UK field benchmarking | Airbus Crop Analytics

Field-to-field benchmarking can be enhanced through the application of Crop Analytics from Airbus. These insights can then inform management practices and improve production.

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Airbus Crop Analytics data could be used to compare fields by their properties. Obtaining this understanding is crucial to identifying the key determinants and constraints to production in any field. From here, improvements to production to be identified, such as applying fertiliser to a certain area to improve yields.

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This run-through contains a simple example of benchmarking fields using the field attributes of NDVI, Chlorophyll content and Green Vegetation Cover. You’ll be walked-through the process of selecting fields within a chosen radius of a specific field, which are growing the same crop. You’ll then undertake a series of analyses to enable the intuitive comparison of the fields according to their attributes.

Developers and data scientists can find a walkthrough of example code for this use-case here.

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‍About Agrimetrics

Agrimetrics is the food and farming sector’s Data Marketplace. We enable organisations to safely share and monetise their data, whilst making it easier for data-consumers to access the information they need. Our goal is to help create a more productive and sustainable food system by enabling next-generation solutions as quickly and affordably as possible.

We are one of four centres for agricultural innovation founded with an initial investment from Innovate UK. Our founding partners are NIAB, SRUC, Rothamsted Research and The University of Reading. We have strategic partnerships with Airbus and Microsoft and are a participant in Microsoft’s prestigious AI for Earth programme.

About the four centres
The Agri-Tech Centres are a unique collaboration between Government, academia and industry created to drive greater efficiency, resilience and wealth across the agrifood sector. A £90m investment from the UK’s strategic innovation agency (Innovate UK) is enabling the Centres to harness leading UK research and expertise as well as build new infrastructures and innovation. They include CHAP (Crop Health and Protection), CIEL (Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock), Agri-EPI (Engineering and Precision Technologies), and Agrimetrics.

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