Smart Farming Smart Farming is the logical continuation of Precision Farming. Precision Farming is an umbrella term for all farming measures which take into account small-scale differences like e.g. different soil types within one field. While the focus for Precision Farming was on the machinery to facilitate site-specific management, the focuse for Smart Farming is [...]

Yield Estimation and Prediction Yield is the result of the daily biomass development over the whole vegetation period. Thus, it is necessary to use a crop growth model, which takes into account the current weather conditions as well as other influencing parameters like topography, soil conditions etc. in addition to the satellite data. [...]

Observation of Crop Development For the documentation and optimisation of the plant production it can be important to conduct a continuous monitoring of the crop development over the whole vegetation period. Often it is not possible, though, to cover big areas with many fields with in-field measurements to check the canopy development. Through the usage [...]

Canopy Parameters There are various canopy parameters which shed light on the development stage, possible problems like under-supply with water or nitrogen and last but not least about the biomass development up to the final yield. These parameters can be derived from remotely sensed data via modelling. Leaf Area Index The Leaf [...]

Mapping of agricultural areas By means of characteristic spectral information land use can be classified on different scales. This way one can obtain an over-view on the land allocation of a big area, can extract field boundaries, can observe the canopies and see the spatial distribution of crops. Example 1 Fig. [...]