OLD S1069: Research and Extension for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Applications in U.S. Agriculture and Natural Resources

(Multistate Research Project)

Status: Inactive/Terminating

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Annual/Termination Reports:

[11/28/2017] [05/24/2018] [05/08/2019] [02/27/2021] [03/08/2022]

Date of Annual Report: 11/28/2017

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 03/20/2017 - 03/22/2017
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2016 - 03/31/2017

Participants

Cody Bagnall, TAMU
Wesley Everman, NCSU
Steven Thomson, USDA/NIFA
Michael Buschermohle, Univ of TN
Robert Austin, NCSU
Joe Maja, Clemson
Cully Hession, VA Tech
Gary Roberson, NCSU
Robert Freeland, NCSU
Dharmendra Saraswat, Purdue
Maria Balota, VA Tech
Jeffrey White, NCSU
Joseph Oakes, VA Tech
Chinmay Prakash Soman, Univ of IL
Joby Czarnecki, MS State
Louis Wasson, MS State
Steven Hall, NCSU
Larry Purcell, Univ of AR
Michael Sama, Univ of KY
Christian Brodbeck, Auburn
Terry Spurlock, Univ of AR
Randy Price, LSU
Eric Young, SAAESD

Brief Summary of Minutes

Minutes Attachment:

S 1069 Notes, Mar '17.docx

Accomplishments

Publications

Impact Statements

Date of Annual Report: 05/24/2018

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 03/01/2018 - 03/02/2018
Period the Report Covers: 04/01/2017 - 03/01/2018

Participants

Maria Balota Virginia Tech
Muthu Bagavathiannan Texas A&M University
Cody Bagnall Texas A&M University
Barry Boney University of Arkansas
Christian Brodbeck Auburn University
Joby Czarnecki Mississippi State University
Wesley Everman North Carolina State University
Robert Freeland University of Tennessee
Xiongzhe Han Texas A&M University
Josh Jackson University of Kentucky
Lav Khot Washington State University
Joe Maja Clemson University
Dan Martin USDA
Seth Murray Texas A&M University
John Nowatzki North Dakota State University
Larry Purcell University of Arkansas
Glen Rains University of Georgia
Dharmendra Saraswat Purdue University
Vijay Singh Texas A&M University
Terry Spurlock University of Arkansas
Alex Thomasson Texas A&M University
Emma White Texas A&M Agrilife Research
Deb Banerjee Texas A&M University
Steven Thomson USDA | NIFA
Eric Young SAAESD
Dale Cope Texas A&M University
Hussein Gharakhani Texas A&M University
Jianing He Texas A&M University
Jinhyuk Park Texas A&M University
Nithya Rajan Texas A&M University
Misty Vidrine Texas A&M AgriLife Research - Corporate Relations
Gregory Rouze Texas A&M University

Brief Summary of Minutes

Minutes Attachment:

