Proof gallery

Water-stress brief samples.

These are work-product examples for a reviewed first-walk brief. The point is not to sell a platform; it is to show what a grower or advisor can forward before deciding which block to walk first.

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One-page format

Every brief answers the same field questions.

Redacted cherry block - water restriction first walk

Block: North Okanagan cherry block, grower name removed

Date checked: Sample brief format; live brief uses the request date

Imagery: Sentinel-2 first pass; exact scene date shown during review

Confidence: Medium

Walk this area first

Start with the lower-vigor corner before walking the whole block.

What Farmbit sees

The first pass separates one weaker edge from the rest of the canopy. Walk it before treating the pattern as an irrigation failure.

What to check on ground

Check emitter flow, soil moisture difference, recent pruning or replanting, and whether the weak edge maps to slope or valve zones.

3 photo/video shots needed

wide row view from the weak edge
close canopy/vigor shot
irrigation line or soil surface shot

Limitation: Cloud, shadows, row spacing, and 10 m pixels can hide a single emitter or a damaged row.

Redacted apple block - boundary uncertain

Block: Central Okanagan apple block, parcel details removed

Date checked: Sample brief format; live brief uses the request date

Imagery: Public satellite first pass; boundary confidence reviewed manually

Confidence: Low to medium

Walk this area first

Confirm the block edge before trusting the ranked zone.

What Farmbit sees

The satellite preview shows a possible weak strip, but the requested boundary may include a road edge and adjacent vegetation.

What to check on ground

Confirm the actual block boundary, row direction, and whether the flagged pixels belong to the orchard or an adjacent feature.

3 photo/video shots needed

corner marker or block edge
row direction view
photo from the flagged strip toward the healthy area

Limitation: Boundary uncertainty can make a real-looking satellite signal unusable until the grower confirms the block shape.

Redacted vineyard block - good imagery first pass

Block: Okanagan vineyard block, client details removed

Date checked: Sample brief format; live brief uses the request date

Imagery: Clear public satellite scene; no closer imagery requested

Confidence: High for first-walk triage

Walk this area first

Walk the isolated low-vigor patch first, then compare with a normal row outside the patch.

What Farmbit sees

The flagged area is spatially coherent and separated from the surrounding block, making it a good first-walk candidate.

What to check on ground

Check irrigation uniformity, recent machinery traffic, soil texture change, and canopy stress signs before assuming cause.

3 photo/video shots needed

standing view across the patch
leaf/canopy detail in patch
matching comparison shot in normal area

Limitation: Even a high-confidence first pass cannot identify the cause without field evidence.

Field note

The lower-vigor corner gets the first look

A Farmbit example from a redacted cherry block in the North Okanagan points the crew toward a lower-vigor corner. Confidence: Medium. The first checks are emitter flow, soil moisture, recent pruning or replanting, and whether the pattern follows a slope or valve zone.

For a 1–4 ha fruit block, start with the flagged corner and a nearby normal row. Those two areas give the first walk a comparison before the team moves through the remaining rows.

Farmbit requests a 30-day lookback from Sentinel-2 imagery for a mapped block. The scouting path supports NDVI, NDWI, NDMI, NDRE, and EVI. At 10 m, a pixel can cover several orchard rows. Cloud and shadow can weaken a scene. One emitter or one damaged row may disappear inside a mixed pixel.

Start at the ranked zone and compare it with a nearby normal row. If the weak patch follows a slope or valve zone, inspect irrigation layout and emitter flow. If it sits beside a road or another mapped feature, confirm the block boundary before spending time on the plants. Record what the grower found, including a finding that ruled out the suspected change.

Field Change Alerts compares a mapped block with a rolling baseline before creating a walk priority.

Okanagan water restrictions

Use the checklist before walking every block.

The checklist page explains where a satellite first pass helps and where it cannot replace irrigation and crop-advisor ground checks.

Read Okanagan checklist