AgrotechThe Conservation Technology Information Center is building a free online viewer that pools satellite-based estimates of cover crops and conservation tillage from five data providers, to be unveiled on 19 November.
AgrotechA memorandum signed on 24 October commits USDA and NASA to work together on Earth observation, geospatial analytics and statistical methods for agricultural statistics, with acreage and yield estimates named as a goal.
AgrotechUniversity of Arkansas researchers comparing free and commercial satellite imagery, drones and handheld sensors found they often show the same crop patterns; a second study looks at drone spray speed and coverage.
AgrotechBangladesh Satellite Company Limited is planning an earth observation satellite with radar imaging, which sees through cloud and rain, for crop health, yield estimates and drought, plus a four-satellite AIS constellation for shipping.
AgrotechA six-day advanced course in GIS and remote sensing has opened at BAU's crop modelling lab in Mymensingh, aimed at bringing satellite-based mapping into farm teaching and research.
OpinionWhy Bangladesh needs more farmer-centred, field-based, data-driven and impact-oriented agricultural research
AgrotechThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln has set up a hub linking its 40-plus digital-agriculture programmes, Extension, producers and industry after growers said there are too many tools that do not talk to each other.
N-FertiSmart uses remote sensing to recommend nitrogen field by field, bringing the rate down from about 174kg to 135.7kg a hectare.
