Applications of satellite in farming has transformed the traditional methods of farming. With the use of remote sensing and satellite imagery, crop health can be monitored better, crop yields can be optimized better with timely assessment of soil and the lands can be utilized in better ways by analyzing the fields.
The space-based technology provides accurate and real-time information and extract insights about crop and soil development, which is not only helpful for farmers but also for agronomists, insurers and agricultural policymakers. This is why a lot of satellite data providers are partnering with agriculture data aggregators to improve provide better information.
Recently, Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, has announced that their PlanetScope data is now available through Leaf, an agricultural data infrastructure company. Through Leaf’s imagery service, developers can access Planets satellite imagery to better inform their agricultural products.
Planet owns and operates the largest fleet of Earth observation satellites in history, with approximately 200 satellites currently in orbit. The company collects an image of every land-based location on Earth every single day, generating an unprecedented dataset. These datasets are often leveraged by agricultural companies to analyze crop yields, predict harvest times, and lend insights into sustainable farming practices.
Leafs unified farm data API helps streamline farm data integrations into a standardized format. With Leaf, software developers build useful products for the agricultural industry, including farm optimization tools, carbon markets and sustainability tracking, outcome-based financing, agronomic recommendations, and traceability applications. Now, with the integration of Planets data, Leaf customers can easily access daily satellite images of agricultural land.
Leaf customers can now access the company’s PlanetScope data, dating back to 2015, which provides daily images of each location at approximately 3 meter resolution. This historical archive is automatically integrated into Leafs infrastructure, enabling users to gain unique information regarding agricultural trends over time, like environmental and seasonal change or documentation of regenerative practices. New daily images are then also populated each day, giving near real-time insights into the health and productivity of agricultural fields.
Agriculture is going through a digital revolution, and its companies like Leaf that are helping to propel this transition. “I am excited to have our daily data available through Leaf, where developers can pull the latest insights from Planets products into new models and toolkits for the industry”, said Jim Thomason, Planets VP of Imagery Products.
“Our goal is to empower developers to build a food and agricultural system that benefits our health, environment, and agricultural economy. We are thrilled to now offer Planets data via our API as their PlanetScope daily imaging product could allow for better monitoring of sustainable projects and reveal changing seasonal trends for farmers and agronomists”, said Leaf CEO and co-founder Bailey Stockdale.
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