Large-scale crop monitoring [Professional]
Introduction
Crops monitoring on large-scale farm is a complex and time-consuming exercise, particularly in warm arid conditions where crops can change drastically in 24 hours. Reducing scouting time is of great importance while providing maps for large areas within hours would be the ultimate goal.
With multi-spectral sensors, biomass is monitored accurately helping the farm management team to optimize fertilizer applications.
State-of-the-art drone services allow crop surveillance with:
- Production of leaf area index maps
- Fertilization optimization according to measure of biomass
- Calculation of actual cropped area
- Variable rate application and irrigation tuning
- Support for IPM and weed control detection of crop density loss and plant stress
- Irrigation efficiency monitoring (nozzle blockage, wind drift, hardware dysfunctions)
Combining the various farming data to produce a pertinent dashboard for farm operations is both highly challenging and extremely beneficial to the farm management.
Related Smart Farming Technology Product
Farm+ offers technology solutions for large-scale farming operators and investors to manage their enterprise up to precision agriculture standards. It provides topographic support and mapping to deliver optimum project design. For on-going operations, Farm+ proposes management tools for monitoring soil moisture, spectral analysis of growing crops and farm management software.[1]
Farm+ probes key features:
- Inter-operable communication system to interact with any facility (weather station, pivot control center, etc.)
- Wireless mesh allowing probe-to-probe connection and minimize cellular use
- Adaptable and strong design
Operating a fixed-wing, Farm+ drone can survey 1,000 hectares per day in a variety of conditions. Integrated advanced camera equipment provides detailed topographic surveys which include contour lines, elevation and terrain models.
Farm+ provides clients with several layers of information for GIS purpose according toactual needs. In addition, it delivers a comprehensive overview of the site layout with particular emphasis on land use, infrastructure and soil occupation. Once data are processed, key information is made available for the feasibility study and the project improvement decisions. Integrating various data such as GPS tracks, on-site survey or other maps is made possible.
Farm+ process geographic information systems to farm owners and managers:
- Custom site map with visual and topographic data
- Appropriate support to plot the optimum farm configuration
- Data analysis and reporting: network length, area calculation, and other required data.