Drones

Farmer uses drone to retrieve stolen livestock

Stock theft costs farmers over R1 billion every year, and another story around this depressing theme was not going to be a priority that morning, but the story is an encouraging one …

Digital Agriculture

Introduction Following the introduction of mineral fertiliser, mechanisation and the industrialisation of the production process, digital agriculture brings the next major movement. It is part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Digital agriculture refers to the use of agricultural technology (AgriTech) and data-driven innovations to predict outcomes and guide the producer through every phase of […]

Introduction Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Distant water points and livestock are obvious things that require checking up on, and how better to do it than sending an unmanned aircraft (during the day or night) to confirm that all is in order. Useful applications of drones in agriculture revolve around: surveillance of livestock, vehicles etc damage […]