Domestic drone makers rush to fill void left by Chinese competitors as farmers face parts shortages and higher costs.

An agricultural spray drone sprays a field of soybeans in Clear Lake. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Across the country, farmers and small entrepreneurs are adding drones to their fleet ...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) or remotely piloted or operated aircraft are seeing an increase in agricultural applications including but not limited to plant growth monitoring, plant health ...

Pyka, makers of Pelican Spray - a high-capacity, autonomous electric crop protection aircraft (shown above) - has announced Heinen Brothers Agra Services as the first entity to offer Pelican Spray in ...

Nebraska native Andy Kreikemeier’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing all week, and it won’t go silent anytime soon. That’s because his former hobby and volunteer side hustle, flying drones for the county ...

Congress is convinced that Chinese-made drones represent a security threat. The federal government has already placed a 30% tariff on Chinese-made drones and prohibited their use by U.S. agencies, but ...

The Chinese company DJI, known for its suite of camera, civilian and agricultural drones, filed a petition for review with a federal appeals court over a Federal Communications Commission decision to ...

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.

Proposed Health Canada regulations would make any pesticides available for aerial application also legal to apply by drone.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Agri Spray Drones (ASD), a leading provider of agricultural spray drone systems, and WinField United, a national leader in crop input products and ...

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Across the country, farmers and small entrepreneurs are adding drones to their fleet of tools for tasks like spraying agricultural chemicals or spreading ...