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Satellite Sugar Beet Crop Monitoring Contract Awarded

SatAgro will Leverage Data from Planet Labs

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Tom Patton
Oct 10, 2024
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A contract has been finalized between American Crystal Sugar Company and Planet Labs partner SatAgro, a precision agriculture company. Leveraging Planet satellite data, American Crystal Sugar is informing their advanced sugar beet monitoring work in the northern United States.

"(T)his new ability to monitor harvest progress and crop size is critical to m…

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