Precision fertilisation
Feed the rows that are short
The system works out which parts of the crop are under-supplied and builds a variable rate map for the spreader.
What this costs today
A flat application rate assumes the field is uniform. It is not. Headlands, old field boundaries, sandy patches and wet hollows each take up nitrogen differently, so a single rate simultaneously overfeeds the strong areas and starves the weak ones. The overfed parts lodge and leach; the starved parts cost yield.
How the flight runs
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Measure
Multispectral flights produce a biomass and chlorophyll picture of the standing crop.
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Zone
The field is divided into management zones that follow the actual pattern, not a grid drawn on top of it.
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Prescribe
Each zone gets a rate derived from your target, your soil samples and the measured shortfall.
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Apply
The prescription exports to your spreader or applicator in the format your terminal expects.
What the aircraft carries
- Five band multispectral camera
- Downwelling light sensor
- RTK positioning
Before each split application, typically two to three times per season.
What you receive
- Biomass and chlorophyll maps
- Management zone layer
- Variable rate prescription
- Applied versus planned report
What it measures
Readings this capability produces on your fields. Measurements, not promises.
- Total product planned versus flat rate
- Rate spread across zones
- Zone area distribution
- Uptake response after application
Where this carries the most weight
All use cases-
Winter wheat and barley
Establishment gaps, patchy weed pressure, septoria risk and a nitrogen plan that has to follow the field, not a flat rate.
Blocks of 10 to 120 hectares, flown as one route.
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Maize
Establishment counts, early weed competition, corn borer pressure and flocks working the cobs at ripening.
Blocks of 5 to 80 hectares, with deterrence stations on the blocks under pressure.
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Cooperatives and large estates
Fleet coverage across scattered blocks, comparable numbers between holdings, and reporting that rolls up cleanly.
2,000 to 40,000 hectares across scattered member blocks.
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Oilseed rape
Patchy establishment, flea beetle damage, and a canopy that needs measuring before the nitrogen decision is worth anything.
Blocks of 10 to 100 hectares.
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Sugar beet
Wide rows and slow early growth make beet the crop where weed mapping and spot treatment save the most.
Blocks of 10 to 80 hectares.