The Solo AGCO Edition UAV was introduced last August.

Flying Solo: the new AGCO craft

AGCO takes to the air, introducing its own UAV designed for field scouting

In August AGCO surprised a few people by introducing its own UAV, the Solo AGCO Edition, which is a rotary craft designed for field scouting. “We thought through everything a farmer needs to not only scout their fields, but also collect useful data beneficial to managing their farm and improving yields and efficiency,” says Jeff […] Read more

Flying a UAV to capture farm data may mean applying for a Special Flight Operations Certificate from Transport Canada.

Considering trying out a UAV?

You could hire a custom operator to fly fields for you or take some training and fly your own

Should you add a UAV to your farm fleet or should you just hire someone with their own to do the flying for you? That’s a question farmers looking to collect the kind of data a UAV can capture will have to consider. At three to five dollars per acre to have a custom operator […] Read more


Seen here ready to launch, the AgEagle flying-wing UAV is designed to capture images of fields with an onboard camera. It can cover about 250 acres in 35 minutes.

In the field with an AgEagle UAV

Grainews participated in two exclusive UAV demo flights at the Ag in Motion farm show

Standing in a demonstration field at the Ag in Motion farm show near Saskatoon in July, Markus Weber, president of AgEagle Canada (AgEagle.ca), launched one of the company’s unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as the Grainews video team looked on. The battery powered, flying-wing model quietly took to the air and flew the preplanned route Weber […] Read more

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U.S. drone rules remain in hangar in 2014

New York | Reuters — The United States missed a year-end deadline for publishing new rules on remote-control aircraft, delaying an eagerly awaited step toward using drones in everything from farming to package delivery. Businesses have been clamouring for rules to allow commercial drone flights, fearing the U.S. is falling behind other countries in developing […] Read more