Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in precision agriculture

The popularity of UAVs are growing in precision agriculture and we cover the basics capabilities, economics and rules with Dr. Brian Luck, associate professor and extension specialist with UW-Madison. Dairy Stream host Joanna Guza dives into the topic below with Brian:

• 1:08: How are UAVs being used
• 4:33: Most popular UAV
• 6:31: Scouting crops
• 11:18: Interrupting data     
• 16:20: What is remote sensing and thermal imagery
• 21:40: Challenges with UAVs
• 25:26: When to use UAVs
• 27:12: Economics
• 29:53: Rules of UAVs
• 36:03: Safety of UAVs
• 39:08: Data protection
• 43.40: Future trends of UAVs

Special thanks to The Nature Conservancy of Wisconsin for sponsoring this episode.

About the guest

• Brian Luck is an associate professor and extension specialist in Biological Systems Engineering in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at UW-Madison. Dr. Luck’s field of interest include machine management, variable rate technology, agricultural “big data” management and remote sensing.  

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