Drone cover crop seeding
Flown by Curt Emmanuel, Agriculture & Natural Resources Educator, Purdue Extension - Boone County; John Scott, Digital Agriculture Extension Coordinator, Purdue Extension
A DJI Agras was used to spread cover crops over standing soybeans. Cover crop mixes varied and were compared against the same mixes drilled after harvest. Several demonstrations are planned across the state using the UAV to spread cover crops and evaluate spread patterns, and seeding rates and compare against other seeding methods.
In-field Conservation Examples
In 2019, this producer took preventative planting due to wet spring conditions...
These flights evaluate conventional management with no-till cover crop management...
Different cover crop application methods and timing of those applications were evaluated at Ivy...
In addition to the cover crop comparison above, some strips of cereal rye/hairy vetch were...
The map below was created a few days after spring termination of the cover crop. Treatments...
A local producer wanted to interseed cover crops at planting time to maximize benefits and was...
A DJI Agras was used to spread cover crops over standing soybeans. Cover crop mixes varied and...
Stitching software can measure the depth of a grassed waterway to determine both water capacity...