SPOTCana

Satellite imagery aids management of Brazilian sugar cane plantations

Infoterra and Spot Image are now proposing an online subscription service to give the sugar industry - cane growers, distilleries, environmental departments and insurance companies - precise, ready-to-use maps throughout the growth cycle. Subscribers can thus acquire information to closely monitor their crops, precisely ascertain growth, maturity and stress for timely decision-making, and manage their priorities.

SPOTCana provides information on crop maturity derived from high-resolution satellite imagery. This information is delivered at key stages of the growth cycle to support estimation of available biomass and detection of yield disparities between fields.

Subscribers are alerted each time new data are available for their region of interest. Each delivery comprises a satellite image and two vegetation maps:
- a green vegetation map showing crop density, an indicator of healthy growth;
- a dry vegetation map pinpointing crop problems and indicating the degree of maturity at the end of the growth cycle.

A link on the portal is provided to retrieve data and view them in Google Earth. Following in the footsteps of the Farmstar online crop monitoring service for cereal growers, SPOTCana confirms the utility of remote-sensing services for agriculture and the know-how and innovative solutions developed by Spot Image and Infoterra in this area.

For more info, visit SPOTCana website