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Exotic annual grasses, or EAGs, are invasive species. They outcompete native grasses. They are extremely flammable. And they are expanding into higher elevations. Targeted sheep grazing is one way to combat these invasive grasses, manage fire risk, and help restore native sagebrush in western states.The EROS team releases weekly EAG maps during the peak green-up in late April to early June, along with annual phenology maps to show the seasonal timing of the green-up. Dr. Kelly Hopping at Boise State University is using these maps to see whether targeted sheep grazing can help manage EAGs. The maps help researchers work with sheep producers to know when is the best time to move the sheep into those areas so their grazing can do the most good. The sheep then, as a part of the team solving the problem of invasive grasses, get to eat in the field when they might not otherwise have grazing available. Learn more in this episode of Eyes on Earth.
After a dry season In this episode of the MSF Farm Talk podcast, host Nick Paltridge sits down with soil fertility specialist Sean Mason to discuss optimising fertiliser strategies after a challenging 2024 season. They cover the critical importance of identifying nutrient-responsive soils to maximise returns on nitrogen and phosphorus inputs, the use of various data layers like NDVI and yield maps for precision agriculture, and the evolving strategies of variable rate technology (VRT). Sean Mason also highlights the relevance of Phosphorus Buffering Index (PBI) and best practices for avoiding fertiliser toxicity, particularly in lentils. The episode wraps up with practical advice on managing residual herbicides and maintaining root health to ensure a productive 2025 season. 00:00 Introduction Rethinking Fertiliser Strategy 00:09 Welcome to MSF Farm Talk Podcast 00:12 Expert Insights: Nutrition Decisions Post-2024 00:51 Understanding Nutrient Responsive Soils 01:57 Data Layers for Crop Performance 03:47 Variable Rate Technology Evolution 04:53 Phosphorus Buffering Index and Fertiliser Application 07:29 Root Health and Fertiliser Toxicity 11:19 Managing Residual Herbicides 12:54 Conclusion and Final Thoughts This episode is supported by the Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board through funding from the landscape levies. Support the show: https://msfp.org.au/about/membership/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode of the MSF Farm Talk podcast, hosts Sean Mason and Peter Treloar discuss the performance and practical applications of Variable Rate Technology (VRT) in a challenging agricultural season. They cover topics such as zoning, testing, troubleshooting, and what NDVI maps tell us, even during drought years. This episode provides valuable insights and real-world takeaways for farmers looking to optimise their yield and input costs through precision agriculture. 00:00 Introduction to the VRT project 00:42 Easy VRT Workshop Insights 01:05 2024 Season Recap and VRT Performance 02:41 Drought Year Data and Zoning 06:41 Practical Applications of NDVI Maps 07:50 Managing Constraints with VRT 10:37 Fertiliser Safety and Soil Testing 12:27 Conclusion and Future Outlook This episode is supported by the SA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub, through funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.Support the show: https://msfp.org.au/about/membership/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode of Your Drone Questions. Answered, host Chris Breedlove interviews Craig Haire from Neptune Turf Solutions and Aerial Drone Dynamics about the emerging use of spray drones for golf course maintenance.Craig shares his journey from golf course superintendent to specialized spray contractor, and discusses how drone technology is revolutionizing turf management. Learn about:The practical applications of spray drones on golf coursesSafety benefits of drone spraying versus traditional methodsRegulatory requirements including Part 137 certification and state licensesChallenges of implementing this cutting-edge technologyFuture possibilities with NDVI imaging and targeted applicationsWhether you're a drone pilot looking for new business opportunities or a golf course manager interested in more efficient maintenance solutions, this conversation offers valuable insights into this specialized drone application.Contact Craig at craighaire4@gmail.com to learn more about golf course spray drone operations.
Jennifer talks with Terry Bates about the recent frost/freeze event that occurred April 23rd and 24th of this year. Terry shows how the differences can be seen using an NDVI scan of the vineyards at the lab.LERGP.comhttps://lergp.cce.cornell.edu/contact_information.php
The episode discusses the issues of Mallee seeps and introduces a new digital support tool called AgriSolve. The new tool uses satellite NDVI maps for the early identification of Mallee seeps. This tool is a product of collaborative work between MSF and independent consultant Chris McDonough with funding from the Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board Grassroots Grant. Chris and Tanja discuss the five key steps in assessing and managing Mallee seeps and the functionality of AgriSolve in aiding this process. The podcast concludes with an offer for listeners to reach out for personal assistance with their Mallee seep issues. 00:00 Introduction to NDVI Maps and Mallee Seeps01:32 Understanding Mallee Seeps and Their Identification03:17 Introduction to AgriSolve: A New Tool for Mallee Seep Management04:03 Steps for Mallee Seep Management05:59 Success Stories and Surprising Transformations in Mallee Seep Management08:43 Introduction to AgriSolve: A New Tool for Early Seep Identification08:59 How to Use AgriSolve for Mallee Seep Identification and Management11:42 Closing Remarks and Contact Information To view AgriSolve visit https://agrisolve.com.au/ To view the Mallee Seeps Decision tree visit https://msfp.org.au/mallee-seeps-decision-tree/ For more information on Mallee seeps or to seek independent advice for your own situation, contact MSF, admin@msfp.org.au This project is supported by the Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board through funding from the landscape levies. Support the show: https://msfp.org.au/about/membership/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Plants by nature are designed to interact with light. Satellites can measure the light reflected by plants to detect grapevine diseases before they are visible to the human eye. Katie Gold, Assistant Professor of Grape Pathology, Susan Eckert Lynch Faculty Fellow, School of Integrative Plant Science Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section of Cornell AgriTech is trailblazing remote disease detection with imaging spectroscopy also known as hyperspectral imaging. Imaging spectroscopy was developed by NASA to tell us what Mars was made out of. By turning satellites back on Earth, Katie and a team of scientists are learning how to use the light reflected back to manage grapevine viral and foliar diseases. Listen in to the end to get Katie's number one piece of advice on the importance of data management. Resources: Alyssa K. 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Since 1994, Vineyard Team has been your resource for workshops and field demonstrations, research, and events dedicated to the stewardship of our natural resources. Learn more at www.vineyardteam.org. Transcript Craig Macmillan 0:00 With us today is Katie Gold, Assistant Professor of Grape Pathology at Cornell AgraTech campus of the Cornell University. Thanks for being on the show. Katie Gold 0:08 Well, thanks for having me. Craig Macmillan 0:09 Today, we're going to talk about some really cool technology. I've been interested in it for a long time, and I can't wait to get an update on what all is happening. There's some really exciting work being done on using remote sensing for the detection of plant diseases. Can you tell us a little bit about what that research is about what's going on in that field? Katie Gold 0:25 Sure, what isn't going on in this field, it's a really exciting time to be here. So I guess to put into context, we're really at this precipice of an unprecedented era of agricultural monitoring. And this comes from the intersection of you know, hardware becoming accessible, the data analytics becoming accessible, but also investment, you know, a lot of talk of ag tech being the next big thing. And with that comes this interest in using these cool and novel data streams for disease detection. So my group specializes in plant disease sensing, it's our bread and butter to what we entirely focus on. And we specialize in a technology called imaging spectroscopy for disease detection. So this is also known as hyperspectral imaging. Imaging spectroscopy is the technical term. And this is a type of remote sensing that it differs from, you know, radio wave remote sensing, and it focuses on light in the visible to shortwave infrared range. Craig Macmillan 1:13 Talk a little bit more about that. So when we talk about hyperspectral, we're looking outside of the range of radiation, essentially, that's not just light. Katie Gold 1:24 So yes, and no. So hyperspectral is a word that describes how the light is being measured, kind of colloquially, we assigned to it more meaning that it actually has. That's why I often like to differentiate between it for explanation sake, what hyperspectral imaging is, when we talk about using it in the full vSphere range, these are all types of light, you know, it's all aspects of the electromagnetic radiation scale. But this spectrum of light that ranges from the visible to the shortwave infrared, this spans a range of about 2100 wavelengths. So to put that into context, we see visible light only. And this spans a range of wavelengths, that's about 300 nanometers, and went from about 450 to 750. So if you think about all the richness of radiation, the subtlety in differences in color that you see in everyday light, all of that comes from those subtle interactions of, you know, specific wavelengths of light hitting that stuff and bouncing back into our eye. So now imagine having seven times more wavelengths than that, you know, we have 2100, different wavelengths that we measure. And those wavelengths that are beyond the range that we can see the reason why we don't see them as they're less abundant, they're less emitted by our sun, but they're still present, and they still interact with the world. In particular, they interact very strongly with chemistry, such as environmental chemistry. So imaging spectroscopy was developed by NASA to tell us what Mars was made out of, then one day, they're like, let's turn this baby around and pointed at the Earth. And we discovered that it's quite applicable for vegetative spectroscopy. So telling us what vegetation is made of what the composition of the Earth is. And because plant disease impacts chemistry, so dramatically, plant physiology, chemistry, morphology, such a dramatic chaotic impact. It's a really excellent technology to use for early detection. So those subtle little changes that occur within a plant before it becomes diseased to the human eye, but it's undergoing that process of disease. Craig Macmillan 3:12 Can you expand on that point? Exactly how does this work in terms of the changes in the plant that are being picked up by viewing certain wavelengths? What's the connection there? Katie Gold 3:23 Consider the leaf, right. So plants are an amazing thing to remotely sense because they're designed by nature to interact with light. Now that's in contrast to skin right that's designed to keep light out plants are designed to have light go in and out, etcetera. So light will enter our atmosphere from the sun, and it will do one of three things when it encounters a plant, it'll be reflected back, it will be absorbed for photosynthesis, or it will be transmitted through the plant. And the wealth of that light is actually reflected back. And that reflected light can be detected by something as distantly placed as a satellite in orbit. And how that light is reflecting off a plant is determined by the health status of a plant. So a healthy leaf, right? It's going to be photosynthesizing. This means that it's going to be absorbing red and blue light for photosynthesis, it's going to have a lot of chlorophyll, it's going to be nice, bright and green, it's going to reflect back a lot of green light. And then it's going to reflect back near infrared light, because that is the sort of light that corresponds really well to the cellular structure of a leaf, right, so a nice healthy leaf is going to bounce back near infrared light. Now an unhealthy plant, it's not going to be photosynthesizing properly. So it's going to be absorbing less red and blue light. Therefore, it will be reflecting more of that red light back, it's not going to have a lot of chlorophyll. So it's going to reflect back less green light, and it's not as healthy. It's not as robust, so it will reflect back less near infrared light. So by looking at those subtle differences, and this is where we get back to that idea of hyperspectral. Right. hyperspectral is a word about how a sensor is measuring light. And hyperspectral means that a sensor is measuring light at such narrow intervals, that it's a near continuous data product. And this is in contrast to a multispectral sensor something Like NDVI that measures light in big chunks. The power is when you have continuous data, right? You could do more complex analyses you just have more to work with. And when you have discrete data, this is what makes hyperspectral sensors more powerful. It's how they're measuring the light, and often, that they're measuring more light that our eyes can see. But that's not necessarily a given hyperspectral sensors do not need to measure beyond the visible range, they can solely be focused on the visual visible range. Because once again, hyperspectral is a word about how the light is being measured. But we oftentimes kind of colloquially, so assign more value to it. But let's take that in combination, right. So you have a hyperspectral sensor that's measuring light and very, very narrow intervals near continuous data product, you're measuring seven times more wavelengths than the eye can see, combined together. That's how this works, right? So those subtle differences and those wavebands how they're reflecting both direct interactions with plant chemistry, you know, some certain wavelengths of light will hit nitrogen bonds go wackadoo and bounce back, all crazy. Otherwise, we're making indirect inferences, right, you know, plant disease as a chaotic impact of plant health that impacts lots of areas of the spectrum. So we're not directly measuring the chemical impact, right? We're not saying okay, well, nitrogen is down two sugars are up three starch XYZ, we're measuring that indirect impact. Craig Macmillan 6:19 That's pretty amazing. And so... Katie Gold 6:21 I think it's cool, right? Yeah. Craig Macmillan 6:24 The idea here is that there are changes in the leaf that can be picked up and these other wave lengths that we wouldn't see until it's too late. Katie Gold 6:34 Exactly. Craig Macmillan 6:35 Okay. So it's a warning sign. That gives us a chance to change management. Katie Gold 6:40 Ideally, so. Right, so it depends on with the scale at which you're operating. So now here comes another level, right. So if you're considering just that one individual plant, it's different from when you're considering the whole scale of a vineyard, right, you want your sensing to be right size to the intervention that you're going to take. So my group works with two types of diseases primarily, we work with grape vine viral diseases, as well as grape vine foliar diseases, for example, a grape vine downy mildew, which is an Erysiphe caused by a Erysiphe pathogen, and grapevine powdery mildew, which is caused by a fungal pathogen. Now the sort of intervention that you would take for those two diseases is very different, right? With a viral disease, the only treatment that you have is removal, there's no cure for being infected with the virus. Now, with a fungal pathogen or an Erysiphe pathogen like grape downy mildew. If you detect that early, there are fungicides you can use with kickback action. Or otherwise, you might change the sort of what sort of choice you might make a fungicide right. If you know there's an actual risk in this location, you might put your most heavy hitting fungicides there than in areas where there is no disease detected, or the risk is incredibly low, you might feel more comfortable relying on a biological, thereby reducing the impact. So given the sort of intervention, you would take, we want to right size, our sensing approach for it. So with grapevine viral diseases, when the intervention is so has such a vast financial impact, right removal, we want to be incredibly sure of our data. So we focused on high spectral resolution data products for that ones, where we have lots of wavelengths being measured with the most precise accuracy so that we can have high confidence in that result, right? We want to give that to someone and say, Hey, we are very confident this is undergoing asymptomatic infection. Now, on the other hand, with these foliar diseases, they change at such a rapid timescale that you're more benefited by having an early warning that may be less accurate, right? So you're saying, hey, this area of your vineyard is undergoing rapid change it might be due to disease might be because your kid drove a golf cart through the vineyard, however, we're warning you regardless, to send someone out there and take a look and make a decision as to what you might do. Ideally, we would have a high spectral resolution regardless, right? Because more spectrum or better, but the realities of the physics and the actual logistics of doing the sensing is that we don't get to do that we have to do a trade off with spectral spatial and temporal resolution. So if we want rapid return, high degrees of monitoring, and we want that high spatial resolution suitable for a vineyard, we lose our spectral resolution, so we lose our confidence in that