AcreWatch Auto
A pass for every stage the crop goes through.
A dock on the farm flies the crop's own schedule rather than a calendar: a pass at each growth stage that carries a decision, and flights in between to catch what changes. Findings land the day of the flight, and the prescription goes to the machine that runs it.
What lands
- A scheduled pass at each growth stage, pre-plant to pre-harvest: stand, weeds, nitrogen, disease, efficacy, lodging, drydown
- Flights between passes for change detection
- Prescription load files for your planter, sprayer, pivot, and robots: shapefile, ISO-XML, Operations Center, Trimble, Topcon, DJI Agras
- One-page report per pass with the finding and the action
Monthly plans
Light
2 flights a month
$1,300/mo
Standard
4 flights a month
$1,450/mo
Heavy
8 flights a month
$1,750/mo
Additional flights $100 each. Every plan includes the count, exception, water, and fence check on each flight.
The crop sets the schedule
Every pass is tied to a growth stage that carries a decision, not to a date on a calendar. How many of them there are depends on what is planted.
- Corn8 passes
- Soybeans8 passes
- Winter wheat8 passes
- Grain sorghum (milo)8 passes
- Cotton (West)9 passes
- Sunflowers (West)6 passes
- Dry edible beans (MI, ND, NE)6 passes
- Sugar beets (MI, ND, NE)7 passes
- Peanuts (GA, TX, OK)6 passes
- Alfalfa / hay2 passes per cutting
- Processing tomatoes (NW Ohio)5 passes
- Pumpkins / vine crops4 passes
- Sweet corn6 passes
- Apples / hops5 passes
Windows assume west-central Ohio in a normal year unless the crop names its own region. Stages drive the timing; the dates are a planning aid.
What one looks like: corn
| Stage | Window | What the pass decides |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-plant | Apr 1-25 | Drainage map; plant order by field |
| VE-V2 | 7-14 d after planting | Population map; replant go/no-go by field |
| V5-V6 | 3-4 wk after emergence | Weed map; post-emerge Rx load file (spot or zone) |
| V8-V10 | mid-June | Sidedress Rx; VR N map to Operations Center |
| VT-R1 | early/mid July | Fungicide go/no-go map; Rx load file if go |
| R2-R3 | late July-early Aug | Efficacy check; insurance documentation |
| R4-R5 | late Aug-mid Sept | Harvest-priority ranking by field |
| Pre-harvest | late Sept-Oct | Harvest order; yield map reference layer |
Pre-plantApr 1-25
Drainage map; plant order by field
VE-V27-14 d after planting
Population map; replant go/no-go by field
V5-V63-4 wk after emergence
Weed map; post-emerge Rx load file (spot or zone)
V8-V10mid-June
Sidedress Rx; VR N map to Operations Center
VT-R1early/mid July
Fungicide go/no-go map; Rx load file if go
R2-R3late July-early Aug
Efficacy check; insurance documentation
R4-R5late Aug-mid Sept
Harvest-priority ranking by field
Pre-harvestlate Sept-Oct
Harvest order; yield map reference layer
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Tell us where you are and what we are watching. We map the property, pick the dock location, and file the authorization for your site.