The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Summit hosted a panel discussion covering food security using UAS and AI. The panel featured NDSU researchers, Grand Farm and the private sector. “We collect data and push it to our end-user or that farmer; farmers need less data, more actionable information,” said Doug McDonald, flight operations manager, iSight RPV Services. McDonald believes there are numerous benefits to drone surveillance in farmers’ fields. “If we’re able to give them good information, their input costs go down. Less fuel, less seed, less fertilizer, less pesticides. Some of that kind of real-time information with high-quality images really makes a difference.”
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