FinTech
Employee Spotlight – Yuriy Pekun
While working at the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, Yuriy Pekun discovered a deep passion for agriculture. This led him to pursue and obtain a master’s degree in agronomy and crop science, which was a turning point in his career. Before joining the EarthDaily Agro team, he served as an agronomist for seed growing companies.…
Read MoreIf You’re Looking for Agribusiness Solutions, Look to the Sky
There are more than 8,000 satellites orbiting the Earth today — and almost as many different jobs they’re doing up there. Satellites have been helping humans solve problems for years. From capturing solar power to enabling global communications to viewing the deep reaches of space, satellites have been behind some of the biggest technological advancements…
Read MoreSatellite – Scaling Up Carbon Farming
In recent years, many studies on carbon farming practices have been done. Optimizing carbon capture on working landscapes is expanding in the United States and in other major production areas around the world. In coordination with these efforts, a framework is being structured that encompasses political and financial incentives, regulatory frameworks, contracted production, and debate…
Read More$1 Million Grant to Fund New EASY4Ag Program From EarthDaily Agro
Earlier this year, the prestigious I-NOV competition for French creative businesses and industry disruptors awarded EarthDaily Agro a significant grant of $1 million to address pressing agriculture challenges. With existing analytics capabilities and an upcoming next-generation satellite constellation, EarthDaily Agro has been recognized for major contributions to agricultural sustainability. EarthDaily Agro’s overall goal is to…
Read MorePowered by Earth Observation, Ag Lenders Deploy Next-Generation Credit Risk Evaluation and Monitoring to Drive New Business Opportunities
Sustainably feeding the world takes vast amounts of capital — for raising crops, for transporting them around the world, for seeing farmers through commodity price volatility, and that’s just for starters. This is why agricultural lenders are such a vital — if largely unseen — part of the agrifood supply chain. Increasingly, though, ag lenders…
Read MoreReducing Financial Risk for a Global Insurance Leader
The <geosys/> dataset provides the insurer with the information needed to analyze weather and climate conditions and make informed decisions for writing policies and responding to claims. Millions of hectares across Brazil—approximately a third of the country’s land area—are devoted to agriculture. In particular, corn and soybean production has increased significantly in recent years because…
Read MoreReducing Insurance Risk With Proactive Action Powered by Earth Observation
A leading French agricultural insurer harnesses powerful weather and climate data from EarthDaily Agro to better predict risk and establish policy, enabling the company to respond proactively and ultimately support its bottom line. Insurance by nature can be a reactive business, which often creates challenges for insurers as it exposes them to risk. A leading…
Read MoreRevolutionizing the Agricultural Financial Market
Using Data and Technology to Mitigate Uncertainties, Increase Operational Efficiency, and Reduce Costs Founded by MIT alumni, the ag-fintech company Traive is embracing technology to disrupt the financial industry. In fact, their current mission is to revolutionize the agricultural finance sector through data technology and machine learning. Based in Brazil and the U.S., the…
Read MoreSatellite remote sensing reduces risk for agriculture credit lending
Geospatial data tools allow the crop history of each field to be analysed for better decision-making or lenders and growers Farming credit has been a fundamental tool for the development of Brazilian agriculture for decades, growing significantly to meet the demand of the Brazilian agricultural sector. Between 1995 and 2018, the amount of credit officially…
Read MoreThe Importance of Innovation to Increase Profitability
Download Case Study For more than 20 years, BIO3G has designed, developed, and sold innovative, natural, and environmentally friendly solutions. They specialize in natural biostimulation. They strive to “Give nature the means to express its potential,” which is their tagline. Instead of infusing soil and plants with chemicals, BIO3G solutions stimulate soil life and thus…
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