2018 Meeting of UAS Multistate Research Project S1069 Notes - Original.docx

Accomplishments

Publications

Thomasson   Yang, C., G. N. Odvody, J. A. Thomasson, T. S. Isakeit, R. R. Minzenmayer, D. R. Drake, and R. L. Nichols.  2018.  Site-specific management of cotton root rot using airborne and high resolution satellite imagery and variable rate technology.  Trans. ASABE (in press). Thomasson, J. A., T. Wang, X. Wang, R. Collett, C. Yang, R. L. Nichols.  Disease detection and mitigation in a cotton crop with UAV remote sensing.  Defense and Commercial Sensing Conf.  Bellingham, WA: SPIE.   Han, X., J. A. Thomasson, G. C. Cody Bagnall, N. A. Pugh, D. W. Horne, W. L. Rooney, L. Malambo, A Chang, J. Jung, and D. A. Cope.  2018.  Calibrated plant height estimates with structure from motion from fixed-wing UAV images.  Defense and Commercial Sensing Conf.  Bellingham, WA: SPIE.   Bagnall, G. C., J. A. Thomasson, C. Sima, and C. Yang.  2018.  Quality assessment of radiometric calibration of UAV image mosaics.  Defense and Commercial Sensing Conf.  Bellingham, WA: SPIE.   Shi, Y., J. A. Thomasson, C. Sima, C. Yang, and D. A. Cope.  2017.  A case study of comparing radiometrically calibrated reflectance of animage mosaic from unmanned aerial system with that of a single image from manned aircraft over a same area.  Defense and Commercial Sensing Conf.  Bellingham, WA: SPIE.   Thomasson, J. A. Y. Shi, C. Sima, C. Yang, and D. A. Cope.  2017.  Automated geographic registration and radiometric correction for UAV-based mosaics.  Defense and Commercial Sensing Conf.  Bellingham, WA: SPIE.   Hession   Grutter, B., W.C. Hession, R. Grisso, L. Lehmann, and D. Morgan. 2017. Best Management Practices Utilizing Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles in Aerial Spraying. Final Project Report submitted to E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Co., Wilmington, DE.   Kurouski   Farber, C. and Kurouski, D. (2018) Detection and Identification of Plant Pathogens on Maize Kernels with a Handheld Raman Spectrometer Anal. Chem., 90, 3009-3012.    Khot   Chandel, A., L. R. Khot*, Y. Osroosh and R. T. Peters. 2018. Thermal-RGB imager derived in-field apple surface temperature estimates for sunburn management. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 253-254: 132-140 (5-Year IF: 4.753).   Osroosh, Y., L. R. Khot*, and R. T. Peters. 2018. Economical thermal-RGB imaging system for monitoring agricultural crops. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 147: 34-43. (5-Year IF: 2.502).   Boydston*, R., L. D. Porter, B. Chaves-Cordoba, P. N. Miklas and L. R. Khot. 2018. The impact of tillage on pinto bean cultivar response to drought induced by deficit irrigation. Soil & Tillage Research, 180: 63-72. (5-Year IF: 3.856).   Zhou, J., L. R. Khot*, R. A. Boydston, P. N. Miklas, and L. Porter. 2017. Low altitude remote sensing technologies for crop stress monitoring: a case study on spatial and temporal monitoring of irrigated pinto bean. Precision Agriculture, DOI: 10.1007/s11119-017-9539-0 (5-Year IF: 2.012).   Zúñiga, C. E., L. R. Khot*, S. Sankaran, and P. Jacoby. 2017. High resolution multispectral and thermal remote sensing-based water stress assessment in subsurface irrigated grapevines. Remote Sensing, 9(9): 961-976. doi:10.3390/rs9090961 (5-Year IF: 3.749).   Khot, L. R. 2017. FS285E Unmanned aerial systems in agriculture: part II (Sensors) - UAS in Ag Series (2015-1493).   Khot, L. R. and R. T. Peters. 2018. Advances in UAS based imagery and its applications in irrigated agriculture. Irrigation Today Magazine, April, 2018. 23-24.   Khot, L. R. 2018. Drone data for agriculture, Good Fruit Grower Magazine, <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.goodfruit.com_khot-2Ddrone-2Ddata-2Dfor-2Dagriculture_&d=DwMFAw&c=ODFT-G5SujMiGrKuoJJjVg&r=dfuyKLoHjvnxhgO65W5JqI_nBDcGm8l6o1Ez61MJfMY&m=aQMNmDqvjndmhGtqJbuKNdQdXsEDEsmpg2KrEI7FtSM&s=c7BU87wu08Hy44ccbHbmLT7h62t2z0ahLe8j4WTplU0&e=">http://www.goodfruit.com/khot-drone-data-for-agriculture/</a>   Purcell   Bai, H. and L.C. Purcell. 2018. Aerial canopy temperature differences between fast- and slow-wilting soybean genotypes. J. Agron. Crop Sci. 204:243-251.   Kaler, A.S., J.D. Ray, W.T. Schapaugh, A.R. Asebedo, C.A. King, E.E. Gbur, and L.C. Purcell. 2018. Association mapping identifies loci for canopy temperature under drought in diverse soybean genotypes. Euphytica (in review).   Balota   Balota, M., Oakes, J. 2017. UAV remote sensing for phenotyping drought tolerance in peanuts. Proc. Ann. Soc. Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping II, 102180C (May 16, 2017) Vol 10218 (doi: 10.1117/12.2262496).   Oakes, J., Balota, M., 2017.Distinguishing plant population and variety with UAV-derived vegetation indices. Proc. Ann. Soc. Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping II, 102180G (May 16, 2017) Vol 10218 (doi: 10.1117/12.2262631).   Balota, M., Oakes, J. 2016. Exploratory use for a UAV platform for variety selection in peanut. Proc. Ann. Soc. Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Vol 9866 (doi: 10.1117/12.2228872).   Freeland   Ramirez, M. B., Allen, P. B., Freeland, R. S., and Wilkerson, J. B. (2017). Cotton canopy NDVI: Reducing the ground exposure effect. Transactions of the ASABE, 60(2), 293-301.   Allred, B., Eash, N., Freeland, R., Martinez, L., and Wishart, D. (2018). Effective and efficient agricultural drainage pipe mapping with UAS thermal infrared imagery: A case study. Agricultural Water Management, 197, 132-137.

