Predictive seed scripting for soybeans

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors in connection with prescribing adjusted seeding rates for agricultural fields, cause the one or more processors to:

• identify a set of target agricultural fields with intra-field crop yield variability above a field variability threshold, the intra-field crop yield variability based upon historical agricultural data comprising historical yield data and historical observed agricultural data for a plurality of fields;
• receive, over a digital data communication network, a plurality of digital images of the set of target agricultural fields;
• determine vegetative index values for geo-locations within each field of the set of target agricultural fields using subsets of the plurality of digital images, wherein each subset among the subsets of the plurality of digital images corresponds to a specific target field in the set of target agricultural fields;
• for each target field in the set of target agricultural fields:
• determine a plurality of sub-field zones based upon vegetative index values for geo-locations within the target field, wherein each sub-field zone of the plurality of sub-field zones contains similar vegetative index values;
• and
• determine a vegetative index productivity score for each subfield zone of the target field, based on a ratio between the vegetative index values for geo-locations within the sub-field zone and the vegetative index values for geo-locations within the target field, wherein the vegetative index productivity score represents a crop productivity specific to a type of seed planted within the corresponding sub-field zone relative to the target field;
• receive, over the digital data communication network, current seeding rates for each of the sub-field zones of the set of target agricultural fields;
• determine adjusted seeding rates for each of the sub-field zones of the set of target agricultural fields by adjusting the current seeding rates using the vegetative index productivity score corresponding to each of the sub-field zones;
• and
• send the adjusted seeding rates for each of the sub-field zones of each of the target agricultural fields to a field manager computing device.

A system for use in prescribing adjusted seeding rates for agricultural fields, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing one or more instructions which, when executed using the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• identify a set of target agricultural fields with intra-field crop yield variability above a field variability threshold, the intra-field crop yield variability based upon historical agricultural data comprising historical yield data and historical observed agricultural data for a plurality of fields;
• receive, over a digital data communication network, a plurality of digital images of the set of target agricultural fields;
• determine vegetative index values for geo-locations within each field of the set of target agricultural fields using subsets of the plurality of digital images, wherein each subset among the subsets of the plurality of digital images corresponds to a specific target field in the set of target agricultural fields;
• for each target field in the set of target agricultural fields:
• determine a plurality of sub-field zones based upon vegetative index values for geo-locations within the target field, wherein each sub-field zone of the plurality of sub-field zones contains similar vegetative index values;
• and
• determine a vegetative index productivity score for each sub-field zone of the target field, based on a ratio between the vegetative index values for geo-locations within the sub-field zone and the vegetative index values for geo-locations within the target field, wherein the vegetative index productivity score represents a crop productivity specific to a type of seed planted within the corresponding sub-field zone relative to the target field;
• receive, over the digital data communication network, current seeding rates for each of the sub-field zones of the set of target agricultural fields;
• determine adjusted seeding rates for each of the sub-field zones of the set of target agricultural fields by adjusting the current seeding rates using the vegetative index productivity score corresponding to each of the sub-field zones;
• and
• send the adjusted seeding rates for each of the sub-field zones of each of the target agricultural fields to a field manager computing device.