology advances. This is according to leading agricultural drone maker DJI’s fourth…