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Rapid assessment of vegetation cover and quality designed for CRP Landowners and Farmers.

The USDA Mobile Field App allows producers to provide a quick status check of their fields contracted under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). It also provides valuable validation data improving the accuracy of assessments based on remote sensing and machine learning. It can be easily customized for other vegetation assessments.  It is currently designed to help improve communication between producers and USDA staff, and aid in easy reporting and record keeping. 

CBI in partnership with producers and USDA Staff designed and built an easy-to-use field app that takes 10 minutes to get an accurate assessment of vegetation cover and quality of CRP fields