Impact Statements

Date of Annual Report: 05/08/2019

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 02/27/2019 - 02/28/2019
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2017 - 09/30/2018

Participants

Bagnall, Cody - Texas A&M University;
Bora, Ganesh - Mississippi State University;
Brodbeck, Christian - Auburn University;
Cazenave, Alexandre Brice - Virginia Tech;
Czarnecki, Joby - Mississippi State University;
Eash, Neal - University of Tennessee;
Khot, Lav - Washington State University;
McCord, Jessica - University of Tennessee;
Maja, Joe Mari - Clemson University;
Pathak, Rohit - Mississippi State University;
Rains, Glen - University of Georgia;
Rials, Timothy - University of Tennessee;
Roberson, Gary - North Carolina State University;
Samiappan, Sathish - Mississippi State University;
Saraswat, Dharmendra - Purdue University;
Thomasson, J. Alex - Texas A&M University;
Wasson, Louis - Mississippi State University;
Young, Eric - North Carolina State University.

Brief Summary of Minutes

The meeting consisted of two types of activities - those that focused on building the knowledge of the team about stakeholder needs, and those devoted to advancing project goals. External activities included presentations from Justin McAllister, CTO at Micasense, who discussed the new Altum sensor and answered participant questions, as well as Madison Dixon, Chief Safety Officer at MSU Raspet Flight Lab who updated all participants on current FAA policies and upcoming rules changes related to operation of UAVs. Dr. Steve Thompson provided an update of NIFA opportunities on the horizon. Finally, a panel was convened to connect the group to real world users in order to understand what needs are present for users currently operating UAV in natural resources. Project goal related activities consisted of a series of breakout sessions to catalog the current status of many activities, and ascertain what activities in the current year would best advance the group towards meeting project goals. Ample time for informal discussion was available during breaks and at the dinner social. A list of action items that were decided upon appears under Accomplishments. Next year’s meeting will be held in Washington State in June, hosted by Dr. Khot. The group elected Dr. Ganesh Bora as the incoming secretary.

Minutes Attachment:

Minutes.docx

Accomplishments

Short-term Outcomes: Progress was made towards many project goals. A majority of objectives require an extensive cataloguing of existing publications. Groups worked to develop annotated bibliographies relevant to each objective.  Ultimately this catalogue will form the basis of the anticipated on-line database identified under Outputs in the original NIMSS documentation. Milestones: Action items for the coming year were decided as follows. <ol> <li>Educational Challenge Grant – Saraswat (Lead), Wasson, Bora</li> <li>Sub-task of the Grant, if successful - Standard Operating Procedures for various sensors – Samiappan (Lead)</li> <li>Coordinated Extension effort – Roberson (Lead), Wasson, Khot</li> <li>Opinion paper/editorial/technical note for minimal/optimal reporting of parameters – Rains (Lead), Bagnall, Khot</li> <li>ASABE MS60 (Unmanned Aerial Systems) committee coordinates efforts with approach ASABE Standard committee to consider developing an approved, published, standard UAS Metadata & Imagery standards – Bora (Lead), Thomasson</li> <li>Publications <ol> <li>Optimal number and placement of ground control points (GCPs) and/or thermal targets in row crop setting – TBD (Lead), Cazenave</li> <li>Review paper on calibration and/or correction in a range of agriculture settings – Bagnall (Lead), Cazenave</li> </ol> </li> <li>Reliability of platforms – collating data on success and failure conducting missions – Thomasson (Lead), Czarnecki/Wasson, Cazenave</li> </ol>

