CASE STUDY
Powering Fast-Paced, Proactive Decision- Making For Ag Trader
An agricultural commodity trader relies on EarthDailys Agriculture platform—satellite imaging, geospatial analytics and expert service—to monitor and forecast global crop production, take strategic action and stay ahead of the competition.
Trading in global agricultural commodities such as corn, soybeans, coffee and cotton can be a high-risk activity, potentially exposing traders to big losses.
Market volatility is a near constant obstacle, and being a successful trader requires fast-paced, proactive decision-making. For over 30 years, an international trading firm has successfully traded agricultural commodities by applying the unique formula of modeling, technology and quantitative research to identify opportunities in the global agricultural trading markets.
To help traders anticipate supply and demand, the firm relies on satellite imaging, geospatial analytics and insights from EarthDaily.
“ EarthDaily gives us more than data. EarthDaily gives us the expert service to interpret the data, which helps us make decisions, act quickly, and get results.”
Harnessing this Earth Observation data gives traders the information to identify when and where crop supply and futures will trade at favorable prices.
They can track long-term trends, monitor shorter-term change and take guided, strategic action. Having access to geospatial insights in near real-time allows traders to capitalize on market opportunities before the rest of the market catches up.
EarthDaily's platform includes a robust data stream based on satellite and additional imagery, a powerful app with analytics-ready data and expert analytical services. Vegetation indexes include NDVI, EVI and more. Weather data is a multi-model dataset covering historical, current and forecast conditions.
Agronomic analytics include yield variability and goal, among others. This data can be masked, or layered, depending on the specific crop. Analytics-ready data can be used in artificial intelligence and machine learning applications seamlessly, securely, and rapidly.
Moreover, EarthDaily provides this important
weather and vegetation data at both a micro and macro level: field, farm, region and continent.
With this information, traders actively monitor and forecast crop production, both globally and regionally, ahead of other broadly used data sources such as the USDA. The powerful app also allows enables the trading firm to pull data efficiently and quickly into their own models.
But more than aggregating the data, EarthDaily specializes in the human connection: Expert agronomists who understand the local economy meet regularly with traders to review data and discuss how to apply it for best advantage.
Every moment counts in the global agricultural commodities market. Traders require powerful tools to anticipate supply and demand—to know when and where crop supply and futures will trade at favorable prices. With EarthDaily, traders know more and know it sooner— ultimately helping them outmaneuver the competition.
Preparing for the Future
The EarthDaily Constellation is the foundation of the future of geospatial analytics. By providing consistent, high-quality data every day, it enables users to transcend traditional Earth Observation and fully leverage the power of data-driven insights.
As we approach the 2025 launch, prepare to enhance your analytics workflows with EarthDaily’s comprehensive, scalable data and tools—making the complex simple and the unseen visible.
Contact us today to learn how EarthDaily can transform your operations with data-driven insights.