result. But our hope is that by saying, Hey, this is a high area of change, and giving you that information very quickly, you can still make an intervention that will be yield successful response, right? You'll go out there and you're like, Oh, yep, that's downy mildew. Otherwise, like, I'm going to take my kid keys like he's out here, my vineyard again. Right? So it's, it's kind of work balancing, right. So we have the logistics of the real world to contend with in terms of using sensing to make to inform management intervention. Craig Macmillan 9:36 This technology can be used or applied at a variety of distances if I understand everything from proximal like driving through a vineyard to satellite. Katie Gold 9:48 Oh, yeah. And we've worked with everything. Craig Macmillan 9:50 Yeah, yeah. And everything in between. I mean, could you fly over is a lot of companies that do NDVIs with flyover. Katie Gold 9:55 You can use robots like we do. We can use robots, there's all kinds of things we can do. Or what is a what is NDVI for the audience, even though that's not what we're talking about. You and I keep using it. So NDVI stands for Normalized Difference vegetative index. It's a normalized difference between near infrared light reflecting and red light. And it is probably the most accurate measurement we have of how green something is. And it's quite a powerful tool. As you you know, we've been using NDVI for well over 50 years to measure how green the earth is from space. That's powerful. But the power of NDVI is also its downside. And that because it is so effective at telling you how green something is, it cannot tell you why something is green. Or it cannot tell you why something is not green, it's going to pick up on a whole range of subtle things that impact plant health. Craig Macmillan 10:40 And whereas the kind of work that you're doing differs from that in that it's looking at different frequencies, and a higher resolution of frequencies. Katie Gold 10:51 Exactly. So for the most part, we do use NDVI. But we use it more as a stepping stone, a filtering step rather than the kind of end all be all. Additionally to we use an index that's a cousin to NDVI called EDI, that is adjusted for blue light reflectance, which is very helpful in the vineyard because it helps you deal with the shadow effects. Given the trellising system Iin the vineyard. But yes, exactly. We, for the most part are looking at more narrow intervals of light than NDVI and ranges beyond what NDVI is measuring. Craig Macmillan 11:22 What's the resolution from space? Katie Gold 11:24 That's a great question. Craig Macmillan 11:25 What's the pixel size? Katie Gold 11:27 One of the commercial satellite products we work with has half a meter resolution from space. Craig Macmillan 11:32 Wow. Katie Gold 11:33 Yeah, 50 centimeters, which is amazing. Yeah, that was exactly my reaction. When I heard about it, it was like I didn't get my hands on this. But as I mentioned before, right, you know, if that resolution, we trade off the spectral resolution. So actually, that imagery only has four bands, that effectively is quite similar to an NDVI sensor, that we do have a little more flexibility, we can calculate different indices with it. So we use that data product, 50 centimeters, we use three meter data products from commercial sources. And then we're also looking towards the future, a lot of my lab is funded by NASA, in support of a future satellite that's going to be launched at the end of the decade, called surface biology and geology. And this is going to put a full range Hyperspectral Imager into space that will yield global coverage for the first time. So this satellite will have 30 meter resolution. And it will have that amazing spectral resolution about 10 day return. And that 30 meter spatial size. So again, kind of mixing and matching, you don't get to optimize all three resolutions at once. Unfortunately, maybe sometime in my career, I'll get to the point where I get to optimize exactly what I want, but I'm not there yet. Craig Macmillan 12:41 And I hadn't thought about that. So there's also a there's a time lag between when the data comes in and when it can be used. Katie Gold 12:48 Yes. Craig Macmillan 12:48 What are those lags like? Katie Gold 12:50 It depends. So with some of the NASA data that we work with, it can be quite lagged, because it's not designed for rapid response. It's designed for research grade, right? So it's assuming that you have time, and it's going through a processing stage, it's going through corrections, etc. And this process is not designed to be rapid, because it's not for rapid response. Otherwise, sometimes when we're working with commercial imagery that can be available. If we task it, it can be available to us within 24 hours. So that's if I say, Hey, make me an acquisition. And they do and then within 24 hours, I get my imagery in hand. Otherwise to there's a there's delays up to seven days. But for the most part, you can access commercial satellite imagery of a scene of your choosing, generally within 24 hours of about three meter resolution to half a meter resolution. That is if you're willing to pay not available from the space agencies. Craig Macmillan 13:42 I want to go back to that space agency thing first or in a second. What talk to me about satellite, we've got all kinds of satellites flying around out there. Oh, we do. All kinds of who's doing what and where and how and what are they? And how long are they up there. And... Katie Gold 13:58 Well, I'll talk a little bit about the satellites that my program is most obsessed with. We'll call it that. I'll first start with the commercial satellite imagery that we use. This comes from Planet Labs. They're a commercial provider, they're quite committed to supporting research usages, but we've been using their data for three years now. Both they're tasked imagery, which is half a meter resolution, as well as their planet scope data, which is three meter resolution. And we've been looking at this for grapevine downy mildew. Planet Labs, their whole thing is that they have constellation architecture of cube sets. So one of the reasons why satellites are the big thing right now they are what everyone's talking about, is because we're at this point of accessibility to satellite data that's facilitated by these advances in hardware design. So one the design of satellites you know, we now have little satellites called CubeSats that are the size of footballs maybe a little bit bigger. Craig Macmillan 14:48 Oh, really? Katie Gold 14:48 Yeah, yeah, they're cool. They're cute. You can actually like kids science fair projects can design a CubeSat now, fancy kid school projects, at least not not where I was. As well as constellation architecture. So this is instead of having one big satellite, the size of a bus, you have something like 10, CubeSat, that are all talking to each other and working together to generate your imagery. So that's how you're able to have far more rapid returns, instead of one thing circling around the planet, you have 10 of them circling a little bit off. So you're able to get imagery far more frequently at higher spatial resolution. And this is now you know, trickled down to agriculture. Of course, you know, what did the Department of Defense have X years ago, they've, I'm excited to see what will finally be declassified eventually, right. But this is why satellite imagery is such a heyday. But anyway, that's, that's the whole Planet Labs stick, they use CubeSats and constellation design. And that's how they're able to offer such high spatial resolution imagery. Craig Macmillan 15:44 Just real quick, I want to try understand this, you have x units, and they're spaced apart from each other in their orbit. Katie Gold 15:52 That's my understanding. So remember, I'm the plant pathologist here I just usethis stuff. So that's my understanding is that the physicists, you know, and NASA speak, they classify us into three categories. They've got applications, like myself, I use data for something, you have algorithms, which is like I study how to make satellite, talk to the world, right, like, make useful data out of satellite. And then there's hardware people, right, they design the satellite, that's their whole life. And I'm on the other side of the pipeline. So this is my understanding of how this works. But yes, they have slightly different orbits, but they talk to each other very, very like intimately so that the data products are unified. Craig Macmillan 16:33 Got it. But there's also other satellites that you're getting information from data from. Katie Gold 16:37 Yes, yeah. So now kind of going on to the other side of things. So Planet Labs has lesser spectral resolution, they have four to eight, maybe 10 bands is the most that you can get from them. We're looking towards NASA surface biology and geology data. And we use NASA's Avaris instrument suite, the family suite, that includes next generation, as well as brand new Avaris three, and this stands for the Airborne, Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer. Now, this is an aircraft mounted device, but this is the sort of sensor that we'll be going into space. Additionally, we're just starting to play around with data from the new NASA satellite called Emit. Emit is an imaging spectrometer that was initially designed to study dust emission. So like, tell us what the dust is made out of where it's coming from. But they've opened up the mask to allow its collection over other areas. And Emit has outstanding spectral resolution, and about 60 meter spatial resolution. It's based on the International Space. Craig Macmillan 17:32 Station. It's located on the International Space Station? Katie Gold 17:36 Yes, yeah. And that actually impacts how its imagery is collected. So if you take a look at a map of Emit collections, there are these stripes across the world. And that's because it's on the ISS. So it only collects imagery wherever the ISS goes. And that's a little bit different from this idea of constellation architecture, have these free living satellites floating through orbit and talking to each other. Craig Macmillan 17:56 Are there other things like Landsat 7, Landsat 8? Katie Gold 18:02 Oh, we're on Landsat 9 , baby! Craig Macmillan 18:04 Oh, we're on Landsat 9 now. Cool. Katie Gold 18:05 Yeah. Yeah, Landsat 9 was successfully launched. I'm really excited about its data. Craig Macmillan 18:10 And it's coming in? Katie Gold 18:11 Just to my understanding, yes, so we don't use Landsat and Sentinel data as much otherwise, our focus is on that spectral resolution, but Landsat 9 and its its partner from the European Space Agency's Sentinel 2, they're truly the workhorses of the agricultural monitoring industry. Without those two satellites, we would be in a very different place in this world. Craig Macmillan 18:32 Right, exactly. Now, you said that your work is funded partially or all by NASA? Katie Gold 18:37 Yes, partially. Craig Macmillan 18:38 So partially, so what is the relationship there? Katie Gold 18:40 So before I started with Cornell, I was hired by Cornell while I was still a graduate student, and as part of their support for my early career development, they sponsored a short postdoc for me a fellowship, they called it I got to stay with a faculty fellow feel better about myself at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where my graduate co advisor Phil Townsend had a relationship with so I spent nine months fully immersed in JPL. People think of JPL is like, you know, the rocket launchers, which they are, but they also study, you know, like some of those phase out and go out into the world. But some of the things they launched turn around and study the Earth, and they had the carbon and ecosystem cycling group there. So I was able to work with them, as well as the imaging spectroscopy group for nine months. And it completely changed my entire life just opened up the world to me about what was possible with NASA data, what was coming for potential use of NASA data. And it really changed the trajectory of my career. So I made connections, made friends got my first graduate student from JPL, that have truly defined my career path. So I work very closely with NASA, originating from that relationship, as well as I'm the pest and disease risk mitigation lead for the newly established domestic agriculture consortium called NASA Acres. So this is NASA's most recent investment in supporting domestic agriculture. Through this consortium we're funded to continue some of our research myself and my good colleague, Yu Jiang who's an engineer who builds me my robots. It's confounding our work continuously, as well as giving us the opportunity to try to expand our approach to other domains through interactions, one on one, collaborations with other researchers and importantly work with stakeholders. And this consortium, the Acres consortium is led by my colleague, Dr. Alyssa Woodcraft, based at the University of Maryland. Craig Macmillan 20:20 Going back to some of the things that you mentioned earlier, and I think I just didn't ask the question at the time, how often does the satellite travel over any particular point on Earth? Katie Gold 20:32 So it depends on the type of satellite design. Is it the big one satellite sort of design? Or is it constellation? Or the ISS, right? Like they think the ISS orbits every 90 minutes, something like that? So it really depends, but their satellites crossing us overhead every moment. I think at night, if you ever look up into the night sky, and you see a consistent light, just traveling across the world, not blinking. That's a satellite going overhead. Craig Macmillan 20:59 Wow, that's amazing. Actually, are there applications for this technology on other crops? Katie Gold 21:04 Oh, certainly. So yeah. Oh, absolutely. So the use of this technology for understanding vegetative chemistry was really trailblaze by the terrestrial ecologist, in particular, the forest ecologist because it's a, you know, it's how you study things at scale, unlike the vineyards would have nice paths between them for researchers like myself, and you know, us all to walk between forests are incredibly difficult to navigate, especially the ones in more remote locations. So for the past two decades, it really spear spearheaded and trailblaze this use, and then I work with vineyards for the most part, I'm a grape pathologist, I was hired to support the grape industry, they saw the research I was doing, they said, great, keep doing it in garpes. So I'm a reformed potato and vegetable pathologist, I like to say, but there's no reason at all why the work I'm doing isn't applicable to other crops. I just happened to be doing it in grape, and I happen to really adore working with the wine and grape industry. Craig Macmillan 21:54 Yeah, yeah, absolutely. That, it totally makes sense. How is this translating are going to translate for growers into grower practices? Katie Gold 22:02 That's a great question. So the idea is that by trailblazing these functionalities, eventually, we'll be able to partner with commercial industry to bring this to growers, right. We want these this utility to be adopted for management intervention. But there's only so much one academic lab alone can do and the my role in the world is to trailblaze the use cases and then to partner with private industry to bring it to the people at scale. But the hope is that, you know, I want every venue manager to be looking at aerial images of their vineyards. Every day, right? I have a vision of interactive dashboards, maps of informed risk. One day, I want to have live risk maps informed by remote sensing. And I want every vineyard manager to be as familiar with their aerial view of their vines as they are with that side view of their vines. Right. And I think we're getting there sooner than you realize we're really at the precipice of this unprecedented era of monitoring or monitoring ability, right? And I'm really excited about what it will hold for management. Craig Macmillan 23:02 And so you must have cooperators I'm guessing. Katie Gold 23:05 Oh, I do. Yes. I've wonderful cooperators. Craig Macmillan 23:08 At this stage. It sounds like we're still kind of in a beta stage. Katie Gold 23:13 Oh, yes, very much in the beta stage. Craig Macmillan 23:15 So I'm guessing that you're looking at imagery and spotting areas that would suggest that there's some kind of a pathology problem, and then you're going on ground truthing it? Katie Gold 23:27 So yes, and no, it's more of a testbed sort of case study. We have nine acres of pathology vineyards here at Cornell, Agrotech, and Geneva, New York. And then we do partner with cooperators. We have wonderful cooperators based out in California, as well as here in New York. But those are for more on testbed sort of thing. So we're not just monitoring vineyards, and like watching them and say, Ooh, the spot appears here. We're doing more of a case studies where we intentionally go out and ground truth, then build those links between the imagery because we're not quite there yet, in terms of having this whole thing automated, we're still building those algorithms building that functionality. Now we've established proof of concept. You know, we know this works. So we're working on the proof of practicality, right? Building robust pipelines, ones that are that are resilient to varying environmental geographic conditions, right, different crop varieties resilient to confounding abiotic stress, that one drives us nuts. So that's the stage that we're at, but our collaborators and our industry stakeholders who partner with us. Without them the sort of work I do just simply would not be possible. And I'm extremely grateful for their part. Craig Macmillan 24:29 So what, what is next, what's next in the world of Katie Gold and in the world of hyperspectral plant pathology? Katie Gold 24:34 What's next for me is in a week, I'm boarding an airplane to go to Europe for a jaunt. I'm giving two international keynotes at plant pathology conferences about methods but what I really see as next for me is I really want to see the tools that technologies the approach that my group is using, percolate through the domain of plant