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    Costs of Using Unmanned Aircraft on Crop Farms

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    2016
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    Ireland-Otto, Nancy
    Ciampitti, Ignacio A.
    Blanks, Mark T.
    Burton, Robert O. Jr.
    Balthazor, Travis
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    Excitement is high about the potential uses of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in agriculture. We budgeted the costs of high-yield, non-irrigated corn production on two fields on a “representative” farm located in Northeastern Kansas. One complete pass over each field was completed. The representative farm will use a manned aerial system (MAS) or UAS and visual inspection and soil/tissue tests to determine whether and where a nitrogen deficiency is occurring. Our analysis suggests that UAS is less costly than MAS. The authors expect the costs of UAS and MAS to decrease in the future.
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