Does the vegetation index predict forage production on each insureds operation?
The vegetation index does not explicitly predict forage on a given producers operation. Instead, the index is simply a reflection of how the greenness of the vegetation has changed over the given 3-month interval for a specified grid, declared by the producer, relative to a long term average for the same interval and grid. Research indicates that the NDVI index is highly correlated with forage production, but does not directly predict forage production.
