East Idaho News | New local company uses drones to help farmers crop dust @Eastidnews | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 20 hours ago.
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IDAHO FALLS – Autonomy and the use of technology is the future of agriculture in Idaho.

That’s how Brandon Hadley, a 44-year-old Weston man who’s been farming most of his life, feels about the industry and that’s why he launched Airfield Ag earlier this year.

Airfield Ag is a business that uses drones to provide crop dusting for farmers throughout northern Utah and eastern Idaho. It also services and sells drones for agricultural use.

The company officially launched in January, but started spraying on a small scale last summer. To date, Hadley tells EastIdahoNews.com they’ve covered about 20,000 acres.

“We hit about 10,000 acres by the first of June this year, and we’re just hitting the heat of the season now,” Hadley says.

Drones can fly in areas airplanes can’t, Hadley says, and that means they can spray with greater precision.

WATCH OUR INTERVIEW WITH HADLEY IN THE VIDEO ABOVE.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE: eastidahonews.com/2024/07/new-local-company-uses-drones-to-help-farmers-crop-dust

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