Shining Light on Digital Agriculture: Linking Soil NIR measurements, Fertility and Crop Yields
Term: 4 years, beginning in 2020
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Derek Peak, University of Saskatchewan
SaskCanola Investment: $103,535
Total Project Cost: $384,433
Funding Partners: Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission, Agriculture Development Fund
Project Description
The ability to measure soil fertility on the fly would revolutionize how producers test their soil. Instead of collecting soil core samples in a limited fashion in a field and mailing them for testing each year, soil fertility levels would be measured in real time by a NIR probe linked to variable rate equipment to deliver the optimal amounts of inputs.
Objectives
Develop methodology to link field NIR data and laboratory NIR analyses.
Use NIR spectral sensing to produce spatially-resolved soil based yield potential map.