Farming & Conservation
Land Management using drones
Our advanced drone surveys provide high-resolution imagery, and thermal imaging, delivering detailed, real-time insights that help landowners, farmers, and conservationists make data-driven decisions—without the need for disruptive on-ground inspections.
Helping British Agriculture: Boosting Yield & Reducing Waste
Sub Soil Drainage & Water Use
Sub Soil Drainage & Water Use
Sub Soil Drainage & Water Use
We are using thermal imaging to help identify moisture levels and drainage issues, ensuring efficient irrigation and preventing escapes of water.
Pest & Disease Detection
Sub Soil Drainage & Water Use
Sub Soil Drainage & Water Use
Drone surveys can be used to pinpoint problem areas, reducing reliance on nitrate fertilisers and promoting sustainable farming practices.
Invasive species research
Sub Soil Drainage & Water Use
Invasive species research
We are using our knowledge of drones to work with leading experts to detect Invasive species
such as Japanese knot weed, Japanese balsam and Mares tail
CASE STUDY
The project
We wanted to research the benefits of farmers of using multiple drone sensors to measure plant health and water levels in plants and sub soil based on some American research we had read about in 2022 which has a different approach to agriculture and we wanted to know if the work was valid and could be applied in the UK.
We have used the Mavic 3E, 3T and 3M drones together and have been surveying a number of fields used for growing celery and lettuce over the past few months. Both the crops have a short growing season so getting results quickly and acting upon results is more challenging. The work continues but below are some of our initial findings that point to some positive outcomes.
CASE STUDY preliminary results
Standard image
Here a standard composite photograph shows a field of lettuce around 4 weeks in to the growing season. The bare area to the mid right is an unplanted area surrounding a telegraph pole. At first glance all appears normal with a couple of areas where plants have not germinated or have died. The area was then resurveyed using thermal and multi spectral sensors at the same height of around 30m
Thermal
Wet ground or crops shows cooler for longer. Conversely dry or arid ground or crops heat up quicker. In the above image, red is hot, yellow is warm, green and blue are cool or cold. This lettuce field clearly shows the area on the left to be noticeably warmer and there is no obvious reason and so points to less water, or in this case probably missed irrigation the previous day. The effect on the plant condition can be analysed further using the multi spectral results
Multi- spectral
Multi spectral drones measure light reflected from plants. Healthy crops reflect green light (so they appear green) but absorb large amounts of red and near red light. The resulting indices shows up a colour map of red for healthy, yellow for stressed or dying plants and green for bare earth. Taken at the same time as the thermal image this shows the drier area of the field is already exhibiting a higher percentage of stressed or dying crops.
DISCOUNT FOR CLA MEMBERS
Supporting Land Owners & Farmers
As a corporate member of the Country Landowners Association we are happy to offer members 10% of all drone services work provided by Image Surveys Limited.
Call 0800 999 1295 and quote CLA10-25