Sustainably feeding a growing global population is the most significant challenge today, and precision agriculture is a way to address the challenge, speakers at a forum on agricultural biotechnology in Research Triangle Park, N.C. emphasized.
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/For generations, Napa Valley growers have used workers on foot or tractors to apply nutrients and pesticides to the vines that produce grapes used in some of America’s most storied wines. Now Japan’s Yamaha Motor thinks it has a better way: drones. After testing its helicopter-like RMax for the past two growing seasons, Yamaha in December became the first company to win federal certification for a drone to be used as an agricultural aircraft in the U.S.
Read MoreThe Hill: Drones may have limited range, but regulatory coordination doesn't have to
/Former Rep. James T. Walsh (R-N.Y.), contributor, and Rod Hall - Safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the national airspace is one of the foremost policy challenges of 2016. But while Capitol Hill has largely focused on the regulatory efforts of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), developments overseas will also shape the future of the dynamic UAS industry in the year ahead.
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