TORONTO, May 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Deveron UAS Corp. (CSE: DVR) (“Deveron” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a partnership and distribution agreement with Airinov (“Airinov”) to provide North American growers with a solution for managing in-season crop nutrient applications.
The offering will use high-resolution in-season imagery collected by UAV (“Drone”) to drive nitrogen placement decisions in crops such as wheat, barley, oats and canola. Airinov, based in France, is a pioneer in drone-based digital agriculture solutions and has demonstrated the success of its algorithms to drive increased profits ranging from $42 to $61 per acre across multiple crops.
“We are excited to be offering our customers yet another product which provides easy turn-key solutions to add to their digital tool boxes” commented Deveron’s President & CEO, David MacMillan. “The North American cereals and canola markets represent over 100 million acres. As precision agriculture begins to take hold across all crops, we see a tremendous growth opportunity for Deveron through this partnership”.