pathology. We're such a small discipline, there's only about 2000 of us Around the world, in plant pathology, and you know, there's not even 10, great pathologist in this country, I can name every single one of them if you wanted me to. And I think I've got their number and my phone, really, I strongly believe we're at the precipice of such an exciting era in plant pathology, due to the availability of these imagery, these data streams, just simply an unprecedented era. And it will be a paradigm shift in how we ask and answer questions about Plant Pathology, because for the first time, we have accessible, accurate imagery that we can use to study plant disease at the scale at which it occurs in the field in real time. So I want to see these ideas percolate through the skill sets adopted, taken up and embraced and it we're seeing that start, you know, we're seeing that start, there's really excitement in plant pathology, about the use of remote sensing about GIS and that skill set in its value to our discipline. But I'd really like to see that expand. I think I am the first ever plant pathologist to receive funding from NASA Earth Science Division. When I started at JPL, they would introduce me as a disease ecologist, because no one had ever heard of plant pathology. And my wonderful colleague at JPL, Brian Pavlik, who's a JPL technologist, when we started working together, he had never once been into a vineyard. He didn't know about Plant Pathology, he was the one that called me a disease ecologist. And recently, I heard him explain the disease triangle to someone, which is, of course, the fundamental theory of plant pathology. And I was just so proud. But it also really represented this real excitement for me this embrace this acknowledgement of the challenges we face in plant pathology in these domains that otherwise have not heard of us, right and beyond the USDA, funding from NASA, just awareness from these other organizations, excitement from engineers, AI experts about solving plant disease problems. It's truly invigorating and exciting to me. That's where I see you going next. And I'm really excited about the future. Craig Macmillan 26:51 There was one thing that you could say to grape growers on this topic, what would it be? Katie Gold 26:58 Oh, that's such a great question. There's so much that I want to say. Craig Macmillan 27:01 One thing, Katie. Katie Gold 27:04 I would say your data is valuable and to be aware of how you keep track of your data, that the keeping track of your data, keeping your data organized, keeping, just having reproducible organized workflows will enable you to make the most out of these forthcoming technologies. It will enable you to calibrate it will enable you to train these technologies to work better for you, but your data is valuable, don't give it away to just anyone and to be aware of it. Craig Macmillan 27:33 I agree wholeheartedly. And I think that applies everything from how much time it takes to leaf an acre of ground. And how much wood you are removing when you prune to when and how much water you're applying. Data is gold. Katie Gold 27:49 Data is gold. Craig Macmillan 27:50 It takes time and energy. Katie Gold 27:52 Institutional knowledge. For example, my field research manager Dave Combs has been doing this job for over 25 years, I inherited him from my predecessor, and he trained our robot how to see disease in its imagery. And the goal of our robots is not to replace the expertise like Dave, but to preserve them right to preserve that 25 years of knowledge into a format that will live beyond any of us. So I see keeping track of your data keeping track of that knowledge you have, you know, you know, in your vineyard where a disease is going to show up first, you know your problem areas, keeping track of that in an organized manner, annotating your datasets. I'm starting to adopt GIS in a way just simply like, here are my field boundaries, even simply just taking notes on your in your data sets that are timed and dated. I think it's incredibly important. Craig Macmillan 28:38 Where can people find out more about you and your work? Katie Gold 28:41 Well, so you can visit my Web website or I've got a public Twitter page where you can see me retweet cool things that I think are cool. I tweet a lot about NASA I tweet a lot about Greek disease. If you want to see pictures of dying grapes come to my Twitter page, as well as Cornell regularly publishes things about me. Craig Macmillan 28:57 Fantastic. Katie Gold 28:58 So be sure to Google Katie Gold Cornell. Cornell that's the key. Yeah, Katie go to Cornell or you might get an unwelcome surprise. Craig Macmillan 29:04 And we have lots of links and stuff on the show page. So listeners you can go there. I want to thank our guest today. Unknown Speaker 29:13 Thank you so much for having me, Craig. This has been wonderful. Craig Macmillan 29:16 Had Katie Gould, Assistant Professor of rape pathology at Cornell agritech campus of Cornell University. Nearly Perfect Transcription by https://otter.ai
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The growing season is flying by. We are three weeks out from Concord veraison and looking at the harvest doorstep three more weeks after that. It is a good time to finish up crop estimations, if you did not do them at 30 days post-bloom, and take some assessments of vine balance to decide when and where you will start harvesting. In this video, Dr. Terry Bates demonstrates how to use canopy NDVI at pre-bloom and pre-veraison with some directed field observations to generate spatial yield, vine size, and crop load maps in Concord vineyards. LERGP.comhttps://lergp.cce.cornell.edu/contact_information.php
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Amid extreme weather events, many grape growers ask themselves what they can do to adapt their vineyard for climate change. Chris Chen, Integrated Vineyard Systems Advisor in Sonoma, Mendocino, and Lake Counties at the University of California Cooperative Extension is exploring solutions to this question. Mediterranean climates like California, with hot and dry summers and cold wet winters, are particularly sensitive. Researchers expect temperature maximums will be higher and the minims will be lower in years to come. Chris explains a few tactics growers can use to continue farming successfully amid climate changes including rootstocks, canopy management, new scions, and most importantly trialing. 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Learn more at www.vineyardteam.org. Transcript Craig Macmillan 0:00 My guest today is Chris Chen. He's integrated vineyard systems advisor for Sonoma Mendocino and Lake counties with the University of California Cooperative Extension. And I think we're gonna have a very interesting conversation today, Chris has done some pretty interesting work and some pretty interesting ideas. So welcome to the podcast, Chris. Chris Chen 0:14 Thanks, Craig. Appreciate it. Looking forward to it. Craig Macmillan 0:16 Doing a little bit of background on you. Would you say that there's a particular thread or what the thread is that runs through your research and extension work? Because it seems like there is one to me. Chris Chen 0:25 A lot of my work is focused on adaptation to climate change and vineyards. And it's something that goes back to when I was in grad school, you know, the, the whole climate change thing became really big and something to focus on when I entered grad school. And as I went through grad school, it became what I did. The thread here is kind of how do we adapt viticulture, to changing climates? How do we predict what a climate today is going to be in 510 years, the thread is to see how can we adapt to these changing conditions, and still keep viticulture, thriving and successful. Craig Macmillan 0:57 What is the prediction right now, in terms of let's start with California, but we can talk about the West Coast, we can also talk about New York, and we can talk about Europe. But you work in California, what is the current picture in terms of long term climate change that might affect grapes? Unknown Speaker 1:15 It's not really easy to say this will happen that will happen. But what we expect to see in California, it's a Mediterranean climate right now, these are very sensitive climate types, typically classified as regions with really hot, dry summers, cold, wet winters, right. And they're kind of fringe ecosystems, fringe climates. So they're on the border of, of an inland climate in a coastal climate, that means they're the most sensitive to climate change. So what we're expecting to see in California, and what a lot of researchers, climate researchers are planning on is, you know, increased temperatures, the maximums are going to be higher, the minimums are going to be lower, and those swings are going to be more drastic in between. So the diurnal temperature shift is going to be huge. You know, that is something that everyone kind of expects with climate change. It gets hotter, it gets colder, the extremes are more extreme, but what we're not really sure about is how precipitation is going to change. And in California, rainfall is such a huge thing. It's variable year to year, we have droughts for three years at a time and then one relief year, what we're really confused about is how is the rain pattern gonna change where we are today are we going to get the same rainfall and we're going to be able to support viticulture here anymore? Craig Macmillan 2:33 Now that brings up an interesting question. I'm going to bring up Andy Walker here, Dr. Andy Walker, the very famous plant breeder and I attended a seminar that he did on rootstocks, which he's done a ton of work and many rootstocks are out as a result of his lab. And he started off the whole thing by saying, you can dry farm winegrapes anywhere in the world. And the room just went silent, like I don't think anybody was breathing. And then he says, Now you might get two clusters, providing but the plant itself is going to do what it does. It's an amazing plant. It's incredible. And then he went on and talked about being in the Andes and seeing things in different parts of the world. And I found that really inspiring because when we talk about what we're doing right now, water, obviously is probably the biggest knob. If you have all these knobs, you can twist fertilizer, whatever water is probably the biggest one. Yeah, California, you have done some work with a number of people, but also with Kaan Kutural who I love on drought tolerance, drought resistance, I would say and what kinds of things? Are you finding out what you mean? Where is it kind of leading you? Where is it? What's kind of the thought process? Chris Chen 3:38 Andy, he was also my doctoral advisor. So I've heard his Spiel once or twice about dry farming. You know, you can do that can grow grapes in most almost all places without water there. There are grapes on islands that are irrigated with fog drip, so it's possible, but he's also right in saying that you're not going to get the yields that make you profitable. So that's concerning. And what we want to avoid, because we still need a certain tonnes per acre to reach profit margin that matters in terms of what can we do and how we're going for drought adaptation. There's the old approach of using rootstocks. And it's a very useful approach, right, these rootstocks from Andy Walker's perspective, and if you're looking at it from his lens, they have different rooting patterns. They have different water demands, and that translates to what we're growing on top. Whether it's Cab, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, whatever you want to grow on top of it, it's going to be impacted by what it's grafted to that is actually a very reasonable strategy to address drought that has its limits, you know, you still need water to grow grapes. Almost all grape vines in the wild, are only found near perennial water sources. So it's not like we can get rid of water altogether. We can't just leave them alone and expect to have any crop on them. But there's other things we can do. One of the huge management strategies that we can look at is canopy management. So canopy management in vineyards have really impacts how much water transpires and how much water evaporates from the surface of the soil. With a bigger canopy, you get less evaporation. But you also get more transpiration because there's more leaves, right. And vice versa. If you have a small canopy, you have the opposite problem that actually really impacts your fruit, your crop load, you know the quality of your fruit, the characteristics of the berries. So it's not something that everybody's going to play around with, because they want us to in the end, they want a certain kind of fruit with certain characteristics for their winery. But canopy management is a huge one as well, as rootstocks, there's also the interest in precision agriculture. So there is the spoon feeding approach where instead of irrigating large quantities at once, we can irrigate small portions at a time. Craig Macmillan 5:43 Irrigate strategicly. I mean, I've seen some pretty interesting work from the past where it was like a 10, Vine irrigation block. And you were able to control this and that little bit in that little bit. And you could use NDVI to figure out where you want to do it. Interesting work. I'd never was convinced how practical that might be for most growers, especially if you're retrofitting their orchards. Chris Chen 6:05 In Australia that irrigate on a tree to tree basis. So it's very doable. You know, the question is, how much water would you actually save doing that? And how much energy are you using to pump that every time? Craig Macmillan 6:18 Exactly. Now, we're talking about rootstocks rootstock breeding back in the day, 100 years ago, or whenever it was all about phylloxera. And it was about salt. I know that Dr. Walker has done a lot of work on salt resistance. n=Nematode resistance is turned out to be a big one. If I remember that's the GRM series are specifically for nematode. Is that right? Chris Chen 6:38 Correct. Yes. Those are anti Walker's. Craig Macmillan 6:40 Crowning achievements. Brilliant stuff. You know, we're talking about genetic differences and rootstocks that have been bred for different conditions, including things like drought tolerance. What about what's on top, you make a point one of your articles that the landscape of wine growing is dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay, which means we have a very limited genome, essentially, of what's above ground. And we've learned from other crops that might not be such a great idea. We're talking about maybe trying to rootstock our way out of some of this. Can we variety, some of our way out of this. Chris Chen 7:11 So the short answer to that is yes. The long answer is a bit more complex. You know, overall, all of the scions we put on are all one species Vitus vinifera, there's a few others like Vitesse labrusca, which is Concorde. And there's a there's a couple others that we use, but the majority of what we consider winegrapes is Vitus vinifera. So the genetic differences in the scions are not huge. The real differences are in the phenotyping. Right, you look at a Cabernet Sauvignon vine. And you compare that to a Tempranillo or Zinfandel, you'll see that the latter, they actually have quite larger canopies, even though they're the same species. The weird thing is they're more heat tolerant. Part of that might be their transpiration and might be for several reasons, these small changes in how they look change how they interact with their environment. So the real concern in you know, changing the scions from place to place site to site is that some places actually have latched on to a variety or two. If you think about Napa Napa, you think Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, where I work in the north coast, it's Pinot Noir, a little bit of Chardonnay, some Sauvignon Blanc and Lake County, right? It's very possible to say, you know, if we have a one, one site that increases temperatures by, you know, temperature accumulation by 20%, in 10 years, it might behoove them to go from a cold climate grapes like Pinot Noir and switch over to something like Zinfandel. The problem is, well, the market that purchases their wine actually still keep buying their wines. If they go to Zinfandel, it would be a smart move. If you're thinking about, you know, the physiology of the plant of the difficulty of managing the vineyard, all the extra things you have to do if you want to stick with that cold climate grew up in a hot climate, not to say that people don't do that we do have Pinot Noir grown in San Joaquin Valley, for instance, just not as much as up here. So it's possible one of the problems is actually picking those varieties, picking the right varieties because just because it gets hotter here doesn't mean you know, Santa Rosa has the same climate as Bakersfield. There's differences in humidity and light incidents. There's differences in just cultural practices, what people do to manage the soils what they do for fertilizing. So overall, yeah, it's possible but there's other barriers besides just switching the plant. Craig Macmillan 9:29 It sounds like some of those barriers are the ability to make accurate predictions about what might happen if I'm planting Zinfandel in an area where it's never really had Zinfandel. I don't know exactly what's gonna go on. But then also it sounds like acceptance of the marketplace is gonna play a big role. That's that's a different conversation. Unless you have a feeling about it. I think part of what goes on is we do have information from the marketplace. We do have research, but a lot of what goes on here is growers themselves as individuals are making decisions out what's gonna happen? Right? It's not necessarily that we're getting handed down this necessarily the trend, but like, I think this is where we're gonna go. When you talk to people about this kind of thing. What kind of response do you get from growers? Chris Chen 10:10 Yeah, you know, it depends. There are growers that are all about trying new cultivars, and they usually inhabit kind of niche markets, a lot of these growers