SCOUT FASTER BY DRONE
Our new app makes walking fields a thing of the past.
Skippy Scout uses a drone to do the work for you, in less time, and in more detail.
All with just your phone, and a drone.
Number 1. Skippy Scout. “The Skippy Scout app automates crop-scouting drone flights, allowing growers and agronomists to check pest, weed and disease levels across a field remotely…”
Farmers Weekly – July 2019
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“Skippy Scout is a real step forwards in Drone Solutions for Agriculture, with more meaningful insights for growers and advisors alike.”
James Marshall-Roberts
Global Digital Agronomy Development Lead, Syngenta
“Skippy Scout is the first solution we have come across which is simple to use and delivers real benefits for farmers, agronomists and potentially the whole supply chain.”
Andy Hindhaugh
Commercial Director, McCreath Simpson & Prentice
“Skippy Scout is an additional tool to allow further steps of autonomy within the farm environment. [it] is just the next step in agriculture.”
Jonathan Gill
Harper Adams Hands Free Hectare, Nuffield Scholar
“Targeted agronomy is fast becoming a reality and Skippy Scout has the potential to complement this. [It] offers a unique approach to drone use in agriculture to enhance decision making.”
Lewis McKerrow
Digital Farming Manager, Hutchinsons
“[It] saves me walking across a big field, it is literally 5 minutes, job done. I’m a believer in using drones and I think there is a lot of potential for Skippy Scout.”
Graham Potter
Farmers Weekly arable farmer of the year finalist
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FAQ
What exactly is the Skippy Scout App?
We built Skippy Scout as a way to make field walking/crop scouting more efficient through the use of affordable drone systems, which many farmers and agronomists already own.
Think of it as a much faster, more detailed way to scout crops/quadrat sample. It’s like the the field scouting apps you get on your phone, but your phone can fly around the field…
What drones can Skippy fly?
We’re focused on DJI drone systems, for now.
Skippy can fly any of the DJI Mavic series (the Mavic Air is our favourite!), The Phantom 4 series, Inspire 2 and M200 series drones.
We may support other manufacturers down the line so if you make drones, feel free to get in touch!
Can Skippy use my mobile device?
Skippy is iOS only at the moment, use your iPhone 6 and beyond. Of course it will work a little better with more modern devices.
Android coming soon… well, at some point!
How fast is it, is it really better than field-walking?
Much faster. Skippy can cover about 2 hectares per minute with your drone, capturing high resolution images at 2 points per hectare.
These are all downloaded to your phone as your drone flies, so you can look at them as soon as they are taken and analyse for GAI etc, much in the same way you would use your phone camera to take a pic with a standard scouting app. Think of your drone as a flying phone camera!
Is it available in my country?
Yes, in fact we have testers all over the world! Skippy in general should work anywhere in the world, however we are testing and developing it in the UK market first. We also plan to add features that will be UK-specific, to begin with at least!
This is just the beginning...
Using a drone to scout a crop is just the beginning of our goal to develop super-simple software that uses drones (not just airborne!), smart phones, automation and AI to enable more efficient farming, with less hassle!
Work With Us
We love working with others doing exciting things in agriculture, so if you think what you’re doing would work well alongside Skippy, or drones for Ag in general, then let’s have a chat!