Crop sensors

Published 2014-04

Products and services using Crop sensors are generally available around 2019

Verdict

hitTwo blind graders agree (D7, rule D37). The auditor agent confirmed it (D11).

Grader A: hit
Grader B: hit
agrees with A, without seeing its verdict
Audit: confirmed
in the fixed audit sample (D11)
Published: hit

Grader A: hit

Trimble's GreenSeeker NDVI sensor system, developed with Oklahoma State from about 2000, sold for on-the-go variable-rate nitrogen application, with a handheld version also sold. Available before the poster.

Test: D37 Horizons: crop sensing products buyable by ordinary farms by 2021 (earlier counts).

Trimble offers handheld GreenSeeker crop sensor (Farm Progress) (2012): GreenSeeker crop sensor sold by Trimble, tractor-mounted and handheld, for nitrogen management.

Grader B: hit

Trimble GreenSeeker and Ag Leader OptRx active crop sensors for variable nitrogen were sold before 2014; NDVI drone services followed by 2016.

Test: Farmers could buy crop-sensing products by 2021 (earlier counts).

Trimble GreenSeeker crop sensor (2014): Commercial optical crop sensor for nitrogen management.

All captured fields

id: hz-2014-032
category: Agricultural technologies
kind: technology
target year: 2019
placed year: 2019
milestones: {"scientifically_viable":2016,"mainstream":2018,"financially_viable":2019}
confidence: high
note: Numbered dot (mainstream point) at 2018.4, between the 2018 and 2019 lines, nearer 2018 (read as 2018). Bar from 2015.7 to 2019.3: scientifically viable ~2016, financially viable ~2019. Sub-area: Sensors.