While momentum for unmanned aerial vehicle adoption in agriculture has somewhat slowed during the downturn in the market, there is still buzz and optimism surrounding the technology as a valuable tool.
In today’s newscast we dig into the Dept. of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Deere and Precision Planting, an update on U.S.-made ag equipment exports, Case IH and New Holland’s venture into autonomous tractors introduced at the Farm Progress Show and new regulations for drone operation.
In the latest episode we discuss how the latest WASDE report offers an uptick in the ag machinery sales outlook, CEMA’s latest Business Barometer reading and what it says about the state of the industry, the Federal Aviation Administration’s new ruling on UAVs and finally the results of the Agri Media Council’s 2016 Media Channel Study.
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In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we talk to a Solectrac executive about the company's search for a new investor. In the Technology Corner, Noah Newman talks about the majors' growing presence in the precision retrofit market.