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Unmanned aerial vehicles – or drones – have become increasingly popular over the last few years.

Rules governing the flying of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) changed on August 1 with the introduction of Civil Aviation Authority Rule 102.

A world expert in precision agriculture says there is much misplaced hype about the use of UAV’s (drones). 

Drones’ (UAV) rising popularity has pointed to an inevitable tightening of the rules for their use as they evolve from remote control helicopters to sophisticated work platforms – especially in farming.

Aeronavics Designs and manufactures industrial drones for application in four primary industries including agriculture.

We've all seem remote controlled helicopters for the kids at the airport duty free counter, but commercial UAV’s take the game to a whole new level and can offer some tangible benefits for agriculture or horticulture.

Farmers are among the fastest business people seeing the advantages of UAV technology, says Warren Eade of GeoSystems NZ. (UAV stands for unmanned aerial vehicle, or ‘drone’).

Imagine being able to walk into a field with your tablet or iPhone and be guided to a particular area or a plant not growing well. 

A major buzz words within the primary sector this year is drones, or more correctly called unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

With the risk of fire from droughts a joint research project by the Crown Research Institute, Scion, and the engineering school at Canterbury University may yield some major benefits.