crop data News
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Sentera Responds to Market Demand Adding TrueNDVI™ to DJI Mavic Drone
Sentera today announced its ability to convert a DJI Mavic ™ drone into a precision scouting tool that collects TrueNDVI™ crop health data. The ultra-lightweight, super-precise Sentera NDVI Single Sensor is integrated onto the pocket-sized Mavic drone, featuring one of DJI’s most sophisticated flying cameras ever. In a single flight, visual-band RGB, near-infrared (NIR) and ...
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Sentera introduces revolutionary multispectral double 4k sensor
Today, Sentera announced the release of its Multispectral Double 4K Sensor, offering five precise spectral bands: blue, green, red, red edge, and near-infrared (NIR). This sensor enables users to collect visual band imagery as well as vegetation indices based upon the addition of NIR or Red Edge, including normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and normalized difference vegetation red edge ...
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Sentera builds reseller network to over 350 agriculture store fronts
Sentera today announced the availability of its precision agriculture solutions at over 350 retail locations across North America. By broadening the reach of Sentera’s precision agriculture offering, agronomists, crop consultants, and growers can leverage critical normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data starting day one of the 2017 growing season. Early adopters immediately see ...
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Intra-row weeding possible with vision systems
Researchers of Wageningen University & Research, BU Greenhouse horticulture, developed weeding machines which are able to do intra-row weeding. Our experts in robotics were responsible for the detection of weed based on camera images. This development brings great advantage in weed control on the field, improving crop size and quality. When growing organic vegetables on the field, one of ...
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Sentera’s real-time NDVI video streaming is a giant leap for growers & agronomists everywhere
Streaming Directly to Your Mobile Device in Real Time Sentera today announced the upcoming release of LiveNDVI video: livestreamed NDVI video via the Sentera Double 4K sensor. This breakthrough technology will offer agronomists worldwide the fastest way to make decisions and specify inputs based on complete, real-time data. Sentera’s Double 4K “little green sensor” processes ...
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Sentera Launches High-Precision Sensor Product Line
Today, Sentera announced new additions to its small, lightweight High-Precision Single Sensor product family. The new High-Precision NDVI Single and High-Precision NDRE Single utilize patent-pending technology to improve spectral band separation and generate more accurate vegetation index measurements. The High-Precision Single sensor is available in two variants: normalized difference vegetation ...
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Sentera Announces Mavic 2 Pro Double 4K Upgrade
Today, Sentera announced the availability of its Double 4K precision agriculture sensor on DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone. This offering provides Double 4K quality at entry-level pricing, expanding data collection options for ag professionals and growers. Several system configurations are available including collection of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), normalized difference red edge ...
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Sentera Features Crop Health Management Products at InfoAg 2016
InfoAg Conference 2016 Sentera will display its industry-leading precision agriculture solutions at The InfoAg Conference taking place in St. Louis, Missouri, August 2-4. Ag Drones The Sentera exhibit, located at booth 27, will feature critical crop health management drones, sensors, and AgVault™ 2.0 software. Featured aircraft include the Phantom 4 and Phantom 3 drones with normalized ...
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Sentera Enables UAV Flight Planning that Far Exceeds Battery Life
Sentera announced today their latest update to the AgVault™ 2.0 Mobile iOS app, featuring a battery-swap capability that enables operators to plan a flight of any size and seamlessly accommodates any number of battery swap-outs. The feature monitors UAV battery life, notes the exact coordinates where it left off, and returns to the operator when a new battery is required. Once a replacement ...
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AgEagle Aerial Systems Announces Acquisition of MicaSense for $23 Million
AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE American: UAVS) (“AgEagle” or the “Company”), an industry leading drone systems and solutions provider, today announced the Company has agreed to acquire MicaSense, Inc. from Parrot (Euronext Paris: PARRO), Europe’s leading drone group, in a combined cash and stock transaction valued at $23 million. Based in Seattle, Washington, ...
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End-of-production LED Lighting Increases Red Pigmentation in Lettuce
Growing vegetables in greenhouses extends crop production seasons in northern latitudes, but the greenhouse environment is far from ideal for providing plants with optimal photosynthetic light. In fact, available photosynthetic daily light in greenhouses can be reduced by up to 50% or more by the structures' glazing material, superstructure, and shading. In northern latitudes, low light is ...
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The dire need to support ‘orphan crop’ research
In spite of debate over its definition, the term ‘orphan crops’ refers to crops that are under-researched and underfunded due to their limited importance in the global market. These include cereals, legumes, vegetables, root crops, fodder crops, oil crops, fibre crops and medicinal plants that are largely indigenous to Africa, Asia and Latin America. They are characterised by their ...
By SciDev.Net
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EPA Issues Pesticide Tolerance Crop Grouping Program Amendment IV
On May 3, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule that amends current pesticide tolerance crop grouping (Crop Group) regulations. Crop groupings allow petitioners to request a tolerance for multiple related commodities based on research data for one or more representative crops. This final rule is the fourth amendment in a series of planned Crop Group updates ...
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Sentera Partners with RDO Equipment Co. to Offer UAV Solutions
Sentera-RDO Equipment partnership brings complete UAV solution packages to RDO Customers Sentera is excited to announce its partnership with RDO Equipment Co., a total solutions provider with 78 stores servicing the agriculture, construction, environmental, surveying, and irrigation industries. The RDO Equipment partnership augments RDO’s already robust product offering, giving their ...
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Sentera Offers First NDVI Crop Health Maps Showing Field Contrast and Progression
NDVI Toolbox for AgVault Offers Unprecedented Insights into Field Vigor Sentera announced the release of NDVI Toolbox for its AgVault software platform: a set of tools for customizable Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data that give growers and agronomists significant insight into field and crop health, today and throughout the season. Users can recolor, dynamically regenerate, and ...
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Sentera Unlocks the Power of Drone Data with More Features, at Significantly Lower Price Points
AgVault and OnTop Software Platforms Now Available at Tiered Subscription Levels Sentera is enabling every drone user to unlock the power of their data by offering AgVault and OnTop software platforms at affordably priced tiered subscription levels. An annual subscription is now offered at a 79% price reduction, unlocking the power of drone data management for even more users. Sentera is an ...
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Joining hands for sustainability and innovation in horticulture
From September 30th to October first, Bayer CropScience is hosting over 175 industry professionals from over 15 different countries at its Horticulture Symposium in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The symposium addresses issues of sustainability and innovation in modern horticulture and is designed to allow leaders in the field to network, share knowledge and expertise and exchange best practices. Over ...
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Despite weather extremes EU-27 cereal production in 2013 expected to be higher than last year
This year total cereal production in the EU-271 is forecast to be well above 2012 levels and above the average of the past five years. This agricultural year has so far been marked by an unusually prolonged winter for western and central Europe and heavy rainfall in May and June. However, the impact of poor weather on crops in some areas of the EU has been offset in other areas; for example, the ...
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