Publications

Gauci, A.A., Brodbeck, C.J., Poncet, A.M., Knappenberger, T. 2018. Assessing the Geospatial Accuracy of Aerial Imagery Collected with Various UAS Platforms. Trans. ASABE. (61)6:1-7. Kaler, A.S., J.D. Ray, W.T. Schapaugh, A.R. Asebedo, C.A. King, E.E. Gbur, and L.C. Purcell. <ol start="2018"> <li>Association mapping identifies loci for canopy temperature under drought in diverse</li> </ol> soybean genotypes. Euphytica 214:135. Bai, H. and L.C. Purcell. 2018. Aerial canopy temperature differences between fast- and slow wilting soybean genotypes. J. Agron. Crop Sci. 204:243-251. Dasika, S.S., Sama, M.P., Pampolini, L.F., Good, C.B. 2019. Performance Validation of a Multi-Channel LiDAR Sensor: Assessing the Effect of Target Height and Sensor Velocity on Measurement Error. Transactions of the ASABE. Vol. 62(1): 231-244. Hamidisepehr, A., Sama, M.P. 2019. Moisture Content Classification of Soil and Stalk Residue Samples from Spectral Data using Machine Learning Algorithms. Transactions of the ASABE. Vol. 62(1): 1-8. Samiappan, S., J. M. Prince Czarnecki, H. Foster, B. K. Strickland, J. L. Tegt, and R. J. Moorhead. 2018. Quantifying damage from wild pigs with small unmanned aerial systems. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 42(2):304-309. <a href="http://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.868">http://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.868</a> Zhang, J., S. Virk, W. M. Porter, K. E. Kenworthy and B. M. Schwartz. Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Imagery in Turfgrass Variety Trials. 2018. ASA and CSSA Meetings. November 4-7. Baltimore, MD. (Oral) <ol start="2018"> <li>Czarnecki, A. Linhoss, L. Hathcock, J. Ramirez-Avila, and T. Schauwecker. 2018. Assessing soil erosion with unmanned aerial vehicles for precision conservation. 73rd Soil and Water Conservation Society International Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM. (Oral)</li> </ol> Daughtry, D., W. Porter, G. Harris, R. Noland, J. Snider, and S. Virk. 2018. Correlating Plant Nitrogen Status in Cotton with UAV based Multispectral Imagery. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference of Precision Agriculture, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Oral and Paper) Daughtry, D.W., W.M. Porter, G.H. Harris, J.L. Snider, and R.L. Noland. 2019. Using an Unmanned Aerial System to Collect Mid-Season Multispectral Data for Estimation of Plant Nitrogen Status in Cotton. Proceedings of the Annual Beltwide Cotton Conferences, New Orleans, LA, US. (Oral and Paper) Daughtry, D.W., W.M. Porter, G.H. Harris, J.L. Snider, R.L. Noland, and S. Virk. 2018. Collection, Processing, and Analyses of in-Season Cotton Multispectral and Fertility Data Utilizing Unmanned Aerial Systems. 2018. ASA-CSSA International Meeting, Baltimore, MD. (Oral) Sumner, Z., J. J. Varco, J. Czarnecki, and A. A. A. Fox. 2018. Multi-platform comparison of canopy reflectance on corn whole plant and leaf tissue nitrogen status and grain yield. ASA-CSSA International Meeting, Baltimore, MD. (Poster) Prince Czarnecki, J. M., L. L. Wasson, A. B. Scholtes, S. M. Carver, and J. T. Irby. 2018. Soybean maturity stage estimation with unmanned aerial systems. 14th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Montreal, Canada. (Poster and Paper) Ana I. de Castro, Joe Mari Maja, Jim Owen, James Robbins, Jose M. Peña, "Experimental approach to detect water stress in ornamental plants using sUAS-imagery," Proc. SPIE 10664, Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping III, 106640N (21 May 2018); doi: 10.1117/12.2304739 Zúñiga C. E., A. P. Rathnayake, M. Chakraborty, S. Sankaran, P. Jacoby and L. R. Khot*. 2018. Applicability of time-of flight- based ground and multispectral aerial imaging for grapevine canopy vigour monitoring under direct root-zone deficit irrigation, International Journal of Remote Sensing, DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2018.1500047. Boydston*, R., L. D. Porter, B. Chaves-Cordoba, L. R. Khot and P. N. Miklas. 2018. The impact of tillage on pinto bean cultivar response to drought induced by deficit irrigation. Soil & Tillage Research, 180: 63-72. Sankaran*, S., J. Zhou, L.R. Khot, J.J. Trapp, E. Mndolwa and P.N. Miklas. 2018. High-throughput field phenotyping in dry bean using small unmanned aerial vehicle based multispectral imagery. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 151: 84-92. Zhou, J., L. R. Khot*, R. A. Boydston, P. N. Miklas, and L. Porter. 2017. Low altitude remote sensing technologies for crop stress monitoring: a case study on spatial and temporal monitoring of irrigated pinto bean. Precision Agriculture, DOI: 10.1007/s11119-017-9539-0. Zúñiga, C. E., L. R. Khot*, S. Sankaran, and P. Jacoby. 2017. High resolution multispectral and thermal remote sensing based water stress assessment in subsurface irrigated grapevines. Remote Sensing, 9(9): 961-976. doi:10.3390/rs9090961. Khot, L. R., G.-A. Hoheisel, and J. Zhou. 2018. Unmanned aerial systems in agriculture: part III (Mid-sized UAS) - UAS in Ag Series (2015-1493). In Press. Khot, L. R. and R. T. Peters. 2018. Advances in UAS based imagery and its applications in irrigated agriculture. Irrigation Today Magazine, April, 2018. 23-24. Khot, L. R. 2018. Drone data for agriculture, Good Fruit Grower Magazine, <a href="http://www.goodfruit.com/khot-drone-data-foragriculture/">http://www.goodfruit.com/khot-drone-data-foragriculture/</a> Chakraborty*, M., L. R. Khot and R. T. Peters. 2018. Assessment of crop growth under modified center pivot irrigation systems using small unmanned aerial system based imaging techniques. Presentation at 14th International conference on Precision Agriculture, Montreal, Canada. June 24-24, 2018. ICPA full paper no. 5308. Quirós, J., M. Martello and L. R. Khot*. 2018. Field grown apple nursery tree plant counting based on small uas imagery derived elevation maps. Presentation at 14th International conference on Precision Agriculture, Montreal, Canada. June 24-24, 2018. ICPA full paper no. 5152.

