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Farmers eyes in the sky
Claxton business markets drones for ag uses
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Eric Hendrix, left, and his brother Kent prepare the AgEagle 1 for take off Monday morning on a farm near the Bulloch-Evans County line. The brothers operate a dealership that sells the drones to farmers. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff
As AgriView Systems, Eric Hendrix and other members of his family operate the only Georgia dealership for AgEagle, a Kansas company that makes robotic aircraft, popularly know as drones, specifically for farming applications. "Right now you would have to get special certification to be a pilot and fly them for people, per FAA regulations, but we do sell them for people to use on their own farms," Hendrix explained. He and his wife Jennifer brought one of the drones and its launch catapult to the Ag Expo and Farm Market held Saturday at Claxton Elementary School.
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