Nutrien Ag Solutions (canada) Inc.

Mda Information Systems, Inc.

Michael Vincent Finn

Roger A Mitchell

Jon D Dykstra

Regan Charles Miller

Thomas Edward Staples

Mehzabeen Hoosein

A precision agriculture prescription system which provides precision agriculture prescriptions, by estimating fertilizer application rates and providing a prescription for spatial distribution of the selected product over a given field(s) with a goal of achieving an efficient use of budgeted fertilizer product(s). The system utilizes historical and forecast weather data, as well as remote sensing satellite imagery to maximize the grower's budgeted fertilizer products over his/her fields. This is done by assessing the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) from 1-to-many satellite images of the given field(s). The system also leverages regional historical weather data to correlate prior seasons' growth patterns and climate effects, and regional weather forecast data to incorporate predictive climate impacts. A soil mineralization model is applied by the system to prescribe an efficient spatial distribution down to the image pixel level for the selected product(s) over the grower's field(s), to provide an economic advantage for the grower.

System and method for prescribing fertilizer application rates for spatial distribution of a product

A system and method of mapping a persistent feature change of image data at a geographic location includes selecting a plurality of satellite images from a geographic location on different dates, producing a plurality of two-date satellite change images from pairs of the satellite images, comparing the plurality of satellite change images, and detecting a persistent feature change of image data in the compared satellite change images. The system may be implemented by selecting a plurality of satellite images from a database from different dates. A change detection module measures a change between pairs of the satellite images to produce a plurality of two-date satellite change images. A change confirmation module compares the two-date satellite change images and to confirm a persistent feature change.

Correlated land change system and method

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Michael Vincent Finn