Impact Statements

Date of Annual Report: 02/27/2021

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 09/22/2021 - 09/22/2021
Period the Report Covers: 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021

Participants

Brief Summary of Minutes

S1069 Research and Extension for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Applications in U.S. Agriculture and Natural Resources

Meeting: Virtual

Date: February 27, 2021

Agenda

8:00 to 8:40 am PST	Meeting overview and remarks by S1069 Administrative Advisor : Dr. Randy Raper Chair: Dr. Alex Thomasson Virtual Host: Dr. Lav Khot
8:40 to 9:30 am	USDA NIFA updates Drs. Steven Thomson & Ganesh Bora
9:30 to 9:40 am	Coffee break
9:40 to 11:30 am	University updates---Objective specific updates by participating members (~5 min each)
11:30 am to 12: 30 pm	Lunch Break
12:30 to 2:30 pm	Discussion/ brainstorming on relevance of this group and pertinent activities to be undertaken in renewed project
2:30 to 2:45 pm	Coffee break
2:45 pm to 4:00 pm	Business meeting

Attendees:
A.-Brice Cazenave

Abhilash Chandel

Aditya Singh

Ajay Sharma

Alex Thomasson

John P Fulton

Dharmendra Saraswat

Gary Allen Thompson

Girish Chowdhary

Glen C Rains

Jim Robbins

Joby Czarnecki

Joshua Jackson

Lav R. Khot

Lee Tarpley

Louis Wasson

Maria Balota

Randy Raper

Robert Austin

Saurav Kumar
Seth C Murray

Scott Powell

Sierra Young

Steven G Hall

Meeting Notes

Meeting started with brief member introductions

Randy Raper and Dr. Gary Thompson then provided brief summary on S1069 group relevance and procedures on renewal, discussed was:
- Process to request (re) new multistate project
- Write and review by June 20, 2021 (?); typically takes 6 to 9 months for entire process
- Review process: draft project (3 to 15 pages), have it peer reviewed, reviewed by the external research committee, two phase process. We can suggest reviewers to the committee for quick process.
- Writing tips: don’t feel constrained by regional aspect, think about what needs to be accomplished by the group, interactions of the group, think where the projects from different people overlap. Don’t feel that everyone has to contribute to every objective. Broad objectives to take advantage of large group coming together to solve the big picture.

Alex Thomasson provided comments that highlighted difficulty in coordinating multistate project like this and administration of those activities. Stressed need to streamline the objectives and focused achievable activities.

