USE CASE: INPUT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION TerrAvion NDVI imagery, a crop health index image, will tell you how healthy or stressed your crop is based on plant vigor and chlorophyll levels. This information, collected at key points throughout the season, can be used to assess how a crop performs over time, and how various inputs and […]
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According to a recent article published by AgWeb, this month’s acreage report may not matter much in terms of CBOT pricing. The article states that some analysts are calling for a brief bearish market, followed by a resurgance in commodity prices in late August 2019 through January 2020, when real acres and harvest data are
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Within the last few days, the USDA has revised the allowed early harvest date for cover crops planted on Prevent Plant acres. Traditionally the date for the allowed date for producers to harvest cover crops from Prevent Plant acres was November 1. However, due to the excessively wet spring planting season, low temperatures and historic
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On Monday, July 1, 2019, the USDA made an unprecedented announcement that cover crops on prevent plant acres may be eligible for tariff aid. In a subsequent article by John Herath, published by AgWeb on the same day, the comments by the USDA are explained in more detail. Due to the unprecedented scale of Prevent
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Pasta, bread, cereals and a plethora of different foods including staple foods and confections are made utilizing wheat gluten; something which many people have intolerance to in the form of celiac disease. Celiac disease is a condition in which the eating of gluten, predominantly wheat gluten, triggers an immune response in the body in which
The 2019 Crop Year has been a year of unprecedented events, but the one major factor that trumps all (in the dictionary definition of the word), is the weather. The USDA cut the yield forecast for this year’s corn crop production by 10 bushels per acre, and of the 15.5 million acres not yet planted
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TERRAVION + FARM DOG Adding functionality to the high-quality image data TerrAvion provides, compares to adding whipped cream on top our your favorite pie; it makes it only better. The integration of TerrAvion high-resolution imagery in the Farm Dog mobile scouting app gives agronomists a way to effortlessly view your TerrAvion data layers on your
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USE CASE: QUANTIFYING CROP DAMAGE Destructive weather is typical in most of the growing regions around the country. Growers having to deal with crop damage and navigating the insurance claims process is also common. Crop loss happens, whether it be from destructive weather or herbicide drift, pests, disease, drought, etc., and when it does, the
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In a recent article published by the Genetic Literacy Project, the sustainability of organic and non-GMO farming compared to GMO farming is discussed at great length and borrows from an extensive list of research articles from both universities and individuals involved with the research of GMO, non-GMO and organic farming. Genetic Literacy Project holds that
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Courtesy AgriPulse 2019 The Trump Administration has committed to paying US farmers aid payments to help subsidize the losses caused by the trade war with China. According to the USDA, “The Market Facilitation Program (MFP), Food Purchase and Distribution Program (FPDP), and Agricultural Trade Promotion Program (ATP) will assist agricultural producers while President Trump works to
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