Commodities
Employee Spotlight: Mickaël Attia
What do you get when you mix the experiences of an engineer, an agronomist, and a drone operator? One remarkable crop analyst. When Mickaël Attia joined the EarthDaily Agro team in 2017 he came with this solid foundation of practices, giving him the knowledge to effectively communicate crop data analysis to partners and clients. As…
Read MoreWheat Price Pressure Increasing Amid Global Supply Shortages, EarthDaily Agro Monitoring Shows in Advance of USDA World Agriculture Production Report
In advance of the forthcoming World Agriculture Production report from the USDA to be released May 12, EarthDaily Agro is issuing a special alert on anticipated price pressure on global wheat stemming from supply shortages related to the war in Ukraine and challenging growing conditions in Europe and the U.S. Following our earlier Global Wheat…
Read MoreEmployee Spotlight: Natalja Skuratovic
Describe your professional background. My professional background is in commodity trading, and I see the real benefits of agriculture-specific remote sensing for the P/L accounts of traders. Commodity trading is about managing the price risk in selling and buying of underlying commodities, based on supply and demand, while hedging or locking in all variables. Anticipating…
Read MoreYield Monitoring Case Study – Iowa Corn
In November 2018, the USDA lowered Iowa’s corn yield estimate to 198.0 bpa from its September estimate of 206.0 bpa. This caught many people by surprise – but not our Agriquest® tool customers. Learn how they were able to keep ahead of the curve and how we’re continuing to improve our services.
Read MoreGlobal Crop Reports Identify Sunflower Production Progress and Identify Areas of Concern
Ukraine and Russia are the world’s top producers and exporters of sunflower seed and oil, together accounting for more than 50 percent of world production, according to the United Nations. The war in Ukraine will most likely disrupt not only the current season’s production but also the supply chain due to lack of access to…
Read MoreGlobal rapeseed supply: European countries relying on Ukraine may need to look to other top producers
Highlights of crop conditions in key rapeseed-buying countries based on EarthDaily Agro reports. Several European nations rely on Ukraine for their rapeseed needs. With production threatened in Ukraine, countries such as Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, U.K. and Poland may need to look to other top rapeseed producers to meet their domestic needs. Across the Black Sea,…
Read MoreHelping Food and Beverage Manufacturer Take Control Over Supply and Demand
A global refiner and processor in the food and beverage industry minimizes financial risk by proactively adjusting sourcing and pricing strategies. Earth observation data from EarthDaily Agro equips growers, producers and processors with the intelligence to help make more informed, confident business decisions. Food and beverage manufacturers source crops worldwide—corn, wheat, barley, coffee, sugarcane, oilseeds,…
Read MoreHow Ag Commodity Traders Can Stay Ahead of the Market
When you’re an agricultural commodity trader, every decision has a direct and immediate impact to your profitability. That’s a big risk to take on — at least, it is if you’re relying on traditional crop monitoring. With government agencies such as the USDA and Eurostat publishing their crop yield projections on a monthly basis, data…
Read MoreHow Can EarthDaily Agro Help You To Monitor The Potential Of Crops? Example Of The Recent Cold Snap Effect On The Development Of Crops In France
April 2021 was one of the coldest of the last 15 years in most of France, stressing crops such as rapeseed and wheat. According to the NDVI, crops seem not to be impacted in the areas the most exposed by very low temperatures. The precipitation since March are the lowest of the last 15 years in…
Read MoreMonitoring the Top 10 Agricultural Producing Countries
Recently, Yahoo! Finance shared a list of the Top 20 Agricultural Producing Countries in the World. As the article notes: “The agriculture industry combines agricultural production with theories of marketing – where distribution channels and exports come into play. While over the years scientific advancement has aided production, the costs pertaining to development of a value…
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