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2015 Logan County Farm Outlook Magazine
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drone - you must be five miles from an airport,
you are
not allowed to fly above 400 feet and you
must be away from a populated area.
Flying a drone over a field, farmers not only get
an awesome aerial view of their fields, but they
can also use the camera attached to take pictures
and video that can provide them with useful
information.
Abby Coers, Marketing Coordinator for Central
Illinois Ag in Atlanta, has been flying a DJI
Phantom 3 Vision Quadcopter all over fields in
Illinois lately and she is excited about the future
of this hobby. “Right now it’s just for hobby
and recreation. I am putting it up and getting
awesome photos and videos that a helicopter
could take for thousands of dollars but you can put
it up in ten seconds and get a photo.”
Coers continued, “Advantages in the future, when
we can make decisions based on that, would be
anything for the crops, like crop health. Put it up
and see where there are wet spots, where you need
to work on that field. Do you need tiling in the
field? With tiling that is a large expense in the
future that could pay for itself.”
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