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Phillips Seed Gains Access to Farmers Edge’s Satellite Imagery

By Annamarie Nyirady | July 26, 2018
      Farmers Edge and Phillips Seed Farms collaborate to offer innovative seed technology and digital agronomic tools. Photo: Business Wire

      Farmers Edge and Phillips Seed Farms collaborate to offer innovative seed technology and digital agronomic tools. Photo: Business Wire

      Data-driven agricultural solution provider Farmers Edge and Phillips Seed Farms will collaborate to accelerate genetic development with digital agronomic tools, including daily satellite imagery. Phillips Seed will increase digital connectivity between farmers and their dealer representatives with customized services based on Farmers Edge analytics and near real-time insights.

      Under this partnership, Phillips Seed dealers spanning across Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, Texas, and Colorado will have access to Farmers Edge’s suite of precision digital solutions. This includes daily satellite imagery, on-farm weather stations, field-centric data collection, and a wide variety of advanced decision support tools, such as benchmarking analytics and predictive crop models.

      “Across different agricultural regions, growers are leveraging data from previous seasons to inform upcoming decisions,” said Farmers Edge Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Wade Barnes in the release “What’s needed are predictive precision tools that can automatically adapt and react to these changing conditions.”