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<\/p>\nVariety of applications to be demonstrated at UC Kearney Research and Extension Center<\/p>\n
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August 14, 2026 \u2014 The farming community is invited to see how drones are transforming agriculture through precision applications, mapping, spraying and innovative field practices at the UC Cooperative Extension Drone Applications in Agriculture Workshop on Sept. 9 at UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Parlier.<\/p>\n
Growers, agricultural professionals, researchers, students and others who are interested in drone technology for farming are invited.<\/p>\n
\u201cParticipants will hear from experts about drone regulations and agricultural applications, then see the technology in action during equipment and field demonstrations,\u201d said Anderson Safre, assistant UC Cooperative Extension specialist for agricultural innovation and technology, who is organizing the workshop.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Drones can be used to collect data and create high-resolution imagery to inform a farmer\u2019s decision-making. With targeted application of sprays, growers can save money and protect crops more efficiently. Drones also can be used for precise releases of beneficial insects for natural pest control.<\/p>\n
The drone workshop will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on Sept. 9 at Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 9240 S. Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648. Registration includes lunch. Preregistration fee is $10 at\u00a0https:\/\/link.ucanr.edu\/drones4ag<\/a>\u00a0and $20 on the day of event.<\/p>\n Workshop agenda<\/p>\n 8 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 9 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 9:50 a.m. 10:20 a.m. 10:50 a.m. 11:20 a.m. Noon About UC Agriculture and Natural Resources To read more UC ANR news, visit our newsroom at\u00a0https:\/\/ucanr.edu\/site\/news-and-media<\/a>.<\/p>\n Follow @UCANR on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0X (Twitter)<\/a>,\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0Threads<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Variety of applications to be demonstrated at UC Kearney Research and Extension Center August 14, 2026 \u2014 The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113,6059,172009],"class_list":["post-432988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-uc-anr","tag-uc-anr-innovate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Introduction and overview of drone applications in agriculture \u2013 Anderson Safre, UC Cooperative Extension specialist<\/p>\n
FAA regulations for drone operations and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources\u2019 Informatics and Geographic Information Systems (IGIS) Program \u2013 Sean Hogan, IGIS academic coordinator<\/p>\n
Drone spraying applications and regulations in California \u2013 Paramveer Singh, UC Cooperative Extension agricultural technology advisor<\/p>\n
Break<\/p>\n
Drone applications for hay yield mapping and weed detection \u2013 Ahmed Kayad, UCCE agricultural engineering advisor<\/p>\n
Drone applications for bird deterrence \u2013 Raymond Mireles, UCCE fruit and almond advisor\u00a0<\/p>\n
Drone applications for plant water consumption estimates \u2013 Kyle Knipper, USDA Sustainable Agricultural Water Systems Research scientist\u00a0<\/p>\n
Equipment and field demonstrations<\/p>\n
Lunch<\/p>\n
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