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Tech innovation uses thermal heat maps to monitor crops and livestock from space

The German company Constellr is part of the John Deere Start-Up Collaborator Program in 2024. It plans to launch a geothermal satellite next year that will give farmers and ranchers better tools to monitor surface temperature from space.

October 21, 2024 11:51 AM • 
Marion Kirkpatrick, David Nelson

Constellr Founder & CEO Max Goulde joined Market Day Report on Monday to talk about his company’s proprietary thermal heat monitoring technology, which will be operated from a small satellite in space.

In an interview with RFD-TV’s own Suzanne Alexander, Goulde discussed how Constellr will advance satellite-driven heat map technology currently available today, and how farmers and ranchers can use it to improve their yields with better land and water management, increase sustainability practices, reduce crop disease and livestock stress. He also talks about his company’s participation in John Deere‘s Start-Up Collaborator Program in 2024 and its plans for launching its satellite early next year.

For more information, visit https://www.constellr.com/sector/agriculture

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