The Climate Corporation (Bayer Crop Science)

The Climate Corporation develops software and hardware products to help farmers improve their agricultural operations. Its flagship product, the Climate FieldView Platform, combines hyper-local weather monitoring, agronomic modeling, and data integration to provide mobile SaaS solutions. These solutions, including Climate FieldView Prime, Plus, and Pro, aim to enhance farm profitability by enabling better-informed operational decisions. The company utilizes advanced technologies like deep learning and spatial modeling to analyze farm data and provide insights. Their Nitrogen Monitoring Tool, which has been on the market since 2022, offers fertility recommendations by integrating farmer-provided information with external data sources such as weather information and satellite imagery.

The Climate Corporation's technology addresses key challenges faced by farmers, such as compiling data from various sources, extracting actionable insights, and accessing information easily in the field. Their platform allows farmers to view all their data in one place, recognizing that farms are complex living systems where changes in one component affect others. In April 2018, the company reported that users of their Nitrogen Management Tool could experience an average profit of USD 12.31 per acre through yield increase and nitrogen savings, based on a study of 66,290 acres across 653 fields.

The company has expanded its operations globally. Starting in the US "corn belt," it extended its reach to Canada, Brazil, and several European countries by 2017. As of 2024, The Climate Corporation employs 700 people worldwide, including 150 data and research scientists who continue to make on-site visits to improve their field views and recommendations.

Key customers and partnerships

In May 2015, The Climate Corporation entered into an agreement with BlackBridge to provide RapidEye satellite imagery of major agricultural areas across the US. This imagery is used by The Climate Corporation to extract in-season and historical field information, helping farmers evaluate crop health and identify issues before they impact yield. The company's products serve various farm sizes, from 50-acre to 10,000-acre fields, with farmers like Greg Deim from Iowa using Climate FieldView to identify field variability and improve nitrogen applications.