Drone Groningen

About Drone Groningen

Drone Groningen is a business that makes precision agriculture accessible. The business uses drones to collect information about crops and provides targeted advice based on the collected data.

Activities

The business takes drone photos and makes drone films, and carries out agricultural inspections. The approach involves planning an improvement, flying a sensor over the crop, analysing the data and taking action based on the insights.

• Drone photos
• Drone film
• Agricultural inspections

Precision agriculture

Agrifly investigates differences in yield and crop development within fields. The collected information can help growers make informed decisions about cultivation and fertilisation.

• Crop reflectance map (NDVI)
• Task map for fertiliser spreader
• Analysis of plots with different treatments
• Advice on cultivation choices and fertilisation

Approach

The precision agriculture cycle consists of Plan, Do, Check and Act and is based on the Deming cycle. The images are processed into a map that can be viewed online.

• Plan
• Do
• Check
• Act

Partnerships and technology

Agrifly is working on new ways to send data quickly and is researching further uses for the 5G streamer.

• Partnership with Huawei
• Partnership with Ericsson
• Partnership with the University of Groningen