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Employee 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 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 MoreEmployee Spotlight: Anne Dubois
How long have you been at EarthDaily Agro? I joined EarthDaily Agro in 2013 as a satellite data sourcing engineer. Prior to EarthDaily Agro, I worked as GIS Engineer and environmental geographer for many years for research institutes in Africa, Agriculture chambers in France, and European NGOs in Central Asia. I graduated from geography programs…
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 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 MoreRemote sensing for oilseed rape fertilisation – How EarthDaily Agro supports nitrogen management.
Satellite imagery technology is a component of precision agriculture that accompanies agricultural practices. During this winter period in Western Europe, satellite images are being used on winter oilseed rape fields to adapt nitrogen fertilisation and better distribute it into the field, thanks to variability maps. Biomass is an indicator of the amount of nitrogen absorbed…
Read More5 Takeaways on 2022 Global Crop Production Powered by Earth Observation
Every year comes with its own crop production challenges, but few years in recent memory compare with the disruptions of 2022. From the war in Ukraine to extreme weather patterns to rising population and more, a host of challenges tested the resilience of the entire agricultural supply chain. All year long, expert agronomists at EarthDaily…
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 MoreGrowing New Business for Wanaka by Creating Efficiencies With Earth Observation
Software company Wanaka helps farmers increase yields and meet compliance regulations in France through partnership with EarthDaily Agro. The <geosys/> platform—satellite imaging, geospatial analytics and expert service—drills down to the field level to determine variable-rate nitrogen applications. French software company Wanaka supports farmers through a range of services, including fertilizer application, crop protection and soil…
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,…
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