The Agricultural Drone Initiative
Our core mission is to help drive the American agricultural drone industry forward through advocacy, engagement, and education.
ADI represents over 1,000 drone pilots, manufacturers, and wholesalers across America. We are dedicated to serving as an independent resource for advocacy and education about the ag-drone space for policy-makers, industry stakeholders, and farmers.
News Update:
Trump Administration Issues Two Critical Executive Orders for the American drone industry
The Trump Administration released two new Executive Orders addressing drones in American airspace. These two E.O’s are critical steps to help the American drone sector integrate with the rest of the NAS and mature as a sector - all while providing critical support to compete with China and other foreign competition!
Engage in advocacy with state and federal legislators and policy-makers.
Push for more beneficial laws and regulations that affect our industry.
Our primary focus is advocating for beneficial policies such as tax incentives and research grants to drive the industry forwards while educating policymakers about policies which unintentionally detrimentally harm our industry.
Ensure general drone legislation to account for the significant differences between agricultural drones and other types
Engage the FAA to create tailored regulations for agricultural drone
Advocate for grants and tax-credits to support agricultural drones and related research
Educate ag-drone businesses and farmers on a range of topics.
Information on pending policies and legislation, educational and advertising materials for customers
Help explain all that ag-drones can do, and more!
How to integrate multispectral data with drone applications
Social media marketing material
Best practices guidance
Unite industry stakeholders.
Who want to help the agricultural drone industry.
Advance forward into the future in a safe, responsible, and intelligent way.
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