"Access to weather information has major financial benefits for farmers, whether they're spraying valuable chemicals, predicting yields or pinpointing a farm management problem. This network will also improve information used by CWB analysts to market farmers' grain for maximum return."
- Greg Arason, Canadian Wheat Board
(CWB) President and CEO
Agricultural Weather Solutions
Make the Right Decisions
Agri-business is heavily impacted by the weather. Crop yield, quality, protein content and many other factors can be dramatically affected. Daily operational decisions such as analyzing crop rotations and planting; timing field maintenance programs; planning effective crop spraying or deciding when to harvest, depend on having accurate and timely weather information available at your fingertips. WeatherBug® Agricultural Weather Solutions can empower you with the information you need to make the right decisions.
Integrating Weather Data into Decision-Making
Whether spraying, seeding or making countless other agronomic decisions, growers need the ability to integrate live weather intelligence into pest models, integrated pest management practices, yield/quality models, and precision farming practices. With weather stations in the fields, growers have access to 27 different measurements of local, real-time information including air temperatures, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and humidity. WeatherBug® Agricultural Weather Solutions can help maximize yield and minimize costs.
The Right Tools
WeatherBug® Agricultural Weather Solutions provide the tools needed to help improve crop yields, increase operational efficiencies and reduce costs. Only WeatherBug® offers live, local weather data provided by the world's largest network of professional-grade weather stations.
- WeatherBug® Weather Station
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At the heart of our WeatherBug® program is the WeatherBug® Weather Station, a suite of different components that track 27 different weather variables. Built to withstand all weather, the Weather Station is easily installed in the desired location and provides live weather data feeds into our network of over 8,000 stations, as well as back to the customer community.
WeatherBug® agricultural stations are wireless and solar powered. The stations also feature full-service installation, continuous monitoring and maintenance.
- Online Weather Center
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The Online Weather Center is a weather data visualization dashboard that provides you with a comprehensive view of the data provided from the weather station, including:
- Detailed forecast information
- Navigable layered weather map
- Streaming radar/satellite data
- Historical data, graphs and tables
- WeatherBug® Mobile for BlackBerry and Windows Mobile
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Take the weather information with you. Empower your mobile device with live, local weather — current conditions, detailed forecasts and more — at your fingertips! Always have the most up-to-date weather information no matter where you are.
