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Abstract
Excitement is high about the potential
uses of unmanned aerial systems (UAS)
in agriculture. We budgeted the costs of
high-yield, non-irrigated corn production
on two fields on a “representative”
farm located in Northeastern Kansas.
One complete pass over each field was
completed. The representative farm will
use a manned aerial system (MAS) or
UAS and visual inspection and soil/tissue
tests to determine whether and where
a nitrogen deficiency is occurring. Our
analysis suggests that UAS is less costly
than MAS. The authors expect the costs
of UAS and MAS to decrease in the
future.