Episode 081: UAVs - The Power of Precision Ag

On this week's FarmBits Episode, hosts Deepak Ghimire and Kelsey Swantek meet with Dr. Yeyin Shi, Assistant Professor and Agricultural Information Systems Engineer at UNL to highlight the uses and importance of UAV and remote sensing technology. Although she grew up in an urban setting, Dr. Shi's interest in agriculture rooted from school field trips to rural ag communities back home in China. In this episode, Dr. Shi talks about the use of UAVs in agricultural research, pros and cons of UAVs over satellite imagery, and other interesting perspectives on ag technologies. Check out this episode to learn more about UAVs and their significance in digital agriculture realm. Dr. Shi's Contact Information: E-mail: yshi18@unl.edu LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yeyin-shi-28772232 Website: https://bse.unl.edu/faculty/yeyin-shi FarmBits Contact Information: E-Mail: farmbits@unl.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNLFarmBits Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNLFarmBits Deepak's Twitter: https://twitter.com/agrideepak093 Deepak's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepak-ghimire Kelsey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kswan713 Kelsey's LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kelseyswantek Opinions expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast are solely their own, and do not reflect the views of Nebraska Extension or the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.