CROP YIELD COMPONENT MAP
Some embodiments relate to a system that generates a crop yield component map for a field. The system determines amounts of nitrogen applied to each portion of the field by a set of nitrogen applicator farming machines. The system accesses crop yield data associated with a crop that was grown in the field. The crop yield data was generated by a set of harvester farming machines that travelled through the field and harvested plant parts of the crop. The system determines, by analyzing the crop yield data, plant part metrics for the harvested plant parts in each field portion. The system generates a crop yield component map that maps, for each field portion, a plant part metric associated with the field portion and an amount of nitrogen applied to the field portion. The component map may then be provided for display.
1 . A system comprising:
a first farming machine configured to move through a field that includes a plurality of field portions and plant seeds in each field portion;
a harvester farming machine configured to move through the field, harvest plant parts in each field portion, and generate crop yield data associated with the plant parts; and
a server system instructed to:
determine planting densities of seeds planted in each field portion by the first farming machine,
access crop yield data generated by the harvester farming machine,
determine, by analyzing the crop yield data, plant part metrics corresponding to the harvested plant parts for each field portion,
generate a crop yield component map that maps, for each field portion, a plant part metric associated with the field portion and a planting density of seeds planted in the field portion, and
providing a segment of the crop yield component map for display, wherein the displayed segment of the crop yield component map includes, for at least one field portion, the plant part metric associated with the at least one field portion, and the planting density of seeds planted in the least one field portion.
2 . A method comprising:
for a field that includes a plurality of field portions, determining planting densities of seeds planted in each field portion by a first set of one or more farming machines that travelled through the field during a first time period;
accessing crop yield data of a crop grown in the field, the crop yield data generated by sensors on a second set of one or more farming machines that travelled through the field during a second time period that occurred subsequent to the first time period, wherein the first time period and the second time period are during a first agricultural cycle that includes planting, sprouting, and harvesting of the crop in the field;
determining, by analyzing the crop yield data, plant part metrics corresponding to harvested plant parts for each field portion;
generating a crop yield component map that maps, for each field portion, a plant part metric associated with the field portion and a planting density of seeds planted in the field portion during the first time period; and
providing a segment of the crop yield component map for display, wherein the displayed segment of the crop yield component map includes, for at least one field portion, the plant part metric associated with the at least one field portion, and the planting density of seeds planted in the at least one field portion during the first time period.
3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
determining, based on data of the crop yield component map, a plant density of seeds to plant a first field portion of the field during a first time period of a second agricultural cycle, wherein the second agricultural cycle occurs after the first agricultural cycle.
4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
instructing a farming machine to plant seeds in the first field portion of the field according to the determined plant density.
5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the crop yield component map maps, for each field portion, the plant part metric associated with the field portion, a second plant part metric associated with the field portion, and the planting density of seeds planted in the field portion during the first time period.
6 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the plant part metric associated with the at least one field portion of the displayed segment of the crop yield component map includes at least one of: a number of plant parts harvest in each field portion, a size of plant parts harvested in the field portion, or a weight of plant parts harvested in the field portion.
7 . The method of claim 2 , wherein generating the crop yield component map comprises generating a plurality of heat maps comprising a first heat map associated with a metric of the plant part metrics and a second heat map associated with the planting densities of seeds.
8 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising generating at least a portion of the crop yield data by capturing one or more images from a grain quality bypass camera on a farming machine of the second set of one or more farming machines.
9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising analyzing the one or more images captured by the grain quality bypass camera to determine the plant part metrics.
10 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising generating at least a portion of the crop yield data by a weight sensor on a farming machine of the second set of one or more farming machines.
11 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the crop is corn or soy and the harvested plant parts are kernels.
12 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the second set of one or more farming machines includes a harvester farming machine and the first set of one or more farming machines includes a nitrogen applicator farming machine.
13 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer system, causes the computer system to perform operations comprising:
for a field that includes a plurality of field portions, determining planting densities of seeds planted in each field portion by a first set of one or more farming machines that travelled through the field during a first time period;
accessing crop yield data of a crop grown in the field, the crop yield data generated by sensors on a second set of one or more farming machines that travelled through the field during a second time period that occurred subsequent to the first time period, wherein the first time period and the second time period are during a first agricultural cycle that includes planting, sprouting, and harvesting of the crop in the field;
determining, by analyzing the crop yield data, plant part metrics corresponding to harvested plant parts for each field portion;
generating a crop yield component map that maps, for each field portion, a plant part metric associated with the field portion and a planting density of seeds planted in the field portion during the first time period; and
providing a segment of the crop yield component map for display, wherein the displayed segment of the crop yield component map includes, for at least one field portion, the plant part metric associated with the at least one field portion, and the planting density of seeds planted in the at least one field portion during the first time period.
14 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions cause further operations comprising:
determining, based on data of the crop yield component map, a plant density of seeds to plant a first field portion of the field during a first time period of a second agricultural cycle, wherein the second agricultural cycle occurs after the first agricultural cycle.
15 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions cause further operations comprising:
instructing a farming machine to plant seeds in the first field portion of the field according to the determined plant density.
16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the crop yield component map maps, for each field portion, the plant part metric associated with the field portion, a second plant part metric associated with the field portion, and the planting density of seeds planted in the field portion during the first time period.
17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the plant part metric associated with the at least one field portion of the displayed segment of the crop yield component map includes at least one of: a number of plant parts harvest in each field portion, a size of plant parts harvested in the field portion, or a weight of plant parts harvested in the field portion.
18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein generating the crop yield component map comprises generating a plurality of heat maps comprising a first heat map associated with a metric of the plant part metrics and a second heat map associated with the planting densities of seeds.
19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions cause further operations comprising:
generating at least a portion of the crop yield data by capturing one or more images from a grain quality bypass camera on a farming machine of the second set of one or more farming machines.
20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the instructions cause further operations comprising:
analyzing the one or more images captured by the grain quality bypass camera to determine the plant part metrics.