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.
New Satellite-Based Algorithm Pinpoints Crop Water Use
A new satellite-driven biophysical model can make accurate forecasts of crop water use that are critical for farmland water management and sustainability.
Landsat: Farming Data From Space
With Landsat data, farmers can find new ways to grow more crops with less water.
Using NASA’s Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 Product to Give Farmers Real-Time Crop Health Information
IndigoAg is using HLS data to help fulfill its mission of making farms more profitable and sustainable.
Improving Water Management in New Mexico with Landsat and ECOSTRESS
New Mexico is one of the most arid states in the US, and precise and accurate information on water use is of utmost importance.
Landsat Helps Pick Winter Cover Crops
Remote sensing can aid the monitoring and evaluation of incentivized farming programs like the one in Maryland.
Arid-Region Agriculture in Arequipa, Peru
Landsat has helped map the expansion of intensive agriculture in arid Arequipa, Peru.
