satellite

Automatic pasture measurement across your whole farm

No plate meter.
No full farm walks. No grazing diary.
No worries.

AIMER Satellite measures every paddock with daily satellite flyovers, so your covers stay current even when calving leaves no time for a farm walk.

When cloud or rain gets in the way of the satellite, smartphone measurement and an AI model that learns how your farm grows keep the numbers ticking over.

Satellites are brilliant.
Until it's cloudy.

Satellite pasture measurement promises the dream: whole-farm covers with zero labour. And on a clear day, it delivers.

But you make grazing decisions every day, and in the depths of winter or a wet spring, clear days can be a week apart. Satellite-only tools leave you guessing exactly when the feed decisions matter most.

AIMER Satellite was built to fix that.  

how it works

Three sources of pasture intelligence. One number you can trust, every day.

1

Daily satellite flyovers

A constellation of around 200 satellites means your farm gets a flyover every day, and only clear, quality images make the cut.

Each reading comes from models trained on thousands of real, on-the-ground pasture measurements, then refined by what AIMER already knows about your farm.

The result: covers around 80% accurate, without you lifting a finger.

2

AIMER Vision

Point your phone at a paddock and get a cover reading in seconds, with 90%+ accuracy.

Included with every plan, every scan gives your farm model an accurate on-the-ground baseline, which in turn makes every satellite reading sharper.

Scan whenever you want extra confidence, or want fresh measurements on cloudy days.

3

A live model of your farm

AIMER builds a digital twin of your farm and learns how each paddock grows; through seasons, weather, and grazing.

Backed by models refined with thousands of pasture measurements from NZ farms, it shows your expected covers today, even if nothing's been measured recently.

Even on days with no usable satellite image, your feed wedge stays current instead of going stale.

The three don't just sit side by side. They feed each other.
That's what keeps AIMER useful on the days satellite-only tools go quiet.

Whatever the sky is doing, your farm stays measured

Clear

Satellite measures the whole farm automatically, no walking required.

Cloudy

Cloud cover blocks the satellite, but AIMER's live farm model keeps estimating growth. You can scan with your phone anytime for extra confidence.

Wet

No satellite view? No walk needed. AIMER keeps your wedge current from what it already knows about your paddocks.
features

Covers don't feed cows. Decisions do.

Plenty of tools can give you a number. AIMER turns every measurement into your next move.
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Interactive feed wedge & forecasts

See surpluses and deficits coming before they arrive, and test "what if" scenarios in seconds.

Paddock insights

Spot under-performing paddocks and cultivars, and back your regrassing decisions with data.

Automated grazing plans

Pro
A two-week plan with break sizes and supplement, so anyone on the team can put the cows in the right paddock with confidence.

Works how you farm,
no grazing diary needed

Most pasture systems need you to record every grazing event to stay accurate. Miss a week during calving and the numbers drift, then you stop trusting them, then you stop using them.

AIMER doesn't ask. There's no grazing diary to keep. Satellite readings, phone scans and the live farm model keep your covers current without you logging a thing.

reviews

Trusted on farms big and small, north to south

Our farmers say it best! See how AIMER is making a difference to their pasture.

“All in all, I do really like the app. Has saved me a lot of time as I’m a solo operator and has made things much easier for me, and have been hitting great intakes and getting great residuals.”

Jeremy Reichmuth

Matamata, Waikato

"I did a full farm drive and was absolutely blown away by the numbers.
I’m an ex-farm advisor and do frequent farm walks across three farms and have done for 23 years. So I know pasture and this is really exciting! I drove around the farm with a big smile on my face."
Hamish Putt

Hamish Putt

Tokoroa

“I went out before, did a plate-meter and a Vision scan on a paddock the cows had just left and one they were about to go in to and there was 13kg/DM difference. It was awesome! Just makes it easy!”

Blake Borrie

Otago

"AIMER's optimisation is amazing — I can quickly work out how many paddocks to drop out for silage, or to add in supplement and how much for the desired round length."

Brett McLennan

West Coast

“The ability of AIMER to learn your farm’s pasture growth patterns, and its ability to give feedback and some management input on what you could do to address a situation, has a lot of appeal to me.”
Shane True

Shane True

Manawatu

“It’s great how I can see which paddocks and cultivars are under or over-performing, and then use that as a basis for pasture renovation decisions.”
Hayden Lawrence

Hayden Lawrence

Taranaki

“To do a whole farm walk it would take four to five hours every week. Using the part farm walk in AIMER, we can be done in 45 minutes. AIMER then generates a grazing plan so anyone on the team can confidently walk out and put the cows in the right paddock.”
Frazer and Amber Carpenter

Fraser & Amber Carpenter

South Auckland

“AIMER has really helped with our pasture management over the season. The spring and early summer has seen our production lift as we have grazed paddocks more accurately. AIMER has taken out a lot of the guesswork.”

Jason Christensen

Wairarapa

getting started

Up and running in days, not seasons

Book a demo

Book a demo with our friendly team, we'll walk you through AIMER on a farm like yours.

We map your farm

With the information you give us, we'll draw your farm so you can start seeing it in AIMER

Satellite starts measuring

AIMER starts learning your paddocks from day one.
book a demo

Already using AIMER?

Adding Satellite to your current plan is easy. Everything you use today stays the same; Satellite simply feeds another stream of measurements into the farm model that AIMER has already built for you.

Email us at support@aimerdev.com or give us a call on +64 7 958 9728 to add Satellite to your plan

faqs

Common questions

How often does the satellite fly over my farm?

Every day. AIMER Satellite uses imagery from one of the world's largest Earth-observation constellations. Around 200 satellites capture 3-metre resolution imagery, with a flyover of your farm daily.

Do I get satellite readings every day

Not every flyover produces a usable reading, and it's not always about the weather you can see.

Cloud is the most common reason, but even on a clear day, an image can be ruled out by thin high haze that's invisible from the ground, or by the technical checks every image must pass before it's trusted for cover detection, such as the images aligning precisely with your paddock boundaries. Only clear, reliable imagery makes it into your numbers. 

On days without a usable satellite image, AIMER's live farm model and your phone measurements keep your covers current. This means you get a trustworthy number every day, satellite or not. Satellite-only tools can't do that.

How accurate is it?

AIMER Vision smartphone measurement delivers 90%+ accuracy when you measure a paddock directly. Satellite readings are quality-checked, then processed and cross-referenced with your live farm model, giving cover values at around 80% accuracy.

On days without a usable satellite image, the model keeps estimating your expected covers, improving over time as AIMER learns how your paddocks grow.

Do I need to record grazing events?

No, there's nothing to record. Satellite readings, phone scans and AIMER's live farm model keep your covers current without a grazing diary, unlike most satellite pasture tools, which rely on grazing records to stay accurate.

Do I still need to do farm walks?

No. Satellite and AIMER's live farm model keep your whole farm measured automatically. If you ever want extra confidence, or fresh readings on a run of cloudy days, a quick scan with your phone is all it takes.

How is this different to LIC SPACE and other satellite pasture measurement tools?

Most satellite pasture measurement tools rely entirely on automated readings. When the weather turns, so do your options. 

AIMER pairs satellite measurement with smartphone measurement, so you can quickly validate paddocks and lift confidence whenever you want, while live paddock modelling keeps your covers current on the days in between. It all feeds one platform: your feed wedge, forecasts and grazing plans. 

It's more accurate, too: benchmarked against manual pasture measurements, AIMER Satellite delivers around 5–10% higher accuracy than previous satellite-only approaches, with periodic phone scans lifting that further.