In a significant move set to bolster agricultural technology, Trinity AgTech has acquired a suite of satellite data analytics technology from Agrimetrics. This acquisition includes advanced satellite imagery analysis tools developed by Agrimetrics over the past decade, which have been instrumental in projects ranging from farm yield forecasting to environmental monitoring.
Trinity AgTech, a part of Trinity Natural Capital Group, is known for its flagship software platform, Sandy. This toolkit is designed to measure and improve natural assets, encompassing soil health, carbon, biodiversity, water quality, and financial performance in one integrated system. The acquisition of Agrimetrics’ technology completes the loop on all areas of data capture for Trinity AgTech, integrating satellite imagery with existing data sources such as farmer observations, on-farm software, soil tests, and remote sensing technologies like LiDAR scanning.
By combining these diverse data sources with leading satellite imagery and in-house AI-enabled analytics, Trinity AgTech aims to deliver near real-time insights on crop and grass analytics, soil conditions, water flows, and overall natural capital assets. This integration is expected to enhance the quantity and quality of insights, making the analytics more robust, credible, and user-centric.
The implications of this acquisition are far-reaching. Farmers will benefit from earlier alerts to issues such as crop stress, disease risk, or water shortages. They will also be able to quantify outcomes, from yield forecasts to carbon sequestration, with greater accuracy. This enhanced data flow is designed to bolster farm resilience and profitability by optimizing inputs, reducing waste, protecting soils, and increasing productivity.
Dr. Hosein Khajeh-Hosseiny, founder and executive chairman of Trinity Natural Capital Group, highlighted the significance of this acquisition. “This passing of the torch from Agrimetrics to Trinity AgTech is a win for UK and global agri-tech,” he said. “We’re ensuring that the UK’s investment and immense expertise in satellite analytics will carry on and scale up. Integrating Agrimetrics’ market-leading technology into our ecosystem of data sources means farmers, land managers, and other food and farming stakeholders will have even more robust analytics, with a much reduced data collection burden.”
The acquisition underscores the growing importance of data-driven solutions in modern agriculture. By leveraging advanced satellite imagery and AI analytics, Trinity AgTech is poised to provide farmers with the tools they need to navigate the challenges of the 21st century, from climate change to resource scarcity. The integration of Agrimetrics’ technology into the Sandy platform is a testament to the power of collaboration and innovation in driving the future of sustainable agriculture.