During this online event, we explored the use of drones for agriculture and how they might be useful to farmers.
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Boundary cattle rancher Devin Chursinoff and KBFA advisor Andrew Bennett described their experience with drones and free satellite data to map farms and vegetation quality.
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John Church, researcher at Thompson Rivers University, presented his work including using drones on cattle ranches to improve herd management, and save time and money.
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Chris Noske, horticulturalist and entrepreneur, spoke to his Langley-based company, ProAg, which is the only in BC licensed to sell and operate huge (7-foot wing span!) drones to spray foliar amendments.
Resources:
Recording:Â FIND ALL VIDEOS HERE
For ease of viewing, we have separated the video series into segments:Â
- Ranch Mapping through the Seasons with Devin Chursinoff (Rancher)
- Drones for Farm Record Keeping with Tony Jeske (Rancher)
- Drones overview: Agricultural Mapping with Drones and Satellites with Andrew Bennett (KBFA)
- Latest Ranching Drone Research with Dr. John Church (Researcher)
- Big Rig Spraying Drones and Nanotechnology with Chris Noske (Industry)