A Day in the Life of an Agricultural Technologist

An Agricultural Technologist mainly does two things that keep Pollen Systems flying: researching crops and drawing maps! Agricultural Technologists are often studying ways to improve our analytics and best serve our customers. However, the bulk of the work during the Pacific Northwest growing season is analyzing imagery collected by our pilots and packaging it into periodic updates for our customers.

The process begins with importing thousands of aerial images into our PrecisionView Engine, our proprietary software for composing a single mosaic that we can work with. We also use the Engine to translate the raw data captured by our sensors into NDVI and NDRE health indices that help us analyze our customers’ crops. After color-coding and displaying that health data on a map, the result is a high-resolution picture used to identify patterns in growth or plant stress.

Once the analysis is complete, we write a scouting report delivered to the Precisionview Manager portal and directly to your email inbox. This summarizes everything we have learned in our most recent flyover, including a breakdown of our flights field by field. We also incorporate a map that shows the areas of greatest and lowest plant health, allowing us to pinpoint areas that could use extra attention. Ultimately, this information allows us to offer management suggestions to maintain a healthy crop.