Mid-South Row-Crop NDVI Imaging
A single drone flight during boll development or bean flowering can surface fungal pressure, irrigation failure, and fertility deficiency as stress patterns in the canopy before they're obvious from the ground, giving you lead time to scout and respond. That lead time is the difference between an input decision and a yield loss you're filing on.
Request information →Before booking a paid retainer, we’ll fly one of your problem fields at no cost.
Relative NDVI map, false-color imagery, RGB orthomosaic, and a written field summary, returned within 48 hours of the flight. You keep the files whether or not you sign a retainer.
Nothing. No mobilization fee, no processing fee, no obligation. If the data is useful, we’ll talk about a seasonal retainer. If not, you keep the files and we move on.
Limited to ten demonstrations for the 2026 season, on a first-come basis. The program closes July 31, 2026, or once all ten are booked, whichever comes first. Reserved for operations managing enough acreage to justify a Standard or Large-Scale retainer.
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Acreage cap. A single known problem field, maximum 100 acres. Larger fields receive the first 100 acres free; the remainder is billed at the standard per-acre rate.
Geographic boundary. Within the standard 90-minute operational radius of Memphis, Tennessee. Covers most counties across the Mid-South.
Commercial operations only. Reserved for independent crop consultants managing 1,500 or more aggregate acres, or farms qualifying for a Standard or Large-Scale seasonal retainer. Hobby plots and homesteads are referred to the Small-Plot Pickup Package.
Deliverable scope. A relative NDVI map, viewable orthomosaic, prescription-ready exports for the demonstrated field, and field summary report. Multi-flight time series, mid-season reflights, and end-of-season field performance review are retainer-only benefits, released only on conversion to a paid retainer.
Program limits. Maximum 10 demonstrations for the 2026 season, on a first-come basis. Program closes July 31, 2026, or once all ten are booked, whichever comes first.
The imaging season runs May through September. Peak demand is July and August, when stress that hasn’t shown up visually is already costing yield.
| Crop | Critical Scouting Window | Best NDVI Flight Window | What You’re Catching |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soybeans | July – August | June – September | Flowering stress, sudden death, iron deficiency chlorosis |
| Cotton | July – August | July – September | Boll development stress, root rot, potassium deficiency |
| Corn | June – July | May – August | Pollination failure, gray leaf spot, nitrogen deficiency |
| Rice (AR Delta) | July – August | June – September | Heading stage stress, straighthead, blast pressure |
Variable-rate application informed by NDVI maps directs inputs toward stressed acres instead of spreading them evenly. On larger operations, even a modest per-acre input savings can offset much of the service cost.
Georeferenced, timestamped imagery from across the season is useful supporting evidence for a claim file, the kind of record an adjuster values. A field summary and orthomosaic from July is far better than a memory of what things looked like, though it isn’t a formal insurance instrument on its own.
Prescription map exports are available in standard formats for common variable-rate platforms including FieldView, Granular, and Ag Leader. If you have a trusted agronomist, he gets the same files, so the data works with the relationship you already have.
Every flight comes back as a finished package within 48 hours of landing, backed by a hard 72-hour guarantee. No platform to log into, no subscription, no raw data to wrestle with, and your imagery never leaves our hands for someone else’s cloud. You get plain maps and a plain-language summary that tell you where to put your boots and your inputs next.
Color-coded map showing relative crop-vigor variation across every acre flown, with apparent stress zones highlighted and georeferenced for ground-truthing.
Plain-language summary with flagged stress zones and location references, a targeted scouting roadmap for your boots-on-the-ground follow-up or your agronomist, and a record you can include in your claim file.
Optional variable-rate application map exportable in standard formats for common variable-rate platforms including FieldView, Granular, and Ag Leader. So stressed acres get the input, healthy acres don’t.
Multispectral composite that can surface canopy stress earlier than the naked eye or standard RGB photography typically show.
High-resolution stitched aerial image of the entire field, usable for field records, landlord reporting, and your claim file.
Multiple flights across the season build a date-stamped, georeferenced visual record showing where and when field conditions changed, useful documentation for crop insurance and next-year planning.
Fixed-price retainers for the growing season. You know the cost up front, flights are scheduled around your crop calendar, and you’re not paying for a flight you don’t need.
FAA Part 107 is required for commercial drone operations. It covers airspace regulations, weather, crew resource management, and radio communications. Not everyone flying a drone has it.
$1M aviation liability coverage plus separate Errors & Omissions professional liability, covering both the flight and the data. Both policies active before the first paid flight.
Active pilot projects underway on 5,500 acres of working row-crop ground, a 4,000-acre Arkansas operation and a 1,500-acre Mississippi operation.
Photogrammetric processing runs on self-hosted infrastructure using WebODM, not a cloud subscription that adds cost and introduces a third party to your field data. Your imagery stays where it belongs.
Mid-season and late-season flight slots for the 2026 growing calendar are available now, and filling. If you’re farming 1,000 or more acres in the Mid-South, reach out to discuss your operation and reserve your dates before the peak July–August window closes.
No pitch call. Just a conversation about what you’re growing, what you’re worried about, and whether this makes sense for your operation. First Field Free demonstrations are also available for qualifying operations. Mention it in your message.