Weather Solutions for Agriculture
Build sustainable agricultural operations with accurate weather insights
Simplify your decision-making by knowing the impact of weather and maximize your yield productivity
What is Spire Weather for Agriculture?
More Reliable Weather Forecast
Spire’s unrivaled radio occultation technology powers Spire’s weather model. By frequently launching more satellites, Spire collects more radio occultations and continuously improves weather forecasts.
3D Coverage
Data is not collected at a single altitude, but from the ground up to 120 km. Weather events are observed as they are forming at very high altitudes, giving unique medium range forecast capabilities.
Customized Weather Variables
Select your weather variables as per your business use case. These range from skin (surface) temperature, specific humidity, soil moisture, soil temperature, latent heat flux, sensible heat flux to many more.
Truly Global Reach
Compared to traditional weather observation devices, Spire’s satellites collect weather data on the entire planet – including oceans and remote locations.
What our customers say
Agricultural case study
“We’re a specialist company that does remote sensing, so we know the value that satellite technology brings to the table. This is why we’re so happy Spire provides such data points using satellite technology as it covers the entire world without any gaps. Before, the level of accuracy was only 75% but now with Spire’s integration, it’s gone up to 95%.”
Rishikesh Sapre
Co-Founder of Mantle Labs
How can you improve your agricultural operations?
Manage pest & disease control
Know when to implement pest & disease controls by equipping yourself with a strong weather forecast. Certain states of weather cause pests and diseases to develop that exert an adverse impact on the growth of crops. A pest & disease weather forecast can help farmers ascertain if and when to apply controls to alleviate damage to crops.
Maximize field work productivity
Farmers have lengthy days filled with an infinite number of tasks. Knowing if the soil moisture is just right or the temperature is conducive for seed plantation, you can plan their day effectively and ensure maximum work output. If a weather forecast states that a storm is expected, then you know not to plant seeds as they could drown before germination. If heavy rain is expected during harvest season, farmers can schedule their fieldwork accordingly and save their time, energy and money.
Make sustainable irrigation decisions
Farmers need to schedule the flow volume and timing of water on their crops in a profitable way. Different types of weather forecasts, such as a humidity and dew point forecast, can equip farmers better to track their crop status and to make optimal decisions. This will facilitate cost savings as well in terms of manpower, machinery and resources.
Time fertilizer application
Timing is critical to your decision as when to apply fertilizer, what rate and which form of it to utilize. Weather forecasts will let you know when it is dry enough to apply fertilizer so as it does not wash away and is moist enough to be absorbed by the soil. Fertilizer application in unfavorable weather conditions can cause major losses in costs and resources.
Weather forecast use cases
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What our customers say
We’re a specialist company that does remote sensing, so we know the value that satellite technology brings to the table. This is why we’re so happy Spire provides such data points using satellite technology as it covers the entire world without any gaps. Before, the level of accuracy was only 75% but now with Spire’s integration, it’s gone up to 95%.”
Rishikiesh Sapre
Co-founder – Mantle Labs
“The Spire Weather Forecast excels for open ocean weather forecast accuracy. The level of development and speed of innovation that Spire is putting into its models continues to impress us.”
Nick Olsen
Marketing & Business development manager – Predictwind
“Weather routing has the potential to drive greater efficiency and emissions reduction as open-ocean conditions greatly impact performance. Partnering with Spire Weather puts genuinely market leading data into the hands of more users allowing them to enhance vessel performance.”
Soren Meyer
CEO – Zeronorthx