will grow varieties that are useful for blending. So if you need some more color, if you need some more acids, they'll grow these varieties that impart that to wines that otherwise wouldn't have them. And you know, there's only so much of a market for that. I think there's also growers on the other side where they say, Well, no, in order for us to make our ends meet, we have to stick with so and so variety, we have to stay with Pinot Noir because our entire consumer base wants it. And you know, there's trends in viticulture in California as a whole that have followed these, you know, this chain of events Muscats Muscats, used to be very popular along with making a rose out of Zinfandel. Riesling was another one, people planted a bunch of these things, and then the consumer market dropped out. And they were stuck with fines that take, you know, five years to hit any kind of good crop. And within those five years, it fell out of favor. So they're selling their grapes for pennies, compared to what they would have been if had they had them at the peak of the popularity, we can't change our varieties just based on popularity, and we can't keep them just based on popularity. But there are these constants right 40% of the grapes planted in California are Cabernet Sauvignon Chardonnay, which is not a bad thing. It just means that people want it. Craig Macmillan 11:31 use the term asynchronous or asynchrony, and viticulture. What What do you mean when you refer to that? Chris Chen 11:37 so that's a term that I thought would be very applicable to the situation. So vineyards as a whole run on a schedule, they run on timing, and part of that is their biological timing, right? So their biological timing is based off of heat accumulation. So the hotter it is for the longer the quicker we have budbreak, the quicker we have chute growth and fruit set, and so on. So that as the climates are changing, and we know we're going to see higher temperatures in some places, then we're seeing a shift in that timing. And a shift in that timing changes a lot of things, it changes how the plants interact with insects and pests and beneficial insects, because they're also changing their timing, we're seeing, you know, some insect pests are increasing their generations. So they instead of two generations a year, they'll have three in some really hot places, for instance. But also these these beneficial insects that control the pests are switching their timing of hatching and switching their timing of maturity. And we're seeing that more and more, and we're afraid we're gonna start seeing that in agriculture relatively soon. So what all of that together means is that when you look at a vineyard, the events that you would have had for the past 100 years are not happening at the same times as they would have been in the next 10 years than they did previously. And that's a challenge actually, for you know, management as well, because labor resources are, especially in agriculture are often you know, made more available during timeframes where they're needed. And if that timeframe changes, there's gonna be a year or two where that's a problem. Craig Macmillan 13:09 If we don't change anything, let's say we don't change varieties, we don't change the root stocks or anything, I'll get vineyards that are 10 years old now and hopefully get another decade or two out of it, or I'm making decisions 20 years from now for a variety like Cabernet Sauvignon you're in and we will talk about Pinot Noir as well that I think that's an important one. But I want to start with Cab, in your experience, let's say things get warmer and colder. And then we don't know what's going to happen with weather. So let's just leave rainfall out of it for now. But just the swings in the higher the highs and lower lows, what impact do you think that's gonna have on wine quality or yield? How are these things going to change? Do you think as a viticulturalist? Chris Chen 13:45 Especially wine grapes really need that big swing in temperature, so they need that diurnal shift that's really hot summer days and really cold summer nights. That really helps them develop their flavonol profiles, their tannins, their anthocyanins, anthocyanins more so about, light, you know, incidents light exposure, but that's beside the point. So it's actually kind of a good thing. The problem is when we hit these limits, right? So when we hit these limits of it's too hot. So now instead of accumulation of these compounds, what we're seeing is a degradation of them. So they're accumulating in the grapes faster throughout the year. So again, this is that asynchrony, right. So as you get closer toward the traditional historic harvest time, you think, okay, these grapes are still accumulating their tannins, or they're still accumulating their flavonols or their their anthocyanins are not degrading it. But what we're seeing is that increase in the growing degree days or heat accumulation is actually decreasing the amount of stable compounds in the grape that we want. So we're seeing especially with color, we're seeing a degradation in color. anthocyanins are degrading, much sooner and to higher degrees in these really hot summers, especially when We have these heat waves that we had last year. These heat waves are terrible for these things. But we don't know which varieties are going to be tolerant to this and can can withstand these changes in extremes. So the increases in high temperatures, the decreases in low temperatures, the low temperatures aren't really a problem unless we get freezing temperatures which we shouldn't in summer, but it's not impossible. Craig Macmillan 15:23 Not impossible could happen. What about Pinot Noir, famously very sensitive, very narrow range that it likes. Right. I got you on the spot here. Chris Chen 15:32 Yeah, I can't speak to that too much. Because all of the trials that I've done and I've seen have been with Cabernet Sauvignon, one of the most popular red varieties in the world, I can't say that it's more or less sensitive to these changes Pinot Noir. But based on its classification, as a region, one region two cold climate grape, it's likely to be more sensitive to these extreme highs in summer and degrade faster. We do know that Pinot Noir ripens sooner than Cabernet Sauvignon does, on average, you know, put them in the same spot and your Pinot is going to be done. I don't know spitballing number here two weeks before the Cabernet is so you harvest the two weeks ahead of time. That means if you're harvesting it at the same time as Cabernet, you're getting more degradation in those anthocyanin. So that would be the theory behind why Pinot Noir might be more affected by these high temperatures. But I don't have anything to cite for you at the moment. Craig Macmillan 16:25 Sure, sure. But I think that your insight there is useful in that. Okay, maybe we don't know what's gonna happen. We can kind of guess at some things that might happen. But if we know kind of where things might end up, or how the vine might repond, I might change my winemaking, I might change my canopy management style, right? I knew a guy who was an old school farmer, and he refused to put in drip irrigation even in new vineyards. And I asked him about it. And he said salts, that's the way to go. That's it only way to do it. And I was like, well, that's 1974 It's not 1974 anymore. And he goes looks listen in the middle of a day, it's 105 I can turn on those sprinklers. And I can cool that canopy and I can avoid stress. I said we're gonna overwater, you're gonna do it, because you just gotta know what you're doing son, like just, I can put it out there. And I can manage this a more effective tool for me. I watched him over the years and saw what he did. He had it really dialed in. But he had a totally different approach to what tool he wanted to use to deal with whatever the environmental condition was. And I thought that was really interesting and very clever. Are there things that we can learn from other parts of the world? Because obviously, there's differences in climate different places to Australia, you know, very different interestes and very warm areas there, if I understand correctly, are we gaining knowledge, we gained some guidance from other parts of the world on this topic? Chris Chen 17:42 If we're not we should be there's this popular topic that England United Kingdom can grow grapes now, and they can grow good grapes now. And that's new. That never used to be the case. And you know the story of I don't know if this is true. But the story of why Brut champagne or Brut sparkling wines called Brut is because the French made it for the English and they didn't like them. No, I mean, we do have things to learn. Yeah, we do have things to learn from other people, especially places that are really hot. South Africa, Australia, these, you know, these locations are, a lot of them are dealing with conditions that, you know, we see here as well, but they're dealing with it on a much larger scale. So we see, you know, really hot temperatures in the San Joaquin Valley, Sacramento Valley. But we grow grapes there. And we're good at it. You know, in Australia, that's a huge swath of land that's in those kinds of conditions. But then the one where it gets really sensitive is when we get to the coast when we get to colder climates, like where I work where I operate. So it's going to be, you know, the coastal regions that really are impacted more, because they don't have the infrastructure, they don't have the cultivars to really tolerate that heat. And what we need to do is look at places that are experiencing this change before we're experiencing it. And often these are Mediterranean climates, also, right, New Zealand, Australia, South America, Chile, and see what they're doing, see how they're adapting to it and what cultivars they're planting. You know, I'm not saying that all of Mendocino County should be planting Sheraz or Sahra. But you know, it might be good for some growers to try it out and see what's going on. I've been advocating for a lot of growers that, you know, if you're replanting, and vineyard, plant a few other cultivars somewhere and just see how they do, you know, it's not really great for if you're harvesting with the machine, because you end up knocking those into the same bin as all the other grapes. But if you could, you know, find an area where it's isolated and far enough away that you're not going to mix them up might be good to plant five, five to 10 vines of something else and see how it does because each each region is going to be different. Each region is going to have to have a different response because climate change is very regional. Craig Macmillan 19:53 But the good news is that we are pretty clever. As an industry we've come up with all kinds of solutions to all kinds of problems over the years. without the folks like you have made that possible. We're running out of time. But I want to ask you one very simple and very short question. And that is based on everything that we've kind of talked about what one piece of advice or what one takeaway would you give a grape grower? Chris Chen 20:16 I would say the most important thing is to do really good monitoring practices to really get out there and see how your vines are changing, and how your site is changing. You can you can try new cultivars, you can try, you know, different root stocks, you can try different canopy management practices. But if you don't keep track of how things are changing in response to that, then there's no point, right? There's a lot of really good tools out there. There's a lot of new things coming out that you can you can, you know, remotely sense and identify diseases, changes in stomatal conductance in different physiological measurements that are really important to developing a grapevine. Just look at these new monitoring solutions. Be wary of ones that may or may not work, you know, don't don't put all of your your eggs in one basket, that kind of thing. But get out there and monitor. Craig Macmillan 21:06 I think that's great advice. And I think that applies to a lot of things. Where can people find out more about you? Chris Chen 21:10 I have a website. If you go to Google, and you type in UC AND Chris Chen, it should bring up my bio, and there's a link to my lab page there, has a bunch of resources has a bunch of links and papers. And I think you know, especially if you're in the North Coast region and the counties I work in, you can just give me a call. You know, most people can just call me anyways, I work for University of California. So it's, you know, quasi public domain. Yeah, please feel free to reach out. Craig Macmillan 21:38 Fantastic. So our guest today has been Chris Chen. He's an integrated vineyard systems advisor for Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties with the University of California Cooperative Extension. Thanks for being on the podcast. Chris. This is really fun. Chris Chen 21:50 Thanks for having me. Craig. Enjoyed it. Transcribed by https://otter.ai
This week, FarmBits hosts Deepak Ghimire and Jose Cesario welcome Courtney Arnall and Brian Arnall from NinjaAg LLC to talk about the imagery and precision fertility management. Ninja Ag delivers corrected NDVI imagery, customizable and scalable fertility recommendations, and yield potential and ROI data. In this episode, Brian and Courtney discusses about the science behind the NinjaAg recommendation system and how their services are providing practical, scalable, and economical solution to the challenges of precision fertilizer management. Tune in to this exciting episode to learn more about NDVI imagery and how NinjaAg is helping to improve agricultural practices. NinjaAg Contact Information: E-mail: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinjaAgLLC LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ninjaagllc Website: https://ninjaag.com/ FarmBits Contact Information: E-Mail: farmbits@unl.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNLFarmBits Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNLFarmBits Jose's Twitter: https://twitter.com/josegcesario Jose's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-guilherme-cesario-pereira-pinto Deepak's Twitter: https://twitter.com/agrideepak093 Deepak's LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/in/deepak-ghimire Opinions expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast are solely their own, and do not reflect the views of Nebraska Extension or the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
You've heard about Jain's award-winning Water Management Services for permanent orchard crops. In this webinar, you will learn how the same fundamental smart irrigation practices are applied to grow tomatoes. Intelligent irrigation scheduling using soil moisture, satellite-based ETc, and NDVI, along with weather forecasting, helps save just as much water, inputs, and energy for row crops as it does for permanent crops. The growing season is shorter and more intense, so having detailed weekly irrigation schedules is even more important to balance costs with yields. During this webinar, you will learn: How Jain's Water Management Consulting Services helps tomato growers get more crop per drop What technology Jain uses to save water and labor while increasing yields How irrigation schedules and recommendations are made How best to interact with your water manager How much Water Management Consulting Services from Jain cost
You've heard about Jain's award-winning Water Management Consulting Services for nut and fruit trees. This webinar will teach you how the same fundamental innovative irrigation practices are applied to help grape growers. Intelligent irrigation scheduling using soil moisture, satellite-based ETc, and NDVI, along with weather forecasting, helps save just as much water, inputs, and energy for vineyards as it does for tree crops. In addition, the importance of managing vine stress is more critical during veraison, making the timing and duration of irrigation events a significant component of Water Management Services. Join this webinar to hear more about how Jain's Water Management Consulting Services are helping grape growers get more crop per drop. During this webinar, you will learn: How water management consulting services work for vineyards The competitive advantage gained from using irrigation ag technology in the field The cost associated with water management consulting services at Jain Irrigation About risk-free trial to get started
Gestiegene Preise für Düngemittel und immer strengere Verordnungen stellen Landwirtinnen und Landwirte vor große Herausforderungen. Eine Lösung kann Teilflächenspezifische Düngung sein. Ferdinand Spieth, Produktmanager für digitale Lösungen bei Yara, erklärt was das überhaupt ist und welche Vorteile diese Art der Pflanzenernährung mit sich bringt. Außerdem geht der Experte auf Vorbehalte gegen Teilflächenspezifische Düngung ein und gibt Tipps für Landwirte, die das Programm Atfarm nutzen möchten. Mehr zum Thema und über Yara: Webseite: https://www.yara.de/ Instagram – yaradeutschland: https://www.instagram.com/yaradeutschland/ Yara Forum Digital 2022 – Teilflächenspezifische Düngung: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzU-gKkPknY Atfarm Roadshow: https://www.yara.de/pflanzenernaehrung/tools-und-services/atfarm/atfarm-roadshow/ Kapitelmarken: 00:00:00 Intro und Begrüßung 00:01:10 Was ist Teilflächenspezifische Düngung? 00:02:24 5 Vorteile von Teilflächenspezifischer Düngung 00:05:45 Podiumsgespräch zu Teilflächenspezifischer Düngung 00:06:15 Wie funktioniert die Teilflächenspezifische Düngung? 00:10:00 NDVI und andere Indizes für Teilflächenspezifische Düngung 00:13:10 Teilflächenspezifische Düngung ist zeitaufwändig, aber effizient 00:15:15 Auch ohne viel Technik ist Teilflächenspezifische Düngung möglich 00:18:00 Einfach mal ausprobieren 00:19:00 Yara ist unterwegs – mit einer Roadshow 00:20:30 Verabschiedung und Outro
Quale sarà la produzione di grano nel 2022 sulla Pianura Padana o sul Tavoliere delle Puglie? Arriva un nuovo dato gratuito da Copernicus di che si tratta? A cosa serve un dato sulla fenologia e produttività ? Dove si trovano questi dati e come si possono ottenere?
