Nebraska Extension Launches New Drones in Ag Conference on Aug. 3
July 18, 2023
Drone pilots and businesses utilizing drones across Nebraska will converge on Aug. 3, 2023 for the inaugural Drones in Ag Conference, sponsored by Nebraska Agricultural Technology Association (NeATA) and organized by Nebraska Extension.
FarmBits Explores Precision Irrigation, Imagery Technology
January 5, 2023
Throughout the fall 2022 season, FarmBits podcast guests highlighted advancements in precision irrigation technologies and imagery services in the agricultural industry.
Project Aims to Boost Ag Tech Through Improved Field Connectivity
November 17, 2022
A Nebraska research team is designing a next-generation wireless network for agricultural fields that would catalyze an array of digital farming technologies and buoy the businesses of countless farmers.
FarmBits Podcast: Elevating UAVs
July 22, 2021
Sam Pendleton, Rantizo director of sales, provides an overview of Rantizo's UAV technology used in the company’s custom application services.
FarmBits Podcast: Taking a Stand (Count)
May 7, 2021
In this episode, Todd Colten, director of flight services for Sentera, St. Paul, Minnesota, discusses the benefits of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to calculate stand counts.
July 19 Field Day on Using Drones for Corn Nitrogen Management
July 13, 2018
Dean and Deb Stevens of rural Falls City will be hosting a field day Thursday, July 19, to share the results of a North Central Region SARE-funded research project on using drones for corn nitrogen management.
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.
How University Ag Researchers, Extension are Wrangling Big Data
February 2, 2018
Farmers get bits of data, layers of data, in fact so much data it can be hard to interpret and use to make relevant farm management decisions. Read how faculty in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources are helping farmers understand and use all kinds of big data to aid management decisions.