Accurately determining crop yield at a farm level
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsEhud Aharoni, Upendra D. Chitnis, Levente Klein, Yehuda Naveh
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Abstract
Techniques for using a scaling relationship between crop drymass and elevation at a farm level to redistribute crop yield data are provided. In one aspect, a method for analyzing crop yield is provided. The method includes the steps of: obtaining crop yield data for a farm; cleansing the crop yield data using a data filter(s), wherein one or more data points are eliminated from the crop yield data by the data filter; and redistributing a value of the data points eliminated from the crop yield data to data points remaining in the crop yield data to create a crop yield distribution for the farm.
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A method for analyzing crop yield performed by a processor device, coupled to a memory, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining crop yield data for a farm;
- cleansing the crop yield data using at least one data filter, wherein data points are eliminated from the crop yield data by the data filter;
- calculating a total value of the data points that are eliminated from the crop yield data by the data filter;
- redistributing the total value of the data points that are eliminated from the crop yield data by the data filter to data points remaining in the crop yield data to create a crop yield distribution for the farm;
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- altering farming practices based on the crop yield distribution by at least one of:
- i) varying seeding rates across different sections of the farm, and ii) varying a type and an amount of fertilizers used in different regions of the farm.
A computer program product for analyzing crop yield, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
- obtain crop yield data for a farm;
- cleanse the crop yield data using at least one data filter, wherein data points are eliminated from the crop yield data by the data filter;
- calculate a total value of the data points that are eliminated from the crop yield data by the data filter;
- redistribute the total value of the data points that are eliminated from the crop yield data by the data filter to data points remaining in the crop yield data to create a crop yield distribution for the farm;
- and
- alter farming practices based on the crop yield distribution by at least one of:
- i) varying seeding rates across different sections of the farm, and ii) varying a type and an amount of fertilizers used in different regions of the farm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.