Chegamos ao episódio 100! Um marco muito importante para mim e quero compartilhar com você minha alegria. Nele eu faço algumas reflexões sobre a improvável relação entre NDVI e fake news, mas sem spoiler. Tem que ouvir para entender. Nas comemorações do episódio 100 temos também um artigo no blog, o webinar Sequestro de Carbono na Amazônia hoje às 20h e a abertura da última turma do PDISL (Curso Processamento de Imagens de Satélites por Softwares Livres). Espero que goste da comemoração! Um grande abraço!
Se vuoi sapere perchè il prezzo dei tuoi spaghetti con le cozze aumenta, non perdere questo episodio! Crisi del grano: sempre più a rischio la produzione di pane e pasta (e i prezzi saliranno alle stelle). Siccità: come i satelliti monitorano la "piaga" ? Cosa fa il l'Osservatorio europeo della siccità EDO di Copernicus EU ?
Learn more about SWAT Maps: https://www.swatmaps.com/ Fieldwalker Agronomy: https://fieldwalker.ca/ Jonathan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZRAgri Today's episode is all about precision agriculture, so if you're into agronomy and variable rate technology, or what our guest would prefer to call optimal rate technology, you're in for a real treat. If these terms are new to you, at a basic level we are talking about technology that is being used to understand the variability of a field so that the precise (hence the name precision) amounts of a given seed, fertilizer, or other input can be applied in a way that maximizes the crop response, and of course, overall profitability. Plants don't grow by the acre, they grow on an individual basis and may respond differently based on site-specific factors. For more on precision ag, find these previous FoA episodes: 256, 244, 243, 218, 211, 200, 196, 179, 175, 108, 25. Today's episode is part of a series I'm doing called the Tech-Enabled Advisor. These are episodes I'm releasing once per month with the intention of better understanding agtech through the lense of the buyers and users rather than just the entrepreneurs or investors. We've done four of these so far: 255, 259, 264, and 269, and from what I've been hearing the reception has been excellent. Joining me on today's episode to talk about precision ag is Jonathan Zettler, who is an agronomist and the founder of Fieldwalker Agronomy Limited, a private crop consultancy in Minto, Ontario. After 17 seasons in ag retail, Jonathan launched the company to provide “profitable, actionable advice” to farmer customers. To make sure we hear from different types of guests on this Tech-Enabled Advisor series, I've asked various agtech companies to partner with me on these episodes. For today's episode, I'm fortunate to be partnering with Croptmistic Technology, the creators of SWAT Maps. Some of you may remember Croptimistic from my interview with company president Cory Willness last year in episode 211, or the separate podcast I do in partnership with them called SWAT Agronomy. Jonathan at FieldWalker was the first provider to test and start offering SWAT Maps in Eastern Canada. For a brief refresher on SWAT Maps, SWAT stands for soil, water, and topography. These maps are high resolution soil foundation maps used to execute variable rate fertilizer, seed, soil amendment, herbicide, and precision water management. Instead of just using imagery of vegetation, also known as NDVI imagery, SWAT Maps takes an integrated soil-based approach that starts with RTK or LIDAR elevation, soil color sensors, and electrical conductivity. Then they use that data to build more useful layers: topography models, water flow paths, normalized EC layers, and soil organic matter. With a patented process and proprietary software tools, layers are modeled into a single encompassing map that depicts soil properties, water influences, and topography of the field. Croptimistic Technology is the company that created SWAT Maps and they partner with companies like Jonathan's to implement the technology and combine it with local agronomic advice. Learn more about them at SWATMaps.com. In today's episode, Jonathan and I discuss the evolution of precision agriculture adoption in his area of Ontario. How he is building his agronomy business using SWAT Maps as part of his foundation. His agronomy tech stack, what tool he still would like to see created, and why tech will never fully replace the agronomist. Oh, and why he prefers the term “optimal rate” over the term “variable rate”.
Thoroughly scouting large fields for numerous different pests is extremely time consuming, but cutting corners may result in yield losses and long term challenges. Tim Pearson, Regional Sales Manager for Taranis, is our guest for this episode of the FarmBits podcast to discuss how Taranis is providing precision scouting services. Taranis originated in Israel and is now headquartered in Westfield, Indiana. They provide imagery and artificial intelligence services primarily to trusted advisors and retail outlets, and can generally be considered a digital scouting service. In this episode, Tim shares with us how Taranis's technology works, what their approach to scouting is, how it is helping to make scouting operations more efficient, and how their technology may work with other technologies to produce greater benefit. Taranis is quickly gaining popularity and this episode is a great opportunity to look under the hood of a growing service. Tim's Contact Information: E-Mail: tim.pearson@taranis.ag Cell: (402) 269-0799 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-pearson-30634ab2/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wildcatcropdr Taranis Information: Website: https://taranis.ag/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taranis_ag/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaranisAg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taranisvisual YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-0bs-qsyk-27FbFGVc6lw LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/taranis-visual/ FarmBits Contact Information: E-Mail: farmbits@unl.edu Twitter: https://twitter.com/NEDigitalAg Jackson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jstansell87 Jackson's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacksonstansell/ Zach's Twitter: https://twitter.com/zachrystrom Zach's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-rystrom-90744376/ Opinions expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast are solely their own, and do not reflect the views of Nebraska Extension or the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
Food Security Portal Virtual Seminar Using Big Data and Machine Learning to Predict Poverty and Malnutrition for Targeting, Mapping, Monitoring, and Early Warning July 28, 2021, 08:00 am EDT Increasingly plentiful data and powerful predictive algorithms have heightened the promise of data science for humanitarian and development programming. As agencies increasingly embrace and invest in machine learning methods for poverty and malnutrition targeting, mapping, monitoring, and early warning, it is essential to recognize that different objectives require distinct data and methods. In this webinar, we highlight the differences between poverty and malnutrition targeting and mapping, the differences between structural and stochastic deprivation, and the modeling and data challenges of early warning systems development based on machine learning methods. We also present two studies that apply machine learning methods to predict poverty and malnutrition. This webinar is the second of a two-part webinar to present new data and findings from ongoing research under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (http://www.usaid.gov/)-funded project "Harnessing Big Data and Machine Learning to Feed the Future" (http://barrett.dyson.cornell.edu/research/innovations.html), based at Cornell University. Researchers and analysts from operational agencies are invited to join these events for a presentation and discussion of key principles, data sources, methods, and applications. Linden McBride, St Mary's College of Maryland, discussed a number of conceptual issues in this research area. Yanyan Liu, IFPRI, presented a study that uses publicly available, moderate-resolution vegetation index (normalized difference vegetation index, or NDVI) data and convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to produce accurate poverty estimates at the community level in low-income, rural economies. Chris Browne, Cornell University, presented a second study that demonstrates how interpretable multivariate random forest models can produce estimates of a set of (potentially correlated) malnutrition and poverty prevalence measures using free, open access, regularly updated, georeferenced data. Finally, Medha Bulumulla, Cornell University, briefly introduced the USAID project web site where data, papers, presentations, and code are freely available and walk participants through an annotated code that can be adapted and replicated for other applications. Presenters: Linden McBride (http://lindenmcbride.com/index.html), Assistant Professor, St Mary's College of Maryland, US Yanyan Liu (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/yanyan-liu), Senior Research Fellow, Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI, USA Chris Browne (https://www.cam.cornell.edu/research/grad-students/chris-browne), PhD Candidate, Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, USA Medha Bulumulla, Research Assistant, Cornell University, USA Moderator: Christopher B. Barrett (https://dyson.cornell.edu/faculty-research/faculty/cbb2/) , SB&JG Ashley Professor, Cornell University, USA Discussant: Rob Vos (https://www.ifpri.org/profile/rob-vos), Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division, IFPRI, USA For more information and other webinar materials, visit https://www.foodsecurityportal.org/node/1765 Other Food Security Portal (FSP) Events: https://www.foodsecurityportal.org/events
Today's show is about drones for agriculture and construction. What are some of the best (and more affordable) options for applications like agricultural spraying, NDVI, and construction mapping? Our caller for today, Peter, all the way from Hungary has an excellent question about using drones for agriculture and construction. Peter recently went through our Comprehensive Mapping course and is now keen to start a drone mapping business, and he is on a tight budget of $9,000. Specifically, he is planning on providing his drone services to the agricultural and construction sectors. On today's show, we first discuss the Phantom 4 Pro RTK. Is the P4 RTK a good choice for mapping large tracts of land? Can you expect to achieve cm-level accuracy with this much-hyped DJI drone? We move on to discuss the nuances of some other larger, more expensive drones like the DJI Agras, the Yamaha RMAX, and the P4 Multispectral. Towards the end, we have an animated discussion about the traditional surveying industry as we know it - and why it is ripe for disruption. Enjoy! Get Your Biggest and Most Common Drone Certificate Questions Answered by Downloading this FREE Part 107 PDF Make sure to get yourself the all-new Drone U landing pad! Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you're there, leave us a 5-star review, if you're inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community. Follow Us Site – https://thedroneu.com/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/droneu Instagram – https://instagram.com/thedroneu/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/thedroneu YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps [02:48]Today's question is about drones for agriculture and construction [04:50]Are drone laws in Europe far more progressive compared to the US? [06:00]2D mapping and 3D modeling applications in construction [07:27]What is the commercial viability of drone models created without GCP's? [08:11]The absurdity of drone laws in California [11:10] Best drones for agriculture - Why Phantom 4 RTK is not the right choice for agriculture and construction [13:06]DJI Agras vs. Yamaha RMAX helicopter - which is the best option for agriculture drone spraying? [14:50]Is Phantom 4 Pro V2 a good option for Peter? [16:00]Drone U member maps an Amazon distribution center [18:30]Is Aeropoints a good solution for Peter? [20:40]Which is the best drone for mapping large tracts of land? [20:53]What about the P4 Multispectral drone? Should you use it for agricultural drone mapping? [23:55]Should you use checkpoints for RTK drones? [24:41]Can you pair the Leica receiver with your RTK drone? [28:00]Why the surveying industry is ripe for disruption [31:43]Can you build a scalable drone business with the DJI Agras?