NIFA NPLs (Drs. Steven Thomson & Ganesh Bora) then provided updates; few take away from the updates were
- Continued focus on Rural broadband, Urban and indoor farming revitalization, Robotic application in agriculture, Farms of the future
- Few relevant grant opportunities to think of:
  - A1521: Eng. for Ag production syetems
  - A1541: Data science for ag systems
  - NIFA/NSF: National robotics initiative
  - NIFA/NSF: Cyber physical system: real time data analytics
  - NIFA/NSF: signals in the soil
  - AFRI SAS
- UAS grants in 2020: UGV and UAV collaboration for automated seed refilling in row crops
- Precision livestock applications with UAS is coming up so do explore this
- Upcoming solicitations may focus on climate change related calls
- USDA is seeking collaboration with google, Microsoft, IBM for formulating AG innovation strategy that aligns for new innovation clusters

University updates

	University
1	Austin State University (David Kulhavy)
2	Mississippi State University (Alex Thomasson, Joby Czarnecki)
3	Ohio State University (John Fulton)
4	Purdue University (Dharmendra Saraswat)
5	State University of New Jersey (Peter Oudemans)
6	University of Arkansas (James Robbins, written report)
7	Virginia Tech (Maria Balota)
8	Washington State University (Lav Khot)
9	University of Georgia (Glen C. Rains)
10	University of Florida (Aditya Singh)
11	TAMU (Saurav Kumar, Seth Murray, Alex Thomasson)
12	University of Kentucky (Joshua Jackson)
13	NCSU (Sierra Young)
14	Cornell University (Lawrence B. Smart, written report)

Discussion/ brainstorming on relevance of this group (Lead by Dr. Alex Thomasson)

Lav Khot reported on survey of “List your stakeholder, research community needs that S1069 group should focus on” with members adding specific comments that’s reflect as below

UAS platform/sensor specific needs

In-flight sensor calibration

Calibration of data

Field-edge solutions

Data product transferability/integration with commercial farm management solutions

Spray drones

Training on use of technology

Stakeholders

Plant breeders

Phenomics researchers (plant biology), Data Scientists

UAV-based phenotyping

Cranberry, Blueberry, Tree fruit growers

Farmers, consultants and other practitioners

Forest landowners, professional foresters

Manage vector borne diseases (e.g. Malaria)

Marine, Animal health

Alex Thomasson stressed the need to have meaningful objectives of the renewed project and with members input following were the drafted objectives

Research and develop UAS-based systems and methods for precise economic and environmental management of inputs and resources in production of crops, livestock, forests and marine sciences.

Research and develop UAS-based remote sensing systems and methods for field phenotyping & characterization in crops, livestock, forests and marine sciences.

Develop understanding on stakeholder [academic, industry, growers] needs? and extension education and training resources on UAS-based monitoring and management technologies.

Members also deliberated writing the renewal project draft and Joby Czarnecki graciously agreed to lead these efforts with help of the members. Below are draft sections to write and assigned folks. Since then Glen C. Reins and Jim Robbins have communicated to help with draft edits.

Objective	Team
Section 2: Statement of Issue(s) and Justification Section 3: Related, Current, and Previous Work	Joby, Seth, Lav, Alex, Glen, Muthu?
Section 4: Objectives	Done, need wordsmithing
Section 5: Methods Section 6: Measurement of Progress and Results
Section 8: Outreach plan

Seth Murray, John Fulton et al., also highlighted need to better assess stakeholder needs and members thought that it would be one of the outcomes of this project; Need to work with sociologist was highlighted during these discussions.

Business meeting

2019-2020 officers

Past Chair: Joby Czarnecki

Chair: Alex Thomasson

Vice Chair: Lav Khot

Secretory: Ganesh Bora (moved to NIFA)

Administrative Advisors: Eric Young/ Randy Raper

NIFA Rep: Steven Thomson

Election of 2021-2022 officers

Past Chair: Alex Thomasson

Chair: Lav Khot

Vice Chair: TBD? (Joby to reach out to John Fulton)

Secretory: Bagavathiannan, Muthukumar (Alex Thomasson to reach out & confirm)

Administrative Advisors: Randy Raper

NIFA Rep: Ganesh Bora

2022 meeting: Potentially in person during June-July 2022; hosted by Washington State University (Lav Khot)

Minutes Attachment:

S1069 Meeting Minutes 2.22.21.pdf

Accomplishments

Publications

Impact Statements

Date of Annual Report: 03/08/2022

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 09/30/2021 - 09/30/2021
Period the Report Covers: 01/01/1970 - 01/01/1970