TeroCrop turns satellite imagery into a simple, plot-level estimate of how much water your land is losing to sun and wind each day, so you can act on it, whatever your setup looks like.
Every day, sun, wind, and dry air pull water out of the soil and out of the plant's leaves. That combined loss is called evapotranspiration, in effect, what your land spent in water that day.
There's no shortage of ways to estimate that number. You could install a network of soil-moisture sensors across the property, or open one of the many free apps that promise a daily evapotranspiration figure. Both come with real drawbacks.
A sensor network is accurate right where it's buried, but it's expensive to install and maintain, and only tells you about the handful of spots a sensor happens to sit in. Free apps solve the cost problem, but usually lean on the nearest official weather station, which can be many kilometres from your actual crop, and on a generic assumption about what's growing there, which rarely matches how your land is actually farmed.
What you do with that number, though, depends a lot on how your farm is run, which is why we built a separate page for each region below, instead of one generic pitch.
What this replaces
Instead of a sensor network you have to buy and maintain, or a free estimate borrowed from a distant weather station and a generic crop type, you get a number computed from your own plots, accurate to your specific farm, with no hardware of your own to look after.
Irrigation habits, climate, and what's actually at stake differ sharply across Portugal's farming regions. See what this means where you are.
Widely irrigated by drip. Get a clear, weekly number for how much and when to water.
Read more →Hot, dry, and water is often scarce or rationed. Make every drop count.
Read more →Mostly no irrigation. Know what stress is coming before it shows up in your crop.
Read more →Three simple steps between a satellite pass and a number you can use.
Satellite imagery covers your land automatically, day after day, with no sensors to install or maintain.
The imagery is translated into a straightforward evapotranspiration estimate for your specific plot.
Delivered in plain terms, how much water your crop used, and what that means for your next decision.
We're expanding region by region, get in touch to find out more.