Mobile mounted remote sensing/application apparatus for interacting with selected areas of interest within a field

A apparatus for sensing agronomic information on an agriculture field comprising:

• a sensor configured to detect information desirable to growing crops over space and time;
• a mobile carrier configured to carry the sensor over the field, the mobile carrier constructed and arranged to position the sensor to detect information from an area of interest of the field;
• a control system including an administrative computer having a central processing unit, a memory coupled to the processing unit, and a data transfer apparatus coupled between the memory and the sensor for transferring sensed information into the memory;
• and
• crop management decisions configured in the memory, with the administrative computer comparing sensed information with the crop management decisions to direct application rates of water and chemicals via the control system and for regulating operation of a variable rate device for cultivating the field in response thereto.

An apparatus for detecting agronomic information on an agriculture field, comprising:

• at least one sensor configured to detect agronomic information from an area of interest from within a field, the agronomic information over space and time being useful to facilitate the optimized growing of a crop;
• a mobile carrier configured to carry the sensor in close proximity with the area of interest, the sensor constructed and arranged to detect the agronomic information from the area of interest as it passes near the field;
• a computer having a central processing unit, a memory coupled to the central processing unit, and an electronic interface coupled between the memory and the sensor for transferring the detected agronomic information into the memory, the computer configured to collect the detected agronomic information from the areas of interest within the field;
• and
• a position determining device coupled with the computer and configured to detect location of the area of interest within the field being detected by the sensor.

An apparatus for permitting sensing of an agricultural field, the apparatus comprising:

• a mobile carrier movably carried in relation to a field;
• a sensor supported on the mobile carrier and configurable for movement to sense areas of interest on the field;
• a computer having a central processing unit and a memory coupled to the processing unit;
• and
• an electronic interface connecting the sensor and the computer, the electronic interface coupled between the memory and the sensor for transferring sensed information into the memory.

A remote sensing apparatus for sensing an agricultural field to be cultivated, comprising:

• a sensor configured to detect information desirable to growing crops over space and time;
• a mobile carrier for carrying the sensor over the field, the mobile carrier constructed and arranged to position the sensor to detect information from a desired location at a selected time;
• a control system including an administrative computer having a central processing unit, a memory coupled to the processing unit, and a data transfer apparatus coupled between the memory and the sensor for transferring sensed information into the memory;
• and
• crop management decisions configured in the memory, with the administrative computer comparing sensed information with the crop management decisions to direct application rates of water and chemicals via a closed-loop control and a variable rate agriculture control device.

An apparatus for permitting remote sensing of an agricultural field to be cultivated, the apparatus comprising:

• a mobile carrier carried over a field to be cultivated;
• a sensor supported on the mobile carrier and configurable to sense areas of interest on the field;
• a computer having a central processing unit and a memory coupled to the processing unit;
• and
• an electronic interface configured to connect the sensor and the computer, the electronic interface coupled between the memory and the sensor for transferring sensed information into the memory.