Drones provide potential for practical applications beef producers, according to Amanda Radke. She discusses four ways that a drone could enhance management practices on ranches.
- Collect more data with much less labor
- Aerial maps can improve land management practices
- Monitor livestock, fences and water sources
- Collect data on individual animals
While drones cannot and should not replace in-the-field work and observation, they have a lot of potential for applications on the ranch in a variety of areas. Jimmy Doyle, SDSU Extension.
Source: BEEF, November 6, 2018. Link.
INSIGHTS: As we implement the animal disease traceability program (ADT), <link> including the use of electronic identification tags, some of the applications for drones Radke presents become more realistic.