article_snippet: For farmers, aerial photographs taken by drones offer a quick and easy way to check on the progress of crops and determine where farmers may need to replant or direct pesticide applications.
article_snippet: Researchers at the University of Illinois are using drones on farms to take aerial photos of crops growing in research plots.
article_snippet: ‘we're also looking at doing some scans over we herbicide studies to see if the drone photography can help us identify where crops are stressed by postemergence herbicide applications.
article_snippet: To get a bird's-eye view of your crop, the drones offer a handy way to do it.
article_snippet: The drones may be used to spot an invasive weed called Palmer amaranth, which is spreading across the Midwest and is becoming increasingly resistant to herbicides to the extent that it could drastically reduce farmers' yield potential in affected fields.