Drones Over the Back Forty: A Midwest Farmer's Guide to Seeing What Your Eyes Simply Can't

A $1,500 drone can pay for itself in a single season. Most Midwest row crop farmers above a couple hundred acres don't know that yet - but the math is straightforward once you see it.Drones Over the Back Forty cuts through the marketing noise and gets to what matters: which flights pay, which data changes decisions, and how to get there without wasting money on equipment or time on learning curves that don't produce results.Whether you're unboxing your first drone or deciding if multispectral is worth it, this book gives you the answer - and the field-ready process to act on it.INSIDE YOU'LL LEARN: - How to use drones for scouting, stand counts, drainage assessment, and in-season crop health monitoring- How NDVI, NDRE, and multispectral imagery turn aerial data into management decisions that pay- Affordable workflows starting at the $1,200-$1,500 entry point - and when multispectral sensor use pays off- A 12-week first-season action plan that takes you from unboxing to confident operatorAbout the Author: Adam Miller grew up in Napoleon, Ohio, in the heart of northwest Ohio farm country. He spent twenty years in the United States Air Force as a geospatial intelligence analyst - working with the same multispectral, thermal, and electro-optical sensors that agricultural drones are built on. He wrote this book to bridge the gap between drone technology and the farmers who stand to benefit most.