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From Pixels to Priorities: Using Drone Surveys to Manage Your Orchards
Map-layer, zonal, and per-plant views that move you from seeing to doing; turning surveys into targeted scouting, timely interventions, and year-on-year…
 • Ken Treloar
Why are UAVs the Perfect Platform for Mapping?
How Gimbal Stabilisation and the Nature of Drones Make RGB Drone Imagery Work: Sharper Maps, Reliable Per-Tree Insights, Better Orchard Decisions
 • Ken Treloar
Kindle Preorders Open: Drone Data Metrics for Orchard Farming - Launching Nov 20th.
Drone Data Metrics for Orchard Farming - A practical guide for trees and vines using NDVI, NDRE, thermal and canopy data... to turn maps into decisions.
 • Ken Treloar
The Drone Advantage for Perennial Crops: Hardware, Sensors, and AI-Smart Outputs
A quick guide to choosing the right drone data strategy, sensor payloads, and data metrics for orchards and vineyards - from map layers to per-tree…
 • Ken Treloar
Aerobotics in Africa: Practical Tools for Smarter Farming
From the orchard to the export line; why early, accurate data still wins
 • Ken Treloar
Managing Growth and Variance: The Drone Advantage with Canopy Metrics
Smarter orchard management starts with drone canopy data.
 • Ken Treloar
Plant Census Statistics: Why Every Tree and Vine Counts
From Counts to Insights: How Plant Census Strengthens Orchard Management
 • Ken Treloar
See Stress Before It Strikes: How Multispectral Data Transforms Orchard Management
From NDVI to NDRE, drones are helping farmers catch problems earlier, fine-tune inputs, and build resilience.
 • Ken Treloar
World Macadamia Nut Day: Celebrating the Legacy, Cultivation & Innovation of Nature’s Gold
A celebration of heritage, health, and high-tech farming for macadamia growers and stakeholders all over the world.
 • Ken Treloar
Unlock the Power of Drone Data: The Drone Data eBook
Unlock the power of drone data in agriculture. Learn RGB, NDVI, DEM, and thermal metrics with our new Drone Data Metrics eBook.
 • Ken Treloar
Macadamia Market Recovery: Shifts, Challenges, and Opportunities
Global macadamia demand is rising fast - but supply chain bottlenecks, shifting consumption patterns, and AgTech-driven innovation are shaping recovery.
 • Ken Treloar
Orchard Stress to Profitability: How Drone Data Guides Smarter Sampling
Precision Sampling with Drones and AI. How to Turn Orchard Variability into Profitable Management Decisions
 • Ken Treloar
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Drone Data Metrics

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From Pixels to Priorities: Using Drone Surveys to Manage Your Orchards
Map-layer, zonal, and per-plant views that move you from seeing to doing; turning surveys into targeted scouting, timely interventions, and year-on-year…
 • Ken Treloar
Why are UAVs the Perfect Platform for Mapping?
How Gimbal Stabilisation and the Nature of Drones Make RGB Drone Imagery Work: Sharper Maps, Reliable Per-Tree Insights, Better Orchard Decisions
 • Ken Treloar
The Drone Advantage for Perennial Crops: Hardware, Sensors, and AI-Smart Outputs
A quick guide to choosing the right drone data strategy, sensor payloads, and data metrics for orchards and vineyards - from map layers to per-tree…
 • Ken Treloar
Managing Growth and Variance: The Drone Advantage with Canopy Metrics
Smarter orchard management starts with drone canopy data.
 • Ken Treloar
Plant Census Statistics: Why Every Tree and Vine Counts
From Counts to Insights: How Plant Census Strengthens Orchard Management
 • Ken Treloar
See Stress Before It Strikes: How Multispectral Data Transforms Orchard Management
From NDVI to NDRE, drones are helping farmers catch problems earlier, fine-tune inputs, and build resilience.
 • Ken Treloar
Unlock the Power of Drone Data: The Drone Data eBook
Unlock the power of drone data in agriculture. Learn RGB, NDVI, DEM, and thermal metrics with our new Drone Data Metrics eBook.
 • Ken Treloar
Cool Trees, Hot Problems: The Thermal Metric Every Farmer Should Track
Unlocking Transpiration Uniformity: How thermal drone data exposes irrigation flaws, hidden stress, and wasted potential in orchards.
 • Ken Treloar
Free Course: Drone Data Metrics
For Orchard Farming - this is a 1 week email mini-course focused on AgTech specific drone data metrics for perennial crops! Unlock Aerial Insights for…
 • Ken Treloar
Seeing Orchards from Above: Why RGB Drone Imagery Still Matters
Unlocking the hidden insights in basic everyday drone images . How RGB aerial data helps farmers spot problems, track change, and improve orchard…
 • Ken Treloar
Low Spots, High Stakes: DEMs and the Hidden Cost of Elevation Blindness
How Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) Reveal Drainage Issues, Tree Stress, and Yield-Limiting Terrain in Orchards
 • Ken Treloar
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