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A look inside Delmarva farm tech

Land survey via drone and other technologies are making their mark.

A drone built to assist farmers with everyday tedium. (Photo by Flickr user ackab1, used under a Creative Commons license)

As we’ve previously reported, having adequate internet access and adopting emerging technologies are both just as important and necessary to rural farmers as they are to urban startups.
Delmarva Now took a brief look into how technology is impacting the agriculture industry there — specifically, drones being developed by researchers at the University of Delaware and University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
The takeaway: These new technologies, whether they be land survey via drone or automated irrigation systems, are breaking down existing stereotypes that label farmers as uneducated and agriculture as primitive.
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