The Farmer Is Not Your Data Vendor
Farmers generate the primary data behind corporate disclosure, carry the verification cost, and capture a minority of the value. Three counter-arguments.
The cloud cover problem, and what SAR-optical fusion can and cannot fix
Optical satellites go blind under cloud. How Sentinel-1 radar fusion restores a continuous NDVI series — and why fused values are estimates, not measurements.
How the Düngeverordnung changed nitrogen decisions at field level
German farmers expected the Düngeverordnung to cost yield. Two decades of nitrogen data suggest the regulation rewarded regenerative practice instead.
Measuring nitrogen surplus from satellite: what German field data shows
Sustainability resists one number. A narrow, testable satellite proxy for German nitrogen surplus, what it showed, and where it fell short.
Why colour choice changes what a field map tells you
A field map is a decision instrument, not a picture. Why perceptually ordered colour scales change which zones an agronomist actually acts on.