Using Drones for Early Season Stand Assessment, Weed Scouting
April 26, 2018
A new Nebraska Extension NebGuide, Getting Started with Drones in Agriculture, covers how to integrate drones into crop management systems. It addresses drone types and sensor options, outlines a workflow for a drone-mapping project, and shares case studies of how farmers are using drones. Two examples — taking stand counts and scouting for weeds — are also described.
Conference to Highlight Latest Agricultural Technologies
January 26, 2018
The Nebraska Agricultural Technologies Association (NeATA) conference will feature a symposium on using management zones in production agriculture and new technologies Feb. 7-8 in Kearney.
Engineering Research Focusing on Next Generation of Ag Technologies
November 2, 2017
The next generation of agricultural technologies and systems is the focus of three USDA-funded research projects in the Biological Systems Engineering Department at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The projects were announced Oct. 17 by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI).