Presentations
T11
Nutrient Management
Tue, Dec 13, 2022
11:00am to 11:50am
T4
Nutrient Management
Tue, Dec 13, 2022
4:00pm to 4:50pm
Successes and Shortcomings of Remote Sensing in Agriculture
There is a long-standing promise for remote sensing to solve some of the most critical agronomic challenges. Most would agree that even the most state-of-the-art agricultural remote sensing technologies available today leave much to be desired, so how long will it be before we see widespread adoption in crop production? In this session, some of the successes and shortcomings of remote sensing will be highlighted. Finally, I'll offer a practical perspective on the potential that it could someday provide in agriculture, and what yet needs to happen as we continue the journey in getting there.
Speaker
Tyler Nigon
Tyler Nigon is a Principal Scientist at Sentera, whose analytics solutions primarily use remote sensing, GIS, and machine learning to turn raw agricultural data into valuable insights for agricultural businesses. Tyler grew up on a dairy farm in Greenwood, WI, where he finds much of his inspiration for applying agronomic technologies to solve real-world agricultural problems. He holds a B.S. degree in Soil Science and Geographic Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (2010), as well as M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Land and Atmospheric Science from the University of Minnesota (2012 and 2021). His Masters and PhD research projects mainly focused on the use of hyperspectral aerial imagery and machine learning modeling for predicting crop nitrogen status (in corn and potato).