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Drones take flight on dairy farms

<p>WHILE drones are not commonly used on farms, University of Western Australia student Matthew Rowbottom says this could be set to change with the high-tech machines being potentially useful to time-poor dairy farmers.</p>

Jessica Strauss
Drones take flight on dairy farms

  He is researching the effectiveness of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), in monitoring the growth of pasture biomass on dairy farms. Rowbottom – who is from Bunbury in WA's southwest and...

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