WASHINGTON — Farmers and ranchers are eager to use airborne drones to improve their businesses, but they need flexibility to use these tools to their full potential, the American Farm Bureau Federation told the Federal Aviation Administration in comments focusing on performance-based standards, in its rule on the "Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems."
Farmers and ranchers have increased their yields while reducing their environmental footprint, thanks to advances in precision agriculture.
"Drones are the next evolution in American agriculture," said Dale Moore, AFBF executive director of public policy. "Used properly they let us grow more food on. . .
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