Bayer CropScience and SLANTRANGE evaluate multispectral analytics to improve crop yields

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In North Carolina, SLANTRANGE, a leading provider of next-generation drone-based remote sensing, analytics, and data services for agriculture announced a Data Collection and Analysis Agreement with Bayer CropScience LP, a world-leading agriculture enterprise with businesses in seeds, crop protection and nonagricultural pest control.

The agreement provides funding to deploy and evaluate SLANTRANGE’s proprietary airborne multispectral sensor and advanced analytics technology on three key crops within Bayer’s Crop Efficiency Research Program during the 2017 North American growing season. The work will be focused on collecting and analyzing data on various crop phenotypes as a means of assessing genotype and/or treatment performance.

The results will be used to evaluate how high-resolution drone-based imagery and advanced data analytics can be used in conjunction with other geo-referenced data sources, such as soil characterization, weather time-series, and satellite data, to gain new agronomic insights and provide more customized and sustainable agronomic recommendations for improving yields.