Landsat's Role in Agriculture and Food Security
Worldwide, millions of people are helped by Landsat-data-based decisions that impact food and water management. Food and farming organizations rely on the unbiased, accurate and timely information provided by Landsat satellites. The data enable people to analyze the health and vigor of crops as they mature over the growing season; the needs of specific fields for fertilizer, irrigation and rotation; planted acreage to forecast crop production and fight crop insurance fraud; how much water is used in irrigation; and the impacts of drought.
Satellites, Supercomputers, and Machine Learning Provide Real-Time Crop Type Data
Scientists have proven a new technique for distinguishing the corn and soybean crops using satellite data and the processing power of supercomputers.
USGS Video: Landsat in Action—Monitoring Crop Land with Martha Anderson
Martha Anderson talks about the value of Landsat and its thermal data for understanding agricultural lands.
Satellite-based Program to More Accurately Identify Land Cover
A new program uses Landsat satellite data to automatically categorize what’s on the ground more accurately than other land cover products.
Farm Crops for City Drops: Assessing Water Right Transfers With Landsat
Thirty-one years of observed water use trends in the Southwestern U.S.
New Landsat-Based Map of Worldwide Croplands Supports Food and Water Security
A new map was released today detailing croplands worldwide in the highest resolution yet.
How Much Water Flows into Ag Irrigation? Landsat Knows
Researchers detail their use of satellite images to produce annual maps of irrigation.