Today's show is about drones in construction and agriculture. What are some of the best (and more affordable) options for applications like agricultural spraying, NDVI, and construction mapping? Our caller for today, Peter, all the way from Hungary has an excellent question about using drones for agriculture and construction. Peter recently went through our Comprehensive Mapping course and is now keen to start a drone mapping business, and he is on a tight budget of $9,000. Specifically, he is planning on providing his drone services to the agricultural and construction sectors. On today's show, we first discuss the Phantom 4 Pro RTK. Is the P4 RTK a good choice for mapping large tracts of land? Can you expect to achieve cm-level accuracy with this much-hyped DJI drone? We move on to discuss the nuances of some other larger, more expensive drones like the DJI Agras, the Yamaha RMAX, and the P4 Multispectral. Towards the end, we have an animated discussion about the traditional surveying industry as we know it - and why it is ripe for disruption. Enjoy! Get Your Biggest and Most Common Drone Certificate Questions Answered by Downloading this FREE Part 107 PDF Make sure to get yourself the all-new Drone U landing pad! Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you’re there, leave us a 5-star review, if you’re inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community. Follow Us Site – https://thedroneu.com/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/droneu Instagram – https://instagram.com/thedroneu/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/thedroneu YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps Today's question is about drones in agriculture and construction Are drone laws in Europe far more progressive compared to the US? 2D mapping and 3D modeling applications in construction What is the commercial viability of drone models created without GCP's? The absurdity of drone laws in California Why Phantom 4 RTK is not the right choice for agriculture and construction DJI Agras vs. Yamaha RMAX helicopter - which is the best option for agriculture drone spraying? Is Phantom 4 Pro V2 a good option for Peter? Drone U member maps an Amazon distribution center Is Aeropoints a good solution for Peter? Which is the best drone for mapping large tracts of land? What about the P4 Multispectral drone? Should you use it for agricultural drone mapping? Should you use checkpoints for RTK drones? Can you pair the Leica receiver with your RTK drone? Why the surveying industry is ripe for disruption Can you build a scalable drone business with the DJI Agras?
Основным постулатом ведения точного земледелия является использование многочисленных приборов, гаджетов и агрегатов, позволяющих оперативно выполнять различные операции прямо в полевых условиях для оценки многочисленных показателей (воды для приготовления рабочего раствора, кислотности почвы, определения индекса NDVI и многого другого). Что должна включать в себя сумка агронома, какие полевые приборы в тренде, а какие нет смысла использовать — в нашем обзоре!.
В чем заключаются особенности дифференцированного внесения фунгицидов и регуляторов роста в зависимости от зон плодородия почв. В каких случаях при дифференцированном внесении фунгицидов и регуляторов роста ориентироваться на карты-задания и показатели NDVI, можно ли превышать предельно допустимые дозировки и какую схему выбрать для проведения обработок. На эти темы идет речь в нашем обзоре.
Con Andrea Cruciani di Agricolus.Il #precisionfarming: come scegliere dati e servizi sul mercato? Olive, cereali, vino, quali sono le applicazioni più diffuse e quali meno? Come si fa business con i satelliti nel settore dell'agricoltura di precisione?
Можно ли использовать индекс NDVI для оценки земель? Ответ на этот вопрос искали участники очередного вебинара, организованного компанией «Агроноут». В ходе онлайн-трансляции эксперты подвергли тщательному анализу данные, полученные по этой технологии оценки посевов и обсудили их с точки зрения часто допускаемых ошибок и актуальных проблем, а также обратили внимание на инновационные альтернативные технологии.
Welcome to Drone Mapping 101 - Orthomosaics Join me, a Drone Scientist, each week for a new lesson. We will cover GCPs, Point Clouds, RTK/PPK, NDVI, Thermography, and more fundamentals of GIS and Remote Sensing. Designed for commercial drone pilots that want to take their service to the next level! This lesson is sponsored by Skywatch.AI drone insurance (www.skywatch.ai)
Today we talk to Meg Kummerow from Fly The Farm about the role of drones in agriculture, we discuss who's using this technology and why. Drones are playing a larger role in farming across both the cropping and livestock industries filling various rolls including crop scouting, mustering, NDVI, spraying and more. We also touch the legislation around operating a drone in Australia and where Meg believes drone technology is going. If you'd like to know more about drones in ag or are interested in getting a drone please check out Meg's website "Fly The Farm" https://www.flythefarm.com.au/
In today’s show, Chris interviews Ted Strazimiri. Co-Founder and President, SkyDeploy UAS. Even as a high school student, Ted was dynamic and “okay with the idea of being uncomfortable”. It is of little surprise that Ted has already dabbled in a myriad of interesting careers. After an extremely successful stint as a student painter, Ted worked as an architectural coatings experts for a bit. Next, Ted worked for four years at one of the world’s most iconic and valuable companies – Apple. In this segment of the call, Ted talks about customer services and shares some nuanced tips for managing negative interactions. Currently, Ted has transitioned to entrepreneurship with SkyDeploy UAS. SkyDeploy UAS is a drone service company offering NDVI services to the agriculture sector. So, what compelled Ted to form a drone technology company? Ted gives us a peek into this nascent sector and reveals how the agricultural and farming sector can use drone technology to acquire data at a more affordable cost. We also discuss some of the biggest challenges that start-ups commonly face. Topics discussed in this segment of the show include managing an organization as a solo entrepreneur, how to find a suitable co-founder, the importance of mental health, and much, much more… We hope you enjoy this show. What You Will Learn In This Show Expert tips for dealing with disgruntled customers How to overcome the challenges of running a start-up A “peek” into the exploding drone technology sector How to overcome the challenges of managing a start-up And much, much more… Resources Student Works Chris Thomson LinkedIn Chris’s Email The Courage to Be Disliked
Today's show is about the commercial viability of technical drone services like NDVI inspections and drone mapping. From a purely commercial perspective, are technical drone services more lucrative compared to creative drone services? Our caller for today, Jun is a drone photographer and videographer from Los Angeles. In the wake of the pandemic, as opportunities in the creative field have dried up, Jun is wondering if providing technical drone services would benefit him commercially. Specifically, Jun is considering NDVI inspections and drone mapping/modeling. How can Jun do an accurate cost-benefit analysis before he starts offering a new service? Sure. You might be able to charge what seems like an attractive rate. But, you will have to invest in expensive drone equipment, accessories, and training before you start taking these jobs. Topics discussed in today's show include pricing strategies, and how to protect and grow your drone business in the wake of the pandemic. Thanks for the great question, Jun. Fly Safe! Hone your drone skills by signing up for one of our webinars or online classes - and make the most of this downtime! - https://thedroneu.com/droneu-events/ Recently crashed your drone? Unable to find trained technicians who can repair your drone quickly and at a reasonable rate? Don't fret. The cool folks at Fortress UAV can help you get your drone back up in the air in as little as 7 days! Use Promo Code “DroneU” to get 25% off. Drone U Members get an extra 5% off on total repair costs. Check them out now! Get Your Biggest and Most Common Drone Certificate Questions Answered by Downloading this FREE Part 107 PDF Make sure to get yourself the all-new Drone U landing pad! Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you're there, leave us a 5-star review, if you're inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community.Follow us:Site - https://thedroneu.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/droneuInstagram - https://instagram.com/thedroneu/Twitter - https://twitter.com/thedroneuYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps [01:27] Today's question is about pricing technical drone services [03:24] How to do an accurate cost-benefit analysis before offering a new drone service [04:55] How to price technical drone services [10:30] Check out our Drone Business Course for some nuanced information guaranteed to help you and your business
Today's show is about the commercial viability of technical drone services like NDVI inspections and drone mapping. From a purely commercial perspective, are technical drone services more lucrative compared to creative drone services? Our caller for today, Jun is a drone photographer and videographer from Los Angeles. In the wake of the pandemic, as opportunities in the creative field have dried up, Jun is wondering if providing technical drone services would benefit him commercially. Specifically, Jun is considering NDVI inspections and drone mapping/modeling. How can Jun do an accurate cost-benefit analysis before he starts offering a new service? Sure. You might be able to charge what seems like an attractive rate. But, you will have to invest in expensive drone equipment, accessories, and training before you start taking these jobs. Topics discussed in today's show include pricing strategies, and how to protect and grow your drone business in the wake of the pandemic. Thanks for the great question, Jun. Fly Safe! Hone your drone skills by signing up for one of our webinars or online classes - and make the most of this downtime! - https://www.thedroneu.com/droneu-events/ Recently crashed your drone? Unable to find trained technicians who can repair your drone quickly and at a reasonable rate? Don’t fret. The cool folks at Fortress UAV can help you get your drone back up in the air in as little as 7 days! Use Promo Code “DroneU” to get 25% off. Drone U Members get an extra 5% off on total repair costs. Check them out now! Get Your Biggest and Most Common Drone Certificate Questions Answered by Downloading this FREE Part 107 PDF Make sure to get yourself the all-new Drone U landing pad! Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you're there, leave us a 5-star review, if you're inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community.Follow us:Site - https://thedroneu.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/droneuInstagram - https://instagram.com/thedroneu/Twitter - https://twitter.com/thedroneuYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Timestamps Today's question is about pricing technical drone services How to do an accurate cost-benefit analysis before offering a new drone service How to price technical drone services Check out our Drone Business Course for some nuanced information guaranteed to help you and your business
In the past we have briefly touched on the use of remotely sensed ETc to optimize irrigation. In this webinar we have invited Sumer Johal, CEO and Founder of Agralogics, to share a more in-depth look at the numerous applications of satellite based information. We will go beyond just the images and talk about the importance of using analytics in specific on-farm applications, including pest pressure, irrigation system performance, nutrient deficiencies and soil disparities. You will see actual images, analytics and learn how to look for potential problems in the field long before the human eye can detect them. Special Guests: Jeff Tuel and Sumer Johal.
Ryan Johnson is a drone pilot based on Fargo, North Dakota, and has been in business for 4 years. His first 3 years were part time, and he has now been full time drones for the past year. Ryan's business consists of mapping, precision agriculture, as well as real estate and marketing. You can find Ryan on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and his website. And yes, this drone podcast is an offshoot of my Drone Impact program. If you're interested in joining my weekly online drone mastermind meetings, sign up right here and I'll send you the joining instructions!
A farmer at the foot of a corn stalk can tell how well the plant is faring. That same farmer might survey his entire field for crop health. But assessing the health of crops or forests at regional, national, and international scales requires remote sensing, most often via satellite. In this episode of Eyes on Earth, we talk to Jesslyn Brown about the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), a tool that uses the broader electromagnetic spectrum to estimate plant health.
A farmer at the foot of a corn stalk can tell how well the plant is faring. That same farmer might survey his entire field for crop health. But assessing the health of crops or forests at regional, national, and international
A farmer at the foot of a corn stalk can tell how well the plant is faring. That same farmer might survey his entire field for crop health. But assessing the health of crops or forests at regional, national, and international scales requires remote sensing, most often via satellite. In this episode of Eyes on Earth, we talk to Jesslyn Brown about the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), a tool that uses the broader electromagnetic spectrum to estimate plant health.
ಜಿ.ಐ.ಎಸ್. ಅಥವಾ ಭೌಗೋಳಿಕ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನವೆಂದರೆ ಏನು? ಜಿ.ಪಿ.ಎಸ್., ಗೂಗಲ್ ಮ್ಯಾಪ್ ಮತ್ತು ಇತರ ನಕ್ಷೆಗಳ ಹಾಗು ಸಂಚರಣೆ ಸೌಲಭ್ಯಗಳ ಹಿಂದಿರುವ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನವೇನು? ಈ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನವನ್ನು ನಗರಗಳನ್ನೂ ಯೋಜಿಸುವುದು, ಆಡಳಿತ ಮತ್ತು ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಹೇಗೆ ವಿನಿಯೋಗಿಸಬಹುದು? ಡಾ. ಹೆಚ್.ಎಸ್. ಸುಧೀರ ರವರು ಪವನ್ ಶ್ರೀನಾಥ್ ರವರೊಂದಿಗೆ ನಮ್ಮ 35ನೇ ಕಂತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಡಾ. ಹೆಚ್.ಎಸ್. ಸುಧೀರ ರವರು ಐ.ಐ.ಎಸ್.ಸಿ. ಯಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಪಿ.ಹೆಚ್.ಡಿ. ಪಡೆದ ನಂತರ ತುಮಕೂರಿನ ಹತ್ತಿರದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಗುಬ್ಬಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗುಬ್ಬಿ ಲ್ಯಾಬ್ಸ್ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಗುಬ್ಬಿ ಲ್ಯಾಬ್ಸ್ ನಗರ ಯೋಜನೆ, ಪರಿಸರ ಸಂರಕ್ಷಣೆ ಮತ್ತಿತರ ವಿಷಯಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆ ಮತ್ತು ಕಾರ್ಯಾಗಾರಗಳನ್ನು ನಡೆಸುತ್ತದೆ, ಸಲಹೆಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ. What is GIS, or a Geographical Information System? What is the technology that goes into making GPS, Google Maps and other mapping and navigational tools? Can GIS technology be used to improve urban planning, governance and development? Dr HS Sudhira joins Pavan Srinath on Episode 35 of the Thale-Harate Kannada Podcast to explain mapping technologies and various aspects of how Bengaluru is governed. Dr HS Sudhira got his PhD from the Indian Institute of Science, and started Gubbi Labs, a research collective based out of Gubbi, near Tumkur. Gubbi Labs conducts research, workshops and consulting on a host of issues ranging from mapping, urban planning, environmental conservation and more. ಫಾಲೋ ಮಾಡಿ. Follow the Thalé-Haraté Kannada Podcast @haratepod. Facebook: https://facebook.com/HaratePod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HaratePod/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/haratepod/ ಈಮೇಲ್ ಕಳಿಸಿ, send us an email at haratepod@gmail.com. Subscribe & listen to the podcast on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Castbox, AudioBoom, YouTube, Souncloud, Spotify, Saavn or any other podcast app. We are there everywhere. ಬನ್ನಿ ಕೇಳಿ! You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/
What are Some Drone Surveying and Mapping Jobs that Do Not Need a Licensed Surveyor to Sign Off on Them? Today's show is about drone surveying and mapping. Austin from North Carolina, a regular ADU listener, listened to our show, "Can Drone Pilots Create Drone Maps Without Being a Surveyor? ". In this show, we discussed how licensed surveyors and state surveying boards are harassing drone pilots taking up drone surveying jobs. In his question today, Austin is wondering whether all drone surveying jobs require a licensed surveyor to sign off on them. Drone surveying and mapping have many different applications, and it is essential to segment these applications into two distinct categories. While some applications require a drone pilot to team up with a licensed surveyor, there are many applications for which you do not need a licensed surveyor at all. In this show, you will learn about the different drone uses like 3D reconstruction, NDVI mapping, and volumetric measurements that do not require a surveying license. Further, we also discuss how different states have different drone laws when it comes to drone surveying and mapping. Which are some of the best and worst states for drone surveying and mapping? Tune in to find out. Thanks for the great question, Austin. Fly Safe! Recently crashed your drone? Unable to find trained technicians who can repair your drone quickly and at a reasonable rate? Don’t fret. The cool folks at Fortress UAV can help you get your drone back up in the air in as little as 7 days! Use Promo Code “DroneU” to get 25% off. Drone U Members get an extra 5% off on total repair costs. Check them out now! Make sure to get yourself the all-new Drone U landing pad! Get your questions answered: https://thedroneu.com/. If you enjoy the show, the #1 thing you can do to help us out is to subscribe to it on iTunes. Can we ask you to do that for us real quick? While you're there, leave us a 5-star review, if you're inclined to do so. Thanks! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-drone-u/id967352832. Become a Drone U Member. Access to over 30 courses, great resources, and our incredible community. Looking for simple, fast, and transparent coverage that gives you peace of mind? Our friends at Skywatch are offering affordable on-demand drone insurance that rewards YOU for flying safely. Check them out NOW! Both hourly and monthly options available. Follow us: Site - https://thedroneu.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/droneu Instagram - https://instagram.com/thedroneu/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/thedroneu YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/droneu Get your copy of “Livin’ the Drone Life” – http://amzn.to/2nalUDH Get your copy of our Part 107 Study Guide – https://amzn.to/2omQatT//amzn.to/2omQatT Check out our upcoming Mapping Classes – www.buytickets.at/droneu Timestamps ContextCapture vs. Pix4D - Which is the better option for drone mapping? Today's question is about drone surveying and mapping Do you need a surveying license to draw boundary lines? Can you showcase accuracy without having a surveyors license? Do you need a licensed surveyor to do ALTA surveys and boundary surveys? Do state surveying boards have the authority to prevent drone pilots from taking up drone surveying jobs? What are the laws for drone surveying in California? Do different states have different laws when it comes to drone surveying? Drone surveying and mapping uses for which you do NOT need a licensed surveyor Do Native Americans have any right over airspace? ??
