Success Stories: Agriculture Advances with New App

As technology advances, so too does the opportunities for farmers and the agriculture space to leverage data to make decisions about water, fertilizer, and harvest. Now, a new app aims to provide insight into crop health, weather forecasts, soil conditions, and climate patterns.

Researchers at Virginia Tech have built a new tool that leverages Google Earth Engine and open-access geospatial databases to bridge the gap between agricultural research and practical decision-making. The app supports more than 45 crop types and can be applied to open-field farming systems worldwide. It pulls data from trusted sources that is updated regularly.

Here is how this can help in agriculture:

• Draw field boundaries, select parameters, use satellite imagery, and vegetation index.
• Access 16 days of hourly forecasts to make informed decisions.
• Minimize high cost and complexity of tools.

Looking to the future, enhancements could include integration with on-farm equipment and drone data processing. Certainly ...