Climate Corporation declined to share how many farms currently use the FieldView technology, but a spokeswoman said the FieldView platform is currently on more than 92 million crop acres in the U.S. Internationally, FieldView will pre-launch in Brazil this fall, and a full launch in Canada is slated for spring 2017.
Across the world, "the footprint of agriculture has to change ... if we're going to meet these societal needs in a sustainable way," Stern said. "That's the promise of digital agriculture.