We had Patrick Campbell of Sentera on the podcast this week to discuss all that Sentera offers, especially how it can benefit that bottom line for farmers. We also had a returning guest as Matt Jahnke joined the discussion about drones and utilizing technology in general.
Neste episódio, Paulo e Ângelo trazem mais um glossário de termos do agronegócio, com sugestões dos ouvintes espalhados pelo Brasil e pelo Mundo. Se tiver chovendo na horta, é melhor levantar o camalhão. ================== LINKS CITADOS NO EPISÓDIO O que significa NDVI e o qual sua relação com agricultura: http://inteliagro.com.br/o-que-significa-ndvi-e-o-qual-sua-relacao-com-agricultura/ Planejamento agrícola: 6 mandamentos que você deveria seguir: https://blog.aegro.com.br/mandamentos-planejamento-agricola/ O que é bushel? http://inteliagro.com.br/o-que-e-bushel/ Sistema sulco/camalhão para irrigação e drenagem em áreas de várzea: https://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/31294/1/comunicado-165.pdf Entenda o que é citricultura brasileira e sua importância: https://www.fragmaq.com.br/blog/entenda-o-que-e-citricultura-brasileira-e-sua-importancia Efeito residual de herbicidas no solo (“Carryover”): http://www.rbherbicidas.com.br/index.php/rbh/article/download/106/110 Produção de Etanol: Primeira ou Segunda Geração? https://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/bitstream/doc/886571/1/CITE04.pdf PARTICIPE DA III SEMANA DE COMPUTAÇÃO Em 2019, a SECOMP será realizada entre os dias 20 e 24 de maio, nas dependências do campus Campos do Jordão do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo. Assim como nas outras edições, o evento contará com a apresentação de palestras e minicursos com temas abrangentes e diversificados, ministrados por profissionais altamente qualificados. Participe! Conheça um pouco mais sobre Computação, Ciência, Tecnologia e Empreendedorismo. Para mais informações, acesse o site https://www.secompcjo.com.br INTERAJA COM O AGRO RESENHA Twitter: twitter.com/AgroResenha Instagram: www.instagram.com/agroresenha Facebook: www.facebook.com/agroresenha WhatsApp: http://bit.ly/agronozapzap / +55 (65) 99298-9406 E-MAIL Se você tem alguma sugestão de pauta, reclamação ou dúvida envie um e-mail para contato@agroresenha.com.br CONTRIBUA COM O AGRO RESENHA PicPay: https://picpay.me/agroresenha Padrim: https://www.padrim.com.br/agroresenha PADRINHOS E MADRINHAS DO AGRO RESENHA Paulo Henrique Sá Fortes Mariely Biff Fabio Makoto Okuno Michael Ortigara Goulart Luciano Mendes César Kobayakawa Cleomar Amaral Michely Santana Lucas Fuchs Cesar Augusto da Silva Bessa Paulo Massaharu Ozaki Maria Luisa de Moraes Ozaki Fernando Borges Luiz Fernando Sacchett Dias Geide Antonio Figueiredo Junior Rondiny Carneiro Jaime Sanchez da Cruz Rios Marcos Mamoru Fugio Otto Ozaki André Tavares de Vasconcelos Carla Papai Diego Henrique Uroda Albert Kenji Hirose Nayara Nunes Rodrigues Valter Galan Daniel Rezende Gobbi Alberto Affonso Marinho Neto Fernando Alonso Bueno Enrique da Silva Gomes Gaspar César Pedroso Pablo Figueiredo Guilherme Távora Paulo Henrique Sá Fortes Caio Zitelli Gabriel Testa Michel Cambri Leonardo Alves César Augusto Figueiredo Wilton Arruda FICHA TÉCNICA Roteiro e produção: Paulo Ozaki Convidado: Ângelo Ozelame Edição: Senhor A - https://editorsenhor-a.com.br
Neste episódio, Paulo e Ângelo trazem mais um glossário de termos do agronegócio, com sugestões dos ouvintes espalhados pelo Brasil e pelo Mundo. Se tiver chovendo na horta, é melhor levantar o camalhão. ================== LINKS CITADOS NO EPISÓDIO O que significa NDVI e o qual sua relação com agricultura: http://inteliagro.com.br/o-que-significa-ndvi-e-o-qual-sua-relacao-com-agricultura/ Planejamento agrícola: 6 mandamentos que você deveria seguir: https://blog.aegro.com.br/mandamentos-planejamento-agricola/ O que é bushel? http://inteliagro.com.br/o-que-e-bushel/ Sistema sulco/camalhão para irrigação e drenagem em áreas de várzea: https://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/31294/1/comunicado-165.pdf Entenda o que é citricultura brasileira e sua importância: https://www.fragmaq.com.br/blog/entenda-o-que-e-citricultura-brasileira-e-sua-importancia Efeito residual de herbicidas no solo (“Carryover”): http://www.rbherbicidas.com.br/index.php/rbh/article/download/106/110 Produção de Etanol: Primeira ou Segunda Geração? https://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/bitstream/doc/886571/1/CITE04.pdf PARTICIPE DA III SEMANA DE COMPUTAÇÃO Em 2019, a SECOMP será realizada entre os dias 20 e 24 de maio, nas dependências do campus Campos do Jordão do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo. Assim como nas outras edições, o evento contará com a apresentação de palestras e minicursos com temas abrangentes e diversificados, ministrados por profissionais altamente qualificados. Participe! Conheça um pouco mais sobre Computação, Ciência, Tecnologia e Empreendedorismo. Para mais informações, acesse o site https://www.secompcjo.com.br INTERAJA COM O AGRO RESENHA Twitter: twitter.com/AgroResenha Instagram: www.instagram.com/agroresenha Facebook: www.facebook.com/agroresenha WhatsApp: http://bit.ly/agronozapzap / +55 (65) 99298-9406 E-MAIL Se você tem alguma sugestão de pauta, reclamação ou dúvida envie um e-mail para contato@agroresenha.com.br CONTRIBUA COM O AGRO RESENHA PicPay: https://picpay.me/agroresenha Padrim: https://www.padrim.com.br/agroresenha PADRINHOS E MADRINHAS DO AGRO RESENHA Paulo Henrique Sá Fortes Mariely Biff Fabio Makoto Okuno Michael Ortigara Goulart Luciano Mendes César Kobayakawa Cleomar Amaral Michely Santana Lucas Fuchs Cesar Augusto da Silva Bessa Paulo Massaharu Ozaki Maria Luisa de Moraes Ozaki Fernando Borges Luiz Fernando Sacchett Dias Geide Antonio Figueiredo Junior Rondiny Carneiro Jaime Sanchez da Cruz Rios Marcos Mamoru Fugio Otto Ozaki André Tavares de Vasconcelos Carla Papai Diego Henrique Uroda Albert Kenji Hirose Nayara Nunes Rodrigues Valter Galan Daniel Rezende Gobbi Alberto Affonso Marinho Neto Fernando Alonso Bueno Enrique da Silva Gomes Gaspar César Pedroso Pablo Figueiredo Guilherme Távora Paulo Henrique Sá Fortes Caio Zitelli Gabriel Testa Michel Cambri Leonardo Alves César Augusto Figueiredo Wilton Arruda FICHA TÉCNICA Roteiro e produção: Paulo Ozaki Convidado: Ângelo Ozelame Edição: Senhor A - https://editorsenhor-a.com.br See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cheyenne Laux is a drone pilot based in Kentucky, who is operating a drone business with his brother-in-law. His company is called AgDrone PRO, and they concentrate on providing actionable drone data for precision agriculture. Precision agriculture is a farming management concept based on observing, measuring and responding to inter and intra-field variability in crops. Cheyenne and his company utilize drones to capture data, which they can turn into direct action for farmers. Long gone are the days of wasting resources on the entire field! Now you can simply apply to the areas that need it, instead of covering the entire field in the same amounts. With large areas of land to cover, Cheyenne is utilizing a combo of multi-rotor and vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drones to capture his data. In addition to the drone, he's also flying a variety of multispectral sensors to capture everything from RGB (red/green/blue) to NDVI (normalized difference vegetation index). So far he's been flying the AeroVironment Quantax, and has recently started working with the BirdsEyeView FireFLY6. Both systems are VTOL, and can carry Slantrange sensors. Since they're running a team of drone pilots across the country, they need a management solution to keep tabs on all their equipment, pilots, and missions. Recently, Cheyenne was contacted by the Kittyhawk team about their drone fleet management software. They've just started using it, however love what they see so far. If you're also managing a team of drone pilots, this may be of interest to you too. Anyway, we had a nice long chat about Precision Ag and VTOL drones. Hopefully you enjoy listening in, and if you have any questions feel free to reach out to us in the comments below. Also, if you like the show, we'd love for you to share it with another drone pilot! Thanks in advance!
