Preliminary cover crop data collection to serve as a performance model
Flown by John Scott, Digital Agriculture Extension Coordinator, Purdue Extension
The map below was created a few days after spring termination of the cover crop. Treatments consisted of several different cover crop mixtures, as well as no cover. The field was then planted to corn with different rates of starter, including no starter, and taken to yield. Flights were conducted in the fall and up until late December before resuming in March. By doing this, the cover crop establishment and growth was monitored with the goal to correlate the aerial images with ground-based measurements and create a model for measuring cover crop performance.
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