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Aug 26 2024

How Planet's Cutting-Edge Satellite Imagery Enhances Barchart's Yield Forecasts

In today’s agricultural landscape, data-driven decision-making has become crucial to ensuring optimal yield and profitability. The partnership between Barchart and Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) brings together cutting-edge technology and invaluable data, offering farmers and agricultural professionals unparalleled insights to enhance their operations.

So what exactly does Planet do? Planet's mission is "to image the whole world every day and make global change visible, accessible, and actionable." With daily satellite imagery capturing high-resolution data, Planet provides a real-time, comprehensive view of agricultural landscapes across the globe. This vast amount of information is not only accessible but also scalable, allowing users to monitor crop conditions at both micro and macro levels.

How does this benefit Barchart users? The integration of Planet's high-resolution imagery with Barchart's proprietary data provides detailed insights throughout the entire growing season, from early-season operations to post-harvest analysis. This collaboration ensures that farmers have access to critical data at every stage, enabling informed decision-making, risk mitigation, and optimized operations. Barchart's yield and production forecasts, powered by Planet's data, aim to uncover uncertainty in the ag market, offering valuable insights for trading, risk management, and purchasing, and empowering users to navigate market complexities with confidence.

The ability to monitor crops with such precision makes Planet’s data a game-changer, helping farmers anticipate and respond to changes in weather, soil conditions, and crop health. Whether through cmdtyView Pro or via an API, users can seamlessly integrate this information into their existing workflows. To access this data within cmdtyView, visit barchart.com/cmdtyview, or for an enterprise solution, contact our sales team

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