What will agronomy look like five or ten years from now? Will drones and automation have replaced agronomists and field walks? There’s no denying that technology definitely plays a larger role in his job than it used to, says Shane Thomas, agronomist with Yara Canada. From field mapping software, to variable rate capabilities, NDVI readings,... Read More
Em mais um episódio abordando os mitos e verdades do agronegócio, Paulo e Ângelo, com a ajuda dos ouvintes, falaram de temas diversos e alguns até polêmicos, tais como: uso da água pela soja, qualidade de carne, peido da vaca, NDVI e OGM. Ficou curioso? Então dá o play! ================== LINKS CITADOS NO EPISÓDIO Ecofisiologia da soja: https://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/bitstream/doc/470308/1/circtec48.pdf The green, blue and grey water footprint of farm animals and animal products: https://waterfootprint.org/media/downloads/Report-48-WaterFootprint-AnimalProducts-Vol1_1.pdf Meat quality of steers finished on autumn grass, grass silage or concentrate-based diets: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0309174000000371 Comparação de algumas características qualitativas da carne de animais em diferentes sistemas de terminação: https://www.beefpoint.com.br/comparacao-de-algumas-caracteristicas-qualitativas-da-carne-de-animais-em-diferentes-sistemas-de-terminacao-5181/ Entenda o NDVI, EVI e Produtividade de uma vez por todas: http://inteliagro.com.br/entenda-o-ndvi-evi-e-produtividade/ Conheça as 4 mentiras de quem diz prever safras com 100% de certeza: http://inteliagro.com.br/conheca-as-4-mentiras-de-quem-diz-prever-safras-com-100-de-certeza/ Transgênicos: avaliação da possível (in)segurança alimentar através da produção científica: http://www.redalyc.org/pdf/3861/386138045006.pdf Characterization of scientific studies usually cited as evidence of adverse effects of GM food/feed: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/pbi.12798 A pecuária de corte brasileira e o aquecimento global: https://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/bitstream/doc/47808/1/Documentos72.pdf Livestock’s long shadow: http://www.fao.org/3/a-a0701e.pdf INTERAJA COM O AGRO RESENHA Twitter: twitter.com/AgroResenha Instagram: www.instagram.com/agroresenha Facebook: www.facebook.com/agroresenha WhatsApp: http://bit.ly/agronozapzap / +55 (65) 99298-9406 E-MAIL Se você tem alguma sugestão de pauta, reclamação ou dúvida envie um e-mail para contato@agroresenha.com.br PADRINHOS E MADRINHAS DO AGRO RESENHA Paulo Henrique Sá Fortes Mariely Biff Fabio Makoto Okuno Michael Ortigara Goulart Luciano Mendes César Kobayakawa Cleomar Amaral Michely Santana Lucas Fuchs Cesar Augusto da Silva Bessa Paulo Massaharu Ozaki Maria Luisa de Moraes Ozaki Fernando Borges Luiz Fernando Sacchett Dias Geide Antonio Figueiredo Junior Rondiny Carneiro Jaime Sanchez da Cruz Rios Marcos Mamoru Fugio Otto Ozaki André Tavares de Vasconcelos Carla Papai Diego Henrique Uroda Albert Kenji Hirose Nayara Nunes Rodrigues Valter Galan Daniel Rezende Gobbi Alberto Affonso Marinho Neto FICHA TÉCNICA Roteiro e produção: Paulo Ozaki Edição: Senhor A - https://editorsenhor-a.com.br Convidado: Ângelo Ozelame
Em mais um episódio abordando os mitos e verdades do agronegócio, Paulo e Ângelo, com a ajuda dos ouvintes, falaram de temas diversos e alguns até polêmicos, tais como: uso da água pela soja, qualidade de carne, peido da vaca, NDVI e OGM. Ficou curioso? Então dá o play! ================== LINKS CITADOS NO EPISÓDIO Ecofisiologia da soja: https://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/bitstream/doc/470308/1/circtec48.pdf The green, blue and grey water footprint of farm animals and animal products: https://waterfootprint.org/media/downloads/Report-48-WaterFootprint-AnimalProducts-Vol1_1.pdf Meat quality of steers finished on autumn grass, grass silage or concentrate-based diets: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0309174000000371 Comparação de algumas características qualitativas da carne de animais em diferentes sistemas de terminação: https://www.beefpoint.com.br/comparacao-de-algumas-caracteristicas-qualitativas-da-carne-de-animais-em-diferentes-sistemas-de-terminacao-5181/ Entenda o NDVI, EVI e Produtividade de uma vez por todas: http://inteliagro.com.br/entenda-o-ndvi-evi-e-produtividade/ Conheça as 4 mentiras de quem diz prever safras com 100% de certeza: http://inteliagro.com.br/conheca-as-4-mentiras-de-quem-diz-prever-safras-com-100-de-certeza/ Transgênicos: avaliação da possível (in)segurança alimentar através da produção científica: http://www.redalyc.org/pdf/3861/386138045006.pdf Characterization of scientific studies usually cited as evidence of adverse effects of GM food/feed: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/pbi.12798 A pecuária de corte brasileira e o aquecimento global: https://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/bitstream/doc/47808/1/Documentos72.pdf Livestock's long shadow: http://www.fao.org/3/a-a0701e.pdf INTERAJA COM O AGRO RESENHA Twitter: twitter.com/AgroResenha Instagram: www.instagram.com/agroresenha Facebook: www.facebook.com/agroresenha WhatsApp: http://bit.ly/agronozapzap / +55 (65) 99298-9406 E-MAIL Se você tem alguma sugestão de pauta, reclamação ou dúvida envie um e-mail para contato@agroresenha.com.br PADRINHOS E MADRINHAS DO AGRO RESENHA Paulo Henrique Sá Fortes Mariely Biff Fabio Makoto Okuno Michael Ortigara Goulart Luciano Mendes César Kobayakawa Cleomar Amaral Michely Santana Lucas Fuchs Cesar Augusto da Silva Bessa Paulo Massaharu Ozaki Maria Luisa de Moraes Ozaki Fernando Borges Luiz Fernando Sacchett Dias Geide Antonio Figueiredo Junior Rondiny Carneiro Jaime Sanchez da Cruz Rios Marcos Mamoru Fugio Otto Ozaki André Tavares de Vasconcelos Carla Papai Diego Henrique Uroda Albert Kenji Hirose Nayara Nunes Rodrigues Valter Galan Daniel Rezende Gobbi Alberto Affonso Marinho Neto FICHA TÉCNICA Roteiro e produção: Paulo Ozaki Edição: Senhor A - https://editorsenhor-a.com.br Convidado: Ângelo Ozelame See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this week’s Boots In The Field Report Ken covers what a difference 350 miles makes in planting progress. He touches on the need for pest teams to be hitting the fields to spot issues before they get worse and document what happened while the evidence is still there to tell you. Ken also shares times that will most likely have high cutworm pressure and advises to be on the lookout for bean leaf beetle. He also touches on getting either an NDVI or Thermal image on fields that will have windmill damage both this year and next year to better help keep track of damages. Ken introduces the addition of a soil moisture sensor offer to both irrigation customers and those with tile gates.
NDVI imagery is analyzed by software which tells the grower where to go in the vineyard to take samples that will best represent the ripeness of the crop. This method could save tremendous amounts of time and generates much smaller samples for processing. References: Video of Dr. Vanden Heuvel explaining the project Justine Vanden Heuvel’s web page Listen to the latest science and research with the Sustainable Winegrowing Podcast. Since 1994, Vineyard Team has been your resource for workshops and field demonstrations, research, and events dedicated to the stewardship of our natural resources. Learn more at www.vineyardteam.org.
Kevin Mobolade & Nick Chandarana/Drofika Automated Aerial Intelligence. Drofika builds software solutions for drone data optimizing construction, mining,energy, and other complex industries. Using your drones to give customizable, actionable data and allowing you to perform analytical annotations to your maps. Grow your knowledge with 3D models, 2D models, Orthomosaics and NDVI analysis. Maps are processed in real time and with the ability to add, edit and manage your maps in a dedicated portal. Website: www.drofika.co Twitter: @DrofikaHQ Stefanie Diaz/Mastermind Your Launch Stefanie Diaz has always had a keen ability for developing marketing strategies for entrepreneurs, but it’s her ability to position startups for accelerated momentum through personal branding and content marketing that has become the cornerstone to her professional success. Her background includes being a strategic adviser to CEO’s spanning startup phase to over $100 million in annual revenue. She has led strategic partnerships with global retailers and Fortune 500 companies, as well as facilitated multi-million dollar government contracts. There is something magnetic about the energy of startup founders that draws Stefanie in. They’re hungry, driven, and committed to making positive change for themselves and the greater community. After conducting over 60 interviews to date, Stefanie is excited to bring Mastermind Your Launch to the Business Radio X platform. Learn more at MastermindYourLaunch.com.
A review of the new DJI Mavik folding quadcopter, Verizon drone tests continue, India looks at ATC towers and civil UAS, drones for flood control, and drones for flood rescue. Guest Formation flight (top to bottom): DJI Matrice 600, Inspire 1 Pro, Phantom 4, Mavik Pro. Photo by Brandon Remler. Parker Gyokeres got his hands on the new DJI Mavik and gives us his observations after flying the quadcopter. Parker notes that the price, performance, features, light weight, and ultra-compact size makes the Mavik an ideal “gateway drug” to flying drones. The small size, when folded, makes it easy to take with you, and the fast setup time makes it more likely that you'll actually fly the quadcopter and shoot video. Parker is the owner of Propellerheads Aerial Photography, LLC, an FAA Part 107 licensed business providing aerial photography and medium/heavy lift cinematography, thermal imaging, NDVI multispectral and 3F photogrammetry. News Verizon Forges Ahead with New LTE Drone Project Verizon Communications wants to outfit drones with 4G LTE and use its ThingSpace IoT platform for industrial surveillance missions and other applications. This is part of their Airborne LTE Operations (ALO) initiative which has been testing since 2014. Verizon brought in American Aerospace Technologies Inc. (AATI) in a test to connect a 17-foot wingspan UAS and their 4G LTE network. India sets up ATC towers upgradation committee for UAVs The Indian government has created a government/civil committee to determine infrastructure and technical requirements for air traffic control towers. In the past year, India experienced five near-miss incidents involving commercial aircraft. At least 40 ATC towers need upgrades to mitigate safety and security risks. The Indian government is still working on rules that would allow civil use of UAVs. How Drones Can Save the Flood Control District Thousands of Headaches County Flood Control District workers and contractors in Texas currently have to monitor hundreds of miles of bayous and channels, as well as tens of thousands of acres of detention basins. By using drones, they could significantly reduce their inspection costs. So far, in a limited trial with Austin, Texas company HUVR, they're using a drone to check up on mowing done by contractors. Video of the Week Drone, social media make flood rescue happen in real time Chris Williams and his dog were trapped for 14 hours in their attic. He texted his parents, and they told his brother 1,300 miles away in Texas, who tried but couldn't get through to authorities. Meanwhile, Quavas Hart sent his drone out and posted some photos of the flooded area on Instagram, which the brother of the trapped man saw. As a joke, he sent the photo to his brother saying, “at least you're not this guy." Except, that he was that guy. The brother was eventually able to tweet Hart, the drone operator, who “used his drone to attract the attention of a FEMA search-and-rescue boat crew in the neighborhood.” They then rescued the trapped man. “The entire operation was captured by the camera on Hart's drone.”
Guest Parker Gyokeres is the owner of Propellerheads, an FAA Part 107 licensed business providing aerial photography and medium/heavy lift cinematography, thermal imaging, NDVI multispectral and 3F photogrammetry. Parker is an award-winning U.S. Air Force photojournalist, a freelance author, UAV subject matter expert and photographer. He serves as a member of the board of directors for the Professional Society of Drone Journalists, and he advises national clients on the design, operation, and deployment of advanced aerial systems for use by photographers, surveyors, cinematographers, and military contractors. Topics InterDrone InterDrone 2016, the International Drone Conference and Exposition, was held September 7-9, 2016 in Las Vegas. They had 3,500 attendees from 54 countries, with 155 exhibitors and speakers. Parker tells us how this year's event was very different from last year's. DJI Mavic Pro DJI's new Mavic Pro has folding arms and is smaller than the Phantom. Sensors handle obstacle avoidance, tracking of the subject, autonomous landing, and indoor stability. The camera shoots 4K video at 30 fps and full 1080p HD at 96 fps. The Mavic handles live video streaming and even employs gesture control. Parker attended the DJI announcement and tells us all about it. Lessons from a Shoot At a shoot, Parker's drone had a little “encounter” with a barge on the river. The story is humorous but it also contains some good lessons for drone operators.
The FAA created an advisory committee, permits educational institutions to fly UAS, and rescinded a proposed website for collecting reports of bad drone behaviour. UPS and Zipline partner for drone delivery of medical packages, and more interviews from the Drone Dealer Expo. Zipline International medical package delivery drone News FAA Administrator Makes Major Drone Announcements FAA Administrator Michael Huerta made two significant announcements at the AUVSI annual conference in New Orleans. Another advisory committee is being formed to provide advice on unmanned aircraft integration issues. Huerta said, "Input from stakeholders is critical to our ability to achieve that perfect balance between integration and safety. We know that our policies and overall regulation of this segment of aviation will be more successful if we have the backing of a strong, diverse coalition." Huerta also announced that students can operate UAS for educational and research purposes without going through the Section 333 process. This allows educational institutions to conduct activities that have been restricted in the past. UPS-backed Rwandan blood deliveries show drones' promise, hurdles The UPS Foundation announced a partnership with Zipline, a California-based robotics company, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to “explore using drones to transform the way life-saving medicines like blood and vaccines are delivered across the world.” The UPS Foundation has awarded an $800,000 grant to support the initial launch of this initiative in Rwanda using Zipline fixed-wing drones. Zipline International, Inc. is a robotics company that works with governments to provide access to medical products at the last mile. Zipline is supported by investors such as Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures, SV Angel, Subtraction Capital, Yahoo founder Jerry Yang, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, and Stanford University. UPDATE: FAA Withdraws Request for Drone Reports Dubbed Witchhunt By Many Congress has directed the FAA to “assess the flight behavior of [drones] and enable the reporting of [drone] sightings that cause public concern for safety, national security, and/or privacy.” In response, the FAA planned to launch a website to collect “airborne and ground based observations by the public of drone behavior that they consider suspicious or illegal.” Now, however, the FAA has withdrawn the plan [PDF], citing that the proposal “contained errors, and needs further clarification.” Drone Dealer Expo Interviews More interviews by Tim Trott of Southern Helicam from the Expo: David Alamillo, Chief Pilot and Flight Operations Manager, Farm Solutions, which manages sensor output for agricultural applications, and integrates with drone manufacturers Mark Manson, Consumer Experience Lead for Academy of Model Aeronautics Videos of the Week Max and @dronemama Fly Away Dronie This “fly away dronie” of Max Flight and @dronemama was taken by Hover Solutions, LLC at the 2016 Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival at the Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, Maryland. Hover Solutions was at the Festival with their DJI Inspire 1 to film the festival for the organizers. Hover Solutions provides aerial photography and video for clients, UAV education, and industrial applications such as orthomosaic mapping and multisensor scanning services, including 3D modeling and NDVI overlays. Hover Solutions will be exhibiting at the 2016 Howard County Fair, August 6-13, 2016, at the Howard County Fairground in West Friendship, Maryland. They'll have a booth next to the main building. Stop by and say hello! Clash of epochs: Drone speared at history festival in central Russia A drone that was filming a historical reenactment in Russia was taken down by a spear thrown by a man dressed as an ancient Russian warrior. How often do you see that?
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