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  October 5, 2021 MTI Drones

  PRESS RELEASE: MTI MERGES WITH ST LOUIS COMPANY SENCO SERVICES CORP

  Mechanical Testing Inc (MTI) today announced the acquisition of Senco Services Corporation, a leader in HVAC Testing and Balancing. 

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  September 16, 2021 MTI Drones

  Drone for Agriculture: What It Can Do For Your Crops By: Jeremiah Burnett

  More and more fields and industries use drones for varying reasons, and farming is no exception to this rule. Farmers now turn to drone technology to help them with numerous agriculture-related tasks, but it may still be challenging to understand which drone meets your exact needs. The next sections explain what a drone for agriculture is and presents several models and their best uses in this field.

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  July 30, 2021 MTI Drones

  How Researchers in Upstate New York used Drones to Improve Hemp Farming

  Across the United States, drones are making farming more accessible. Since the 2018 Farm Bill federally legalized hemp production in the U.S., farming of the Hemp quadrupled. Increasingly, researchers are exploring ways to gather more data about varietal performance, cultivate hemp more efficiently, and maximize CBD hemp harvests. CBD is one of the main products that hemp farmers are interested in. With the CBD industry expected to reach $23 billion by 2023, causing an acre of hemp to be worth up to $40K per acre. But the budding industry is still learning about hemp-growing practices. 

  
  

  Mechanical Testing Inc. (MTI Drones) an Authorized DJI Enterprise Dealer and Aerial Solutions Company based in Clifton Park, New York saw the need for drone technology to make hemp farming more efficient for farmers.  With this in mind, they located local hemp farms and asked them to participate in a study.  Without hesitation, multiple farmers volunteered to participate in the research study. Check  out the full case study here!

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