System and method for application of materials through coordination with automated data collection vehicles

An agricultural material application management system, comprising:

• an automated agricultural data collection vehicle, comprising:
• a location sensor that detects a plurality of locations of the automated agricultural data collection vehicle within an agricultural area;
• a receiver that receives sensor data including crop information;
• and
• a memory that stores the plurality of locations and the sensor data;
• and
• an agricultural vehicle, comprising:
• an interface unit that interfaces with the automated agricultural data collection vehicle, and receives the plurality of locations and the sensor data from the agricultural data collection vehicle;
• an agricultural material applicator that applies an agricultural material to at least some of the plurality of locations in the agricultural area;
• a processor that generates a mapping correlating the crop information with the plurality of locations in the agricultural area, and generates an agricultural material application recommendation for each of the plurality of locations based on the mapping;
• and
• a display that provides the agricultural material application recommendations to a driver of the agricultural vehicle.

An agricultural material application management method, comprising:

• detecting a plurality of locations of an automated agricultural data collection vehicle within an agricultural area;
• receiving sensor data including crop information at the automated agricultural data collection vehicle;
• storing the plurality of locations and the sensor data in a memory;
• generating a mapping correlating the crop information with the plurality of locations in the agricultural area;
• generating an agricultural material application recommendation for each of the plurality of locations based on the mapping;
• interfacing the agricultural data collection vehicle with an agricultural vehicle to transmit the plurality of locations and the sensor data, or the agricultural material application recommendations, from the agricultural data collection vehicle to the agricultural vehicle;
• and
• displaying the agricultural material application recommendations to a driver of the agricultural vehicle.