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SEGES Case Study

Agricultural Usage with SEGES Innovation​

SEGES Innovation, a leading provider of agricultural tools, uses ClearSKY’s AI-generated cloud-free satellite imagery to enhance crop management.

The Challenge​

Cloud cover frequently obscures satellite images, making it difficult to gather timely data for precision agriculture. In 2023, Sentinel-2 imagery was often unavailable, preventing SEGES from providing accurate nitrogen recommendations for Danish farmers. SEGES turned to ClearSKY to provide consistent, cloud-free images, ensuring accurate nitrogen recommendations for over 13,000–18,000 rapeseed fields.

The Solution​

ClearSKY’s AI-generated satellite data removed the cloud cover problem, delivering reliable vegetation maps in near real-time. This allowed SEGES to generate NDRE (Normalized Difference Red-Edge) values that assess crop health and inform nitrogen recommendations.

Impact​

By comparing traditional Sentinel-2 data to ClearSKY’s cloud-free imagery, SEGES observed significant improvements:

  • NDRE values predicted a 28% difference in crop health.
  • There was an average reduction of 24 kg nitrogen per hectare.
  • Across 125,000 hectares of rapeseed, this resulted in savings of over 3,600 tons of nitrogen.

ClearSKY data is now integrated into SEGES’s CropManager platform, enabling farmers to receive timely, data-driven insights for optimal crop management, regardless of weather conditions.

Learn more or try it yourself at cropmanager.dk.

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