File:Precision Farming in Minnesota - False Colour.jpg
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From space this 1,200 hundred-plus acres farm in north-west <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> looks like a patchwork quilt. Fields change hue with the season and with the alternating plots of organic <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wheat" title="Wheat">wheat</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Soybeans" title="Category:Soybeans">soybeans</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Zea_mays" title="Zea mays">corn</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Medicago_sativa" title="Medicago sativa">alfalfa</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flax" class="mw-redirect" title="Flax">flax</a>, or <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hay" title="Hay">hay</a>. Made with <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Infrared" title="Category:Infrared">infra-red</a> light, this false colour image provides a wealth of information about crop conditions. To the untrained eye, this false-colour image appears a hodge-podge of colours without any apparent purpose. But farmers are now trained to see yellows where crops are infested, shades of red indicating crop health, black where <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flood" title="Flood">flooding</a> occurs, and brown where unwanted <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pesticides" title="Category:Pesticides">pesticides</a> land on chemical-free crops.
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| current | 00:07, 5 January 2017 | | 2,400 × 2,400 (3.06 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | From space this 1,200 hundred-plus acres farm in north-west <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> looks like a patchwork quilt. Fields change hue with the season and with the alternating plots of organic <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wheat" title="Wheat">wheat</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Soybeans" title="Category:Soybeans">soybeans</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Zea_mays" title="Zea mays">corn</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Medicago_sativa" title="Medicago sativa">alfalfa</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flax" class="mw-redirect" title="Flax">flax</a>, or <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hay" title="Hay">hay</a>. Made with <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Infrared" title="Category:Infrared">infra-red</a> light, this false colour image provides a wealth of information about crop conditions. To the untrained eye, this false-colour image appears a hodge-podge of colours without any apparent purpose. But farmers are now trained to see yellows where crops are infested, shades of red indicating crop health, black where <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flood" title="Flood">flooding</a> occurs, and brown where unwanted <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pesticides" title="Category:Pesticides">pesticides</a> land on chemical-free crops. |
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