Forage Crops

Forage crops such as grass and maize are fundamental to livestock performance, where yield, quality, and timing directly impact feed costs and profitability. FarmingByDrone gives you the insight and precision tools to manage forage crops more effectively across the season.

Using high-resolution and multispectral imaging, we assess crop growth, biomass, and field variability, helping you identify underperforming areas, nutrient deficiencies, and drainage issues early. This enables better decisions around fertiliser use, reseeding, and the optimal timing for silage cuts, ensuring you maximise both yield and feed quality.

When intervention is needed, our drone spraying service allows for targeted application of nutrients, treatments, or bio-stimulants exactly where they are required. This reduces input waste and ensures more even crop performance across the field.

Drones are particularly valuable in forage systems as they can operate in wet conditions, on uneven ground, or across fields where machinery access is limited, without causing soil compaction or crop damage.

The result is a more efficient, data-led approach to forage production, helping you increase output, improve feed quality, and reduce reliance on bought-in feed.

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Scouting & Mapping

Drone based Insight & Analysis:

Early yield forecasting
Estimate biomass for optimal silage timing
Detect nutrient deficiencies and patchy growth
Map field variability for reseeding decisions
Maximise feed quality and yield
Variable crop health mapping (NDVI/NDRE)
Map issues precisely
Minimising need for blanket application
Map Precision Targeted Application

Seeding & Spreading

Drone Based Spraying, Seeding & Application:

Precision Targeted Application
Targeted nutrient or treatment application reduces costs
Spraying access not limited by ground conditions
Reduced diesel usage and cost
Minimise soil compaction

Spraying

Commercial impact

Lower costs, higher yields and improved margins
Reduce input costs (fertiliser, chemicals)
Reduced cultivation costs (Diesel)
Reduced cultivation soil compaction and crop loss
Higher yield and consistency across fields
Improve crop quality premiums and margins
Maximise feed value and yield
Reduce reliance on purchased feed

Scouting & Mapping

Drone based Insight & Analysis:

Early yield forecasting
Estimate biomass for optimal silage timing
Detect nutrient deficiencies and patchy growth
Map field variability for reseeding decisions
Maximise feed quality and yield
Variable crop health mapping (NDVI/NDRE)
Map issues precisely
Minimising need for blanket application
Map Precision Targeted Application

Seeding & Spreading

Drone Based Spraying, Seeding & Application:

Precision Targeted Application
Targeted nutrient or treatment application reduces costs
Spraying access not limited by ground conditions
Reduced diesel usage and cost
Minimise soil compaction

Spraying

Drone Based Spraying Application:

Lower costs, higher yields and improved margins
Reduce input costs (fertiliser, chemicals)
Reduced cultivation costs (Diesel)
Reduced cultivation soil compaction and crop loss
Higher yield and consistency across fields
Improve crop quality premiums and margins
Maximise feed value and yield
Reduce reliance on purchased feed