Dan Crummett

Dan Crummett

Dan Crummett has more than 40 years in regional and national agricultural journalism including editing state farm magazines, web-based machinery reporting and has a long-term interest in no-till and conservation tillage. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Oklahoma State University.

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Lasers, Lights & Electricity: Managing Weeds with Precision Tech

Micro-sensors, AI, electricity & new sprayer designs help no-tillers reduce herbicide use
While chemists have done most of the heavy lifting in agriculture’s battle with weeds since World War II, electrical and mechanical engineers are increasingly supporting the fight with innovations to make herbicides more efficient, and in some cases, bypass chemistry altogether.
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AI Already Busier in Agriculture Than Many Realize

The results of the AI boom have found fertile ground in modern agriculture, from application systems to on-the-go machine operation tweaks — but better decision making is the prime benefit.
The industrial revolution of artificial intelligence (AI) is turning inroads into 6-lane highways in agriculture as equipment makers create “smarter” machinery primed with increasing amounts of background data and digital circuitry patterned after the human brain.
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Drone-Applied Crop Protection May Face New Labeling Requirements

Current EPA oversight on UAV-applied crop chemicals will likely get more focused, and crop protection companies are in the forefront with studies to enable more efficient labeling procedures
While regulations, or lack thereof, governing the use of crop protection chemicals applied by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) vary widely across the globe, U.S. growers and applicators are currently operating under a grace period of oversight. That isn’t likely to last long.
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Domestic Autonomous Aerial Applicator Comes to Midwest

Regional aerial service Heinen Brothers is part of the commercialization process of Pyka, a young California startup’s global reach into unmanned aerial application platforms
Growers in the western Corn Belt and parts of the Southern Plains may notice a strange, slow, high-wing spray plane at work this summer over row-crop fields and some pastures – a sight that likely will become commonplace soon.
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Light Stimulation Boosts Seed Germination

Light-energy treatment developed to kill weed seeds without chemicals also stimulates seed germination
What began as a method to control the spread of tumbleweed plants in the desert is now showing promise for stimulating agricultural crop seed germination to potentially increase crop yields.
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Drone Mapping Technology Slashes Chemical Costs By 70%

Sentera’s rapid remote-sensing & map generation spots weeds as small as ¼ inch to target field sections needing immediate specific crop protection
Recent digital technology improvements have spawned the ability to scan entire fields quickly and inexpensively with drone flights, then provide maps identifying specific weeds and their locations — all in about 12 hours.
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