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Overview

A 5,000-acre farm operation was losing significant yield to late-detected disease, inconsistent irrigation, and pest damage. Field scouts couldn't cover enough ground quickly enough. We built an AI monitoring system using drone and satellite imagery that provides field-level crop health assessments, early disease detection, irrigation optimization, and yield prediction.

The Challenge

Agricultural imagery analysis requires understanding subtle color variations indicating stress before visible symptoms appear. Different crops, soil types, and growth stages all affect what 'healthy' looks like. The system needed to work with both high-resolution drone imagery and lower-resolution satellite data for daily monitoring of large acreage.

Our Approach

We trained crop-specific models on multispectral imagery annotated by agronomists. The system uses satellite imagery for daily broad monitoring and triggers drone flights when anomalies are detected for detailed diagnosis. NDVI and other vegetation indices are combined with weather data and soil moisture sensors for a complete picture. The AI generates field-level prescriptions for irrigation and treatment that integrate with variable-rate application equipment.

Key Features

  • Daily satellite monitoring of all fields
  • Early disease and stress detection
  • Automated drone mission planning for anomalies
  • Variable-rate irrigation prescriptions
  • Yield prediction and harvest planning
  • Historical trend analysis per field zone
  • Mobile alerts for time-sensitive issues

Results

3%
Yield loss (down from 15%)
30%
Water usage reduction
7 days
Earlier disease detection than visual scouting
$400K/yr
Savings from prevented crop loss

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Client Feedback

The AI spotted a fungal outbreak 10 days before our scouts would have found it. That early warning saved an entire field.

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Tech Stack

Custom CNN Sentinel-2 API DJI SDK Python TensorFlow IoT Sensors React Native

Quick Stats

3% Yield loss (down from 15%)
30% Water usage reduction
7 days Earlier disease detection than visual scouting
$400K/yr Savings from prevented crop loss

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