Knowing that farmers and reporters would inevitably call the little, computer-piloted plane a “drone,” the organizers of the field demonstration of a UAS, or “unmanned aerial system,” for farm use put both terms in the invitation. The demo, organized by Southern States Cooperative, was held on a recent morning outside the Nellwood Farm pondhouse near Brooklet. Brothers Chap and Hal Cromley, and Chap’s son David and Hal’s son Colby, operate Nellwood Farm.
Drones provide farmers crop analysis
Demonstration informs, educates about benefits


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