Satellite monitoring for cereals, rapeseed, sugar beet, potatoes and apples, built for small parcels, light soils and dry spells across central Poland.
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Farming in Poland
Polish arable farming is built around cereals. Wheat, rye, triticale, barley and oats are grown widely, with maize rising for grain and silage. Rapeseed, sugar beet and potatoes are important in rotation. Wielkopolska, Kuyavia-Pomerania, Lower Silesia, Opole, Lublin and Masovia are among the major crop regions.
Poland is also a large fruit grower. Apples are grown around Grójec in Masovia, and soft fruit such as raspberries, blackcurrants and strawberries come from Lublin and nearby areas. Light, sandy soils are common in the centre and north, while loess soils in Lublin and Lower Silesia are more fertile.
Map My Crop supports growers, agribusinesses, insurers and agencies in Poland. Parcels in the south-east are often small, so boundary mapping and crop labels need to work at plot level.
Main crops
Wheat
A main cereal across the western and southern regions, grown on both fertile and lighter soils.
Rye and triticale
Cereals suited to lighter, sandier soils in the centre and north.
Rapeseed
An important oilseed in rotation, sensitive to winter conditions and spring frost.
Sugar beet
Grown on fertile soils in Wielkopolska, Kuyavia-Pomerania, Lower Silesia and Lublin.
Maize
Grown for silage and grain, with water stress at flowering the main risk.
Potatoes
Grown for table and processing, from small plots to commercial fields.
Apples
Orchards around Grójec and other regions, where spring frost and hail are watched closely.
What makes it hard
Low rainfall and light soils
Parts of central Poland have relatively low rainfall, and sandy soils hold little water, so dry spells in spring and summer hit crops quickly. Soil moisture, water stress maps and field-level weather show which fields run short first.
Spring frost and hail in orchards
Frost during blossom and hail through summer can damage apple and soft fruit crops. Block-level alerts and dated before-and-after imagery show which blocks were affected.
Small parcels and area-based checks
Many farms hold several small parcels, especially in the south-east. Support payments under the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) rely on declared parcels being checked, increasingly with satellite data, so accurate plot-level boundaries and crop records matter.
How Map My Crop helps in Poland
Small-parcel boundaries and land-record checks
Map field boundaries from satellite imagery down to 0.02 ha, link them to parcel registers such as LPIS where available and compare declared and measured area.
Declared and detected crop checks
Compare the crop declared on each parcel with the crop detected from imagery, track rotations and total acreage by crop for a cooperative, a processor or a region.
Field monitoring for cereals and rapeseed
Follow vegetation, water stress and growth stage field by field. Scouting tasks, photos and notes are recorded in the app, and VRA maps export as ISO XML or shapefile for machinery that supports the ISOBUS format.
Orchard block records
Track canopy health per block, count trees and find gaps, and keep dated records for each orchard block through the season.
Yield forecasts for processors and traders
Forecast yield and harvest timing by field, region or supplier base to plan intake, storage and contracts for cereals, rapeseed, sugar beet and potatoes.
How it starts
- Tell us your regions, crops and whether you manage your own land, a cooperative or a supplier base.
- We map or import plot boundaries, identify crops where needed and begin monitoring from the current imagery.
- Your team works from maps, alerts and exports in the platform or through the API, with forecasts or crop checks added when needed.
Frequently asked questions
Does Map My Crop work for small Polish farms and parcels?
Yes. Boundary mapping works down to 0.02 ha, so small plots can be mapped as well as large regular fields.
Does it help with CAP area checks?
It gives accurate boundaries, detected crop labels and dated imagery that advisers and agencies can use as evidence. It does not replace the official checks run by the paying agency.
Can it work through cloudy weather?
Yes. Crop classification fuses radar and optical imagery so that coverage continues through cloud.
How do I get started?
Book a demo and tell us your crops and regions. We reply within one business day.