There is a lot of acronym soup in precision ag. Here is what the data our aircraft collect actually means, and what a grower does with it on Monday morning.
NDVI and NDRE: measuring vigor, not color
Healthy plants reflect near-infrared light strongly and absorb red light. NDVI compares those bands to produce a vigor index, and NDRE uses the red-edge band to see deeper into dense late-season canopy. Where a windshield scout sees green, these indices see a stress gradient developing days or weeks ahead.
Orthomosaics and elevation models
Hundreds of overlapping RTK-corrected images stitch into a single centimeter-accurate map of the field, plus a digital elevation model. That is what drives tile and drainage planning, ponding analysis, and volumetric measurement of piles and storage.
Turning imagery into a prescription
Data only pays when it changes a decision. We export management zones as shapefiles that drop straight into your farm management or controller software.
- Variable rate seeding and fertility zones
- Spot-treatment boundaries for herbicide and insecticide passes
- Replant maps and documented stand counts
- Season-over-season change detection on the same flight lines
Targeted application closes the loop
The advantage of one provider handling both halves is that the aircraft that found the problem informs the aircraft that treats it. Scout on Tuesday, prescribe on Wednesday, treat on Thursday, verify on the next flyover. That loop is the entire value of precision agriculture, and it is finally short enough to matter.
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