At AgVantage UAV we're always looking for innovative ways to deliver cost saving initiatives to our clients. We are currently developing our new service model of delivering aerial NDVI imaging to the Australian agriculture sector. AgVantage UAV will come out to your property and supply an NDVI and/or a HD Digital color image of your fields. These images will quickly show any areas of 'crop stress' allowing for a precision assessment, the most appropriate solution for any issue found, and in turn increased yield. The ultimate outcome for all is increasing profit margins for your business.

How can NDVI help your whole farm plan?

Reduce costs in farming using PRECISION techniques, hence, accurately adjusting your inputs. You will increase yields by detecting issues earlier and addressing them efficiently.

Scouting large areas quickly and accurately Establishment of germination Pin point areas of plant stress Establish soil constraints - salt, shallow, drainage Nutritional deficiencies Irrigation deficiencies Non-wetting areas Establish soil disease areas Establish fungal foliar disease areas Establish root disease areas Establish insect presence or damage Establish low organic matter zones, sandhills Create harvest zones for improved grain grades and profit / MT Integrate VRT / GPS technology for cost saving benefits Balance paddock agronomy to maximise total output Integrating NDVI and Yield mapping

Maximise you input cost

Manually: use images provided by AgVantage UAV to adjust your processes to target problem areas within your crops. This may range from where you apply fertiliser, fungicide or herbicide applications.

Variable Rate Technology: use software to automatically adjust nutrition levels according to image results, along with where to spray summer weeds or apply fungicides according to plant stress levels

Growers can gain an insight into exactly how their crop is performing using NDVI, (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) photos, along with HD Digital colour photos as required.

How it works The wavelength technology provided through NIR can show you how stressed your crop is 2-3 weeks earlier than the human eye can detect. Plus the 1-2 weeks extra of healthier growth from when the human eye detected and corrected.

NDVI imagery provides critical crop information that is not visible to the naked eye. Plants may appear green, however they may not be maximising their full photosynthesis potential, thus effecting yield, quality and profit.

NDVI or Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, all plants both absorb and reflect radiation in the near infrared band, there is a specific color range that indicates a healthy plant.Outside of this, is a plant ‘under stress’ NDVI image can identify those problem areas.

By having this imagery of a crop or field, it allows the farmer or agronomist, to go directly to that GPS coordinate and take a soil sample or tissue sample of the plant. Quite often these are not easily seen from the ground and as the NDVI image can detect plant stress before the human eye - preventative treatment can be applied, saving dollars and increasing yield.

AgVantage UAV has successfully obtained CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority) approved licenses to Operate UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) commercially for any industry or business. It is our goal now to build relationships with key stakeholders in the Agriculture industry and gain a reputation as the UAV AG experts, with a focus always on the client’s needs and striving to help them achieve their goals and work towards a more sustainable way of farming.