Dust swirled as the 83-pound drone launched from a clearing near a Nebraska cornfield. With its four propellers humming, Paige Browning used a handheld controller to move the drone across the field, spraying a mist of fungicide on the crops below. โYou think in your head itโs going to be fun โ cool job, right?โ […]
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