Agricultural Drones

By Simon Rose

Farm fields can span hundreds of acres. With so much area to cover, checking crops and livestock can be difficult. But with an agricultural drone, this job becomes much simpler. Young readers will discover how drones help farmers maximize efficiencies and bring abundant harvests.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: May 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781496656636

Simon Rose

Simon Rose is the author of The Alchemist's Portrait, The Sorcerer's Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, The Heretic's Tomb, The Doomsday Mask, The Time Camera, The Sphere of Septimus, Flashback, Future Imperfect, Twisted Fate, Parallel Destiny, the Shadowzone series, and the Stone of the Seer series. He is also the author of The Children's Writer's Guide, The Time Traveler's Guide, The Working Writer's Guide, The Social Media Writer's Guide, a contributor to The Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction and has written many non-fiction books with Crabtree Publishing, Beech Street Books, Weigl Publishers, and Capstone.Simon offers a number of services for writers, including editing, coaching, mentoring, consulting, manuscript evaluation, and writing workshops. He has provided substantive and copy editing services for many other writers over the years. This has been for novels, short stories, fiction, nonfiction, biographies, inspirational books, and many other genres. He also offers copywriting services for business, including website and social media content. Full details can be found on his website at simon-rose.com. He is the founder of Children’s Authors and Illustrators on Facebook, served as the Writer-in Residence with the Canadian Authors Association, is a member of the Calgary Association of Freelance Editors, and served as the Assistant Regional Advisor for SCBWI Western Canada.Simon offers a wide variety of presentations, workshops, and author in residence programs for schools, along with virtual author visits. He is an instructor for adults with the University of Calgary and offers a variety of workshops and writing courses for both children and adults.You may also follow him on Twitter or Instagram, connect on Facebook, or visit his channel on YouTube.

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Drones: Agricultural Drones by Simon Rose

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Chapter 1: Solving a Mystery

Chapter 2: Eyes in the Sky

Chapter 3: Drone Parts and Features

Chapter 4: Flying into the Future

Glossary

Read More

Index

Copyright

Back Cover

CHAPTER 1

Solving a Mystery

A puzzled and worried farmer looks out over his field. He has a problem with his crops. Some of the plants are wilting and others are growing more slowly than they should. His fields are very large. He doesn’t have time to walk through his fields and check the plants. The farmer isn’t sure what is causing the problem. The plants could be growing in poor soil or have inadequate access to water. Diseases or pests could also be causing the problem. The farmer wants more information before deciding what to do.

Luckily, he has exactly what he needs in his barn. It