An agricultural spray drone sprays a field of soybeans in Clear Lake. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

Across the country, farmers and small entrepreneurs are adding drones to their fleet of tools for tasks like spraying agricultural chemicals or spreading seeds for a cover crop.

Today, the majority of the ag-drone market is made up of Chinese manufactured machinery, which some federal laws seek to outlaw, largely due to national security fears.

Those in the industry, however, wonder if the budding American ag-drone market is ready to fill the gaps in the event of a U.S. ban on Chinese drones — which could begin at the end of the year.

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How and why drones?

Drones have slowly integrated into the agricultural sector

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