Just a few years ago, agricultural drones were expensive, small and difficult to use, limiting their appeal to farmers. No ...

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 ...

A bill that recently passed as a law will expand the use of drones for agricultural purposes in Connecticut. Drones have ...

The FCC emphasized that this decision supports broader efforts to strengthen America's industrial base and reduce dependence ...

The FCC is banning foreign-made drones in the U.S., citing national security concerns. This decision impacts many, including ...

Drones flying over Midwestern fields are likely to become a more typical sight. Farmers are finding that the remotely piloted aircraft can do everything from spraying fields to monitoring livestock.

BLOOMINGTON — It’s a bird; it’s a plane … it’s a State Farm drone. The Bloomington insurance company has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to test drones for commercial use.

Farmers can use very simple quadcopters with digital cameras, which cost about $500, for a quick view of their fields. Other systems, ranging from $2,000 to about $30,000, come with near-infrared ...

Drones could offer farmers multi-spectral images of their crops to show which plants need more fertilizer, more water or more nitrogen — an advance in what's known as "precision agriculture." And that ...