Take off: Are drones the future of farming?

摘要

More and more drones are skittering through rural skies, taking snapshots of the fields and providing farmers with various data about the soil and crops. But are they really that necessary or just the latest gadget craze? RYAN KUNDE SITS in his home on the outskirts of Sebastopol in southern California, sipping Pinot Noir. It comes from his own DRNK Winery, with its 100-metre cave burrowed alongside vineyards and a golf course. At 33, he's the fifth generation of the Kunde family, well known in the Californian wine industry for producing high-quality wine for over a century.