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About Success Stories Learn the Benefits So how could satellite imagery benefit your own farm, or ranch, or agri-business? Scroll down for many examples of successful applications of remote sensing in individual operations. While everyone's operation is different, these success stories may help you get a sense of what data may be useful to you, and under what conditions and at what time of year. Using the "View by" links above, you can sort the Success Stories by topic of interest, by year, or view a map to see which ones may have happened close to you. Please contact us if you would like to find out more detail about any of them. Share Your Story If you have been a user of our data or systems, and have a successful story of your own, we would like to hear from you. We would really appreciate being able to learn from your experience, and be able to share a new Success Story with others. Learning Community We have found that finding out how to use remote sensing and spatial technologies is best done through what we call a learning community. Those who already have some experience are invaluable to those who are just starting out. However the flip side is also true - by helping new practitioners the 'teachers' always learn invaluable new lessons as well. If you would like to take a more active part in our AgPARC learning community, please let us know. Index of Success Stories  Agriculture Chemical Applications Herbicide Spray on Cheatgrass For Soil Water Conservation Post Harvest Spray after Kochia Blooming Verifying Benefits of Variable Rate Technology Verifying Effectiveness of Fungicide Application Zoning for Variable Rate Nitrogen Applications for Sugarbeets Crop Damage Assessment Making an insurance claim for crop damage due to hail event Remote sensing to determine hail damage Determining the Extent of SCN Infestation in Soybean Fields Estimating Crop Damage Caused by Inundation Pt. 1 Estimating Crop Damage Caused by Inundation Pt. 2 Remote Sensing to Detect Weeds and Diseases in a Soybean Field Assessing Spray Drift Damage Assessment of Damage due to Inundation Detection of Armyworm Attack on Wheat Crops Stress Detection and Monitoring Field Conditions Drainage Preventing Buffalo River Bank Erosion IKONOS Imagery in Drainage System Management Improving Drainage in an Inundation-Prone Field Remote Sensing for Drainage Improvement Drainage Deficiency Detection Other Innovations Conserving Soil and Water Resources in the Upper Midwest Repairing the Water System in Two Buttes, Montana Urban Growth Detection for Fargo, ND 1974-2005 Remote sensing to detect nitrogen deficiency in corn Remote sensing to determine corn grain moisture Climate Influences on Nitrogen Response in Spring Wheat Monitoring Wheat With Weekly NDVI Saves Money Selecting Sugarbeet Payment in Kind (PIK) Acres Precision Farming Estimating Nitrogen Credit from Sugar Beet Tops Remote sensing and PDAs to aid field scouting Remote Sensing to Determine Potassium Management Zones Using Imagery for Fungicide Application  Land & Resource Management Fire Remote sensing for burn severity mapping Displaying the Extent and Severity of Wildfire Damage  Ranching Forage Quality Assessment Data Combination to Select Forage Species to Sow Remote Sensing to Serve Ranching Other Innovations Imagery for Hunting Weed Control Remote Sensing to Make Rangeland Management Decisions Controlling spread of leafy spurge in rangeland Remote sensing for controlling brush growth on rangeland Controlling Snowberry Bush on Pasture Land Detecting Leafy Spurge Infestations Weed Detection in Rangelands

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