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Drones match farm planning effectiveness of more expensive tech, study finds
- May 7, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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Environmental scientists and water resource managers need precise, high-resolution maps to reveal areas that farmers should avoid when planting crops, to limit polluting waters with phosphorus from fertilizer or manure. Making those maps has depended on an expensive, sometimes unavailable technology, but a team led by Penn State researchers has developed a cheaper approach that can be just as effective.
Originally published at Phys.org