Agriculture - Meditations
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Aug 9, 2021 · 2 min read
The Role of Remote Sensing in Scaling Regenerative Agriculture
Scaling regenerative agriculture is possible with remote sensing through a data-driven experience for the farmer and the buyer.
Jun 24, 2021 · 5 min read
Quantifying the Intuitive: How Geospatial Data Helps Forecast Commodity Prices
Vaccine rollouts and sluggish supply chains still facing pandemic-related restrictions drove increased demand in the first half of 2021 for basic commodities like soybeans, sugar, vegetable oils, meat, and dairy.
Mar 19, 2019 · 2 min read
Understanding the changing face of agriculture with global sensors
Fields in Vietnam At Descartes Labs, we got our start modeling agricultural yields using data from satellites. Along the way, our scientists secured multiple patents around creating field boundary...
Sep 24, 2018 · 3 min read
How tech startup Descartes Labs is helping Cargill unlock the future of data
(This article has been reposted from www.cargill.com) What brought together a 153-year-old grain trader and a tech startup in an office full of bean bag chairs? Corn, naturally.
Apr 24, 2017 · 2 min read
Descartes Labs Platform Now in Closed Beta with Los Alamos National Laboratory as an Inaugural…
Starting today, Descartes Labs is accepting applications for Beta access to the most advanced Platform for extracting information from satellite imagery on a global scale.
Sep 8, 2016 · 2 min read
Advancing the science of soy forecasting
Descartes Labs’ weekly forecast for U.S. corn and soy yields Last month, we were excited to unveil our 2016 U.S. Corn Yield Forecast. Today, we’re adding soybeans to our weekly production forecasts.
Aug 10, 2016 · 4 min read
Advancing the science of corn forecasting
Corn yields by county, updated weekly on www.descarteslabs.com Today, Descartes Labs is releasing our 2016 U.S. Corn Yield Forecast. Not only is this year’s corn model vastly improved over last...