Satellite monitoring for wheat, barley, oilseed rape, sugar beet, potatoes and orchard fruit, built for cloudy skies, wet autumns and dry summers.
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Farming in United Kingdom
Arable farming in England is centred on the East of England, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and the East Midlands, with wheat, winter and spring barley, oilseed rape, oats and field beans in rotation. Sugar beet and potatoes are grown in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, and the Fens carry a large share of the country's vegetables.
Kent and Herefordshire are known for apples, pears, cherries and soft fruit, and a growing wine sector has planted vines across the south-east. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland add more grass, barley, seed potatoes and soft fruit, with their own farm support schemes.
Map My Crop supports growers, agribusinesses, insurers and agencies in England and the wider UK. Frequent cloud makes radar and optical fusion useful here, because season-long coverage is needed even when optical views are blocked.
Main crops
Wheat
The main arable crop, usually sown in autumn, with disease pressure and nitrogen timing the key decisions.
Barley
Winter barley for feed and spring barley for malting and feed, grown across eastern and northern England and Scotland.
Oilseed rape
A break crop in arable rotations that is sensitive to pests at establishment and to spring weather.
Sugar beet
Grown mainly in the East of England, where virus yellows and drought are recurring concerns.
Potatoes
Grown in the Fens, East Anglia and Scotland for fresh, processing and seed markets, with careful watch on water and blight pressure.
Apples and orchard fruit
Orchards in Kent and Herefordshire, managed block by block with spring frost as a recurring risk.
Vines
English and Welsh vineyards, mostly in the south-east, where frost and wet summers affect the crop.
What makes it hard
Cloud and a short imaging window
Cloud cover means optical satellite views can be sparse for weeks. Map My Crop fuses radar and optical imagery so that crop classification and monitoring continue through cloudy periods.
Wet autumns, dry summers
Wet autumns delay drilling and cause waterlogging on heavy soils, while dry spells in recent summers have stressed crops, especially in the east. Field-level weather, soil moisture and water stress maps show which fields are under pressure.
Frost, disease and environmental schemes
Spring frost threatens orchards and vines, and mild wet weather raises disease pressure in cereals and potatoes. Environmental land management schemes in England also pay for actions such as cover crops and soil management, which need evidence that the actions happened.
How Map My Crop helps in United Kingdom
Field health and scouting for arable farms
Track vegetation, water stress and growth stage field by field. The platform flags fields that depart from their normal pattern, so scouting goes to the right fields first, with notes and photos recorded in the app.
Variable-rate nitrogen and seed
Create zones inside fields and export nitrogen, seed, phosphorus and potassium prescriptions as ISO XML or shapefile for machinery that supports the ISOBUS format.
Orchard and vineyard block records
Monitor canopy health per block, count trees and find gaps, and keep dated records for each block through the season.
Evidence for environmental scheme actions
Verify practices such as cover crops, reduced tillage and rotation from imagery rather than surveys, with dated evidence packs. This helps advisers and agribusinesses support farm scheme and sustainability reporting at a general level.
Yield forecasts for processors and merchants
Forecast yield and harvest timing by field, region or supply base to plan intake, storage and contracts for cereals, sugar beet and potatoes.
How it starts
- Tell us your crops, counties or regions and the number of fields or hectares in scope.
- We map or import field boundaries, identify crops where needed and start monitoring, including through cloud.
- Your team works from health maps, alerts and exports in the platform or through the API, with VRA, evidence or forecast modules added as needed.
Frequently asked questions
Does satellite monitoring work in such a cloudy climate?
Yes. Crop classification fuses radar and optical imagery so that coverage continues through cloud, and the platform draws on many satellite providers to keep the record current.
Does Map My Crop cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?
Yes, the platform covers the whole of the UK. Farm support schemes differ across the four nations, so scheme-related evidence is set up around your own requirements.
Can it help us evidence environmental scheme actions?
It can show practices such as cover crops, reduced tillage and rotation from imagery, with dated records. It does not decide scheme eligibility and does not replace inspections by the paying agency.
How do I get started?
Book a demo and tell us your crops and regions. We reply within one business day.