A new satellite has been launched that will provide farmers with the largest and most accurate field data ever tracked.
Michigan State University Kellogg Biological Center Associate Director Brook Wilke tells Brownfield, “They’ve started to use KBS as a place to ground truth those satellites, mostly the main crops, corn, soybeans, and taking measurements such as soil moisture at the surface and plant biomass and so forth, just to see how well those satellites are doing.”
Wille says the satellite could rapidly speed up soil moisture testing and provide a better understanding of drought on a global level.
“Think about irrigation or possibly even like precision irrigation that can address certain parts of fields differently from others,” he says.
