The Cover-Up: UAV Assessment of Soybean

Shaun Casteel, associate professor of agronomy and Extension Soybean and Small Grains Specialist, and Richard Smith, graduate research assistant, at Purdue University, recently presented as part of the Data Driven Agriculture webinar series.

The presentation focuses on the ability of sUAS to assess soybean stands as it relates to optimal plant population and growth stage. They also describe processes for assessing soybean plant stands with sUAS imagery and vegetative indices.

View their The Cover Up: UAV Assessment of Soybean webinar here.

This weekly webinar series featuring experts in data science and digital agriculture at Purdue University kicked off on Feb. 4 and concluded on May 13. The Data Driven Agriculture webinars explored ways digital agriculture and data science can impact agriculture today and into the future. See the full playlist of past webinars on Purdue Ag’s YouTube Channel.

This series was hosted by Purdue College of Agriculture and supported in part by the Wabash Heartland Innovation Network (WHIN).

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