Regeneration on the American farm
Regenerative farming practices—such as cover cropping, no-till, and extended crop rotations—are gaining momentum as farmers recognize their role in building a more profitable and resilient operation. Indigo has built the first current, coast-to-coast map for these farming practices, powered by Indigo’s Atlas satellite technology as well as ground and historical agronomic data. The resulting impact on profit and land resiliency was a focus of this 1,498-county, 3.4M-field study from 2017 to 2019, covering 90% of American farmland. This survey will be updated annually and again in 2020.
Remote sensing details practices in use, providing an outcome-based census.
Space and ground observations were connected at a new scale, with a training data set of over 4,300 fields.
In Hancock County, Ohio, excessive rain in the spring of 2019 prevented planting access for many growers. But fields with a history of cover crops were less likely to experience prevent plant compared to conventional fields, allowing some growers to successfully plant a cash crop.