Category: agricultural tech

How Autonomous Drones Could Soon Take Off on Australian Agricultural Land

April 7, 2023
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While mustering livestock with drones isn’t new in Australia, autonomous drones could soon have lift-off if an Australian company has its way.  For the past six months at a Wagga Wagga property in the NSW Riverina region, Sphere Drones has been trialling autonomous drones with a spotter in place, mustering 500 head of beef cattle…

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Sens. Cotton, Ernst Introduce Bill to Prevent Agricultural Tech Theft by Chinese Regime

April 22, 2021
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A pair of Republican senators on Wednesday introduced legislation that seeks to establish an office of intelligence within the Agriculture Department to keep U.S. agricultural innovations from falling into the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and other “foreign threats.” The bill (pdf), named the Agricultural Intelligence Measures (AIM) Act of 2021 (S.4768), was…

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