{"id":9567,"date":"2026-07-17T18:11:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/agriculture-nasa-science-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T18:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:11:57","slug":"agriculture-nasa-science-2","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/agriculture-nasa-science-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture\u00a0 &#8211; NASA Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"post-1256354\">\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"entry-content\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n<div class=\"hds-page-intro hds-page-intro-banner width-full maxw-full padding-0 hds-cover-wrapper minh-tablet\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background\"><img width=\"3659\" height=\"2222\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/thumbnails\/Crop_sprayer.jpg?w=3659&amp;h=2222&amp;fit=clip&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Strip tillIn a field in western Kentucky, a machine sprays cover crops to prepare for planting season. NASA scientists are looking to space-based tools to help forecast fast, stealthy droughts responsible for severe agricultural losses in recent years.age in a field of cereal rye cover crops at Lester Farms in Gracey, KY. Strip tillage is a practice that uses minimum tillage so you get the benefits of conventional till but you also get the benefits of no till because you are protecting the soil and only disturbing the soil where you plant. The cover crop roots protect the space between the rows. Spraying cover crops to prepare for planting season.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/thumbnails\/Crop_sprayer.jpg?w=3659&amp;h=2222&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 3659w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/thumbnails\/Crop_sprayer.jpg?w=300&amp;h=182&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/thumbnails\/Crop_sprayer.jpg?w=768&amp;h=466&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/thumbnails\/Crop_sprayer.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=622&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/thumbnails\/Crop_sprayer.jpg?w=1536&amp;h=933&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/thumbnails\/Crop_sprayer.jpg?w=2048&amp;h=1244&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2048w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/thumbnails\/Crop_sprayer.jpg?w=400&amp;h=243&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/thumbnails\/Crop_sprayer.jpg?w=600&amp;h=364&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/thumbnails\/Crop_sprayer.jpg?w=900&amp;h=547&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/thumbnails\/Crop_sprayer.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=729&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/thumbnails\/Crop_sprayer.jpg?w=2000&amp;h=1215&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3659px) 100vw, 3659px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The NASA Earth Action Agriculture program area promotes the use of Earth observations to strengthen food production, support market stability, and protect human livelihoods. Together with partners in the United States and around the world, the Agriculture Program helps bolster food security, improve agricultural resilience, and reduce market price volatility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Program Manager: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/people\/dr-ashutosh-limaye\/\">Ashutosh Limaye<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit the Agriculture\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/appliedsciences.nasa.gov\/what-we-do\/food-security-agriculture\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Agriculture Program has two consortia. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaacres.org\/\">Acres<\/a>\u00a0applies satellite data solutions to the most pressing challenges facing U.S. agriculture. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaharvest.org\/\">Harvest<\/a>\u00a0leverages satellite data for global food security.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n<p>Keep Exploring<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover More Topics From NASA<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/earth-science\/earth-action\/agriculture\/?rand=6382\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NASA Earth Action Agriculture program area promotes the use of Earth observations to strengthen food production, support market stability, and protect human livelihoods. Together with partners in the United States and around the world, the Agriculture Program helps bolster food security, improve agricultural resilience, and reduce market price volatility.\u00a0 Program Manager: Ashutosh Limaye Visit the Agriculture\u00a0page.\u00a0 The Agriculture Program&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":99049,"featured_media":9568,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[1301,374,460],"ground_category":[137,313],"class_list":["post-9567","ground_post","type-ground_post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-agriculture","tag-nasa","tag-science","ground_category-1-grounds-science","ground_category-1-4-discover-saturn"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/content\/dam\/science\/esd\/thumbnails\/Crop_sprayer.jpg\/jcr:content\/renditions\/cq5dam.web.1280.1280.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ground_post\/9567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ground_post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ground_post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99049"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ground_post\/9567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9567"},{"taxonomy":"ground_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ground_category?post=9567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}