july rmuasp: front range uas presentation
TRANSCRIPT
Precision Agriculture, Agronomics, and Predictive Analytics for Today’s Commercial Producer
What is Precision Agriculture?
• Utilization of Survey-Grade Equipment (RTK, RTX)
• Population per row/area
• Variable Rate systems (seeding, inputs)
• Soil Sampling, Plant Sampling
• Imagery from Satellites
• …and a UAV (getting there)
Next: Modern Agronomics
Modern Agronomics
• Disease & Drought-Resistant Hybrids
• Choosing Genetics Matching Soil Chemistry
• Weed Mgmt / Anti-Fungal (Glyphosate Resistance)
• Variable Rate Prescriptions
• Max Allowable Population Without Competition
• Yield Goals of 500BPA? (Record corn yield: 519BPA)
• Lastly: Maintaining Quality Soil Ecosystem
Next: Big Ag Data
Big Ag Data
• Performance of Every Farm, Crop, Yield, is Somewhere in a Database, Aggregated by Big Ag
• Relevance: Commodity Futures - CME-CHI/KC, Heavy Ag (Monsanto, Deere, Mycogen, Etc.) Hybrid Development Forecasting, 1-2% Yield Increase Each Year in the United States
• Sources: Yield Monitor, Imagery, NPK Maps, EM, NDVI, Multispectral Imaging, among others…
Next: Predictive Analytics
Predictive Analytics
• Predicting Future Performance
• Exploiting Big Data
• Statistics, Data Mining, AI
• Forecasting US Ag Markets = Opportunity
• Ag Data Transparency, Privacy
Next: UAV
UAV How can a drone help us solve a problem TODAY?
UAV How can a drone help us solve a problem TODAY?
Issue: Compaction during strip till and seeding not allowing H2O to reach root systems Solution: Soil breakup or surfactant application Result: Significant increase in vigor, HIGHER YIELD!!!
UAV How can a drone help us solve a problem NEXT YEAR?
Issue: Seeder Malfunction, aka Skips Solution: Ensure Seeder is Distributing Seed Properly Result: Uniformity, No Dry-Out, HIGHER YIELDS!!!
UAV How can a drone help us solve a problem in 3 YEARS?
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UAV How can a drone help us solve a problem in 3 YEARS?
Answer: You need LOTS and LOTS of calibrated drone data!
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But You’ll Need Much More Than Your Drone…
Soil Sampling Yield Data
Today’s Tractor Interfaces Landsat NDVI Next: UAV Sensors
UAV Sensor Tech for Agro-Intel
• Multispectral Remote Sensing (Investment)
• Modified RGB to NIR (Affordable)
• Good ol’ RGB
• Thermographics
• Others?
Put it all Together
• Calibrated Cameras
• Flight Planning – GSD, Geotags, Lap
• Test Like Crazy
• Data Pipeline and Processing Workflow
• Actual Usable Quantitative Data (Qual is OK, for Now)
Next: Diversify
Diversify • Go 3D • Drainage, Topo • Water • Irrigator Inspections
Final Thoughts
• Early Adopters
• Hype
• FUD
• Moore’s Law
• Just Do It.
Thank You
• Chris Rice
• Front Range UAS Services
• 303.990.7900
• @frontrangeuas