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The use of UAV or drones commercially is not new. They have been used for non-military purposes since the 1980s. However, drone technology is rapidly expanding and a multitude of industries are finding innovative uses for these aircraft every day.

What’s up with Indoor Vertical Farming in Yuma?  Robert Colangelo, Green Sense Farms, talks about his innovative way of farming and how it might work in Yuma.

Just about everyone in Yuma knows that the county boasts a multi-billion-dollar agriculture industry that feeds the nation during the winter months.

Paul Brierley comments on rainfall in Yuma & the impact on local farmers in an article by KAWC News.

International accounting firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers recently projected a 32-billion-dollar market for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle use in the agriculture industry.

Paul Brierley with the Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture says that until industry creates the infrastructure to process the plant, it isn’t likely to become a widespread crop in the Yuma area.

he Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture (YCEDA) announced it received a grant from the Arizona Iceberg Lettuce Research Council (AILRC) for the collection, production, and dissemination of lettuce disease research results.

The industry-funded Arizona Iceberg Lettuce Research Council has awarded a $7,956 grant to the University of Arizona’s Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture (YCEDA) for the “collection, production and dissemination of lettuce disease research results.”

The Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture (YCEDA) has been awarded a grant from the Arizona Iceberg Lettuce Research Council (AILRC) for the collection, production, and dissemination of lettuce disease research results.