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Precision agriculture is a timely idea, but profits may not grow fast

By   /  Friday, October 18th, 2013  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Precision agriculture is a timely idea, but profits may not grow fast

Farmers are a skeptical lot. And Ventura County farmers have good reasons to be skeptical. They, and their counterparts in the Tri-Counties, grow high-risk, high-yield crops on relatively small plots of land surrounded by housing developments and urban areas. They are subject to heavy regulations on fertilizer, pesticide and water use. Particularly on strawberry fields Read More →

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Editorial: UAVs should be at core of iHub

By   /  Friday, October 11th, 2013  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: UAVs should be at core of iHub

Working hand-in-hand with a statewide manufacturing initiative and the emerging unmanned aerial vehicle industry, it could give production, design, energy and technology firms along the Highway 101 corridor a lift.

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Brown taps Ventura County as one of state’s ‘innovation hubs’

By   /  Tuesday, October 8th, 2013  /  East Ventura County, Latest news, Technology, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Brown taps Ventura County as one of state’s ‘innovation hubs’

Gov. Jerry Brown has named Ventura and Kern counties among four newly-established innovation hubs designed to spur job growth. The so-called Kern-Ventura i-Hub is designed to foster the growth of high-tech companies in aerospace, energy and other fields and is part of the California iDEA Hub. It will be based in Ridgecrest, in Kern County Read More →

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Ventura County could seek drones without FAA

By   /  Wednesday, March 27th, 2013  /  Latest news, Technology  /  Comments Off on Ventura County could seek drones without FAA

Ventura County would consider going ahead with opening a drone test site even if it is not one of the six applicants out of 50 nationwide that are selected by the Federal Aviation Administration to lead the way in integrating the unmanned aerial vehicles into the national airspace. That was the word from panelists at Read More →

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Farms may feast on drone technology test results

By   /  Friday, March 22nd, 2013  /  Agribusiness, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Farms may feast on drone technology test results

Drones are coming, perhaps sooner rather than later to Ventura County, and the first place you see them might be the above the region’s fields and orchards. Congress has asked the Federal Aviation Administration to pick six testing sites around the country for the civilian use of drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, and Read More →

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Ventura County business groups step forward in bid for drone testing

By   /  Friday, March 1st, 2013  /  Columns, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Ventura County business groups step forward in bid for drone testing

Ventura County will likely be the official applicant in a nationwide competition that’s expected to be very stiff.

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Editorial: The drone debate continues

By   /  Friday, December 7th, 2012  /  Editorials, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Editorial: The drone debate continues

State Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Pacoima, weighed in on the debate about drone activity over California with a bill to regulate the airspace above the Golden State.

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