Dr. Basso’s group at Michigan State University has been flying an FAA approved UAVs over farmers’ fields with interesting results. In this project the main goal is to fly the drone over field experiments with different imposed or natural treatments ranging from foliar fertilizer response, to diseases detection, weed management, soil spatial variability (pH, depth and topographic positions). We will delineate a protocol to strategically apply the UAV sensors (thermal, laser, and multispectral) to fully exploit the advantages of the most sophisticated and reliable systems to monitor growth of soybean crops throughout the growing season over space and time. We will also assess spatial variability...