Practical Remote Sensing Application for Agriculture

Abstract

Aerial surveys of plant health in row crops are converted into crucial farm management information plots for each field. These plots are delivered overnight to subscribing farmers. After review, the plots are converted to machinery control discs and installed on farm equipment to manage the appropriate applications of seed, chemicals and water when and where needed. The process is repeated throughout the crop planting, growing and harvesting season. This entire operation has been installed and tested on four Mississippi Delta farms. Its use demonstrated operational cost savings of more than fifty dollars per acre and increased cotton production by ten percent on average.