Article taken from Tillage Magazine
A new pay-as-you-go variable nitrogen-assessment system has been launched by Plantsystems, the technology arm of Agrovista, the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) service offered by the company.
Lewis McKerrow of Agrovista says the service is suited for those who can’t justify the investment for a tractor mounted crop sensor, such as the N-Sensor, or who have been disappointed with the reliability of satellite imagery.
“The farmer books in the fields he wants assessed with Plantsystems and one of the company’s Civil Aviation Authority-qualified operators will visit the farm to capture the data,” he says. The data will usually be processed overnight and will be available the following day. Plantsystems can then deliver it back to the farmer in a number of ways, he explains. “Those with the correct software can receive a shape file of the data, which requires the grower to attribute a spreading rate to each zone. For those without the software, we can upload the data to our web-based Axis MapIT Pro platform, ready for the rates to be added to the spreading zones.” Read more.....