The Climate Corporation Launches New Climate FieldView Drive™ to Simplify Data Collection, Storage and Visualization for Farmers

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The Climate Corporation Launches New Climate FieldView Drive™ to Simplify Data Collection, Storage and Visualization for Farmers

Device Works With The New Climate FieldView Plus™ Digital Agriculture Software To Provide Farmers A Deeper Understanding Of Their Fields And Help Optimize Yields

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Climate Corporation, a division of #monsanto Company (NYSE: MON), announced the launch of the new FieldView Drive™, a device that provides seamless data connectivity for farmers by easily transferring field data from their equipment into their Climate FieldView™ account. The FieldView Drive connects to a tractor or combine controller area network (CAN) diagnostic port and uses Bluetooth® technology to wirelessly map a farmer’s data onto an iPad®.

“We created FieldView Drive to provide a simple solution to help farmers unlock the value of field data,” said Doug Sauder, senior director of product for The Climate Corporation. “FieldView Drive works with our FieldView Plus™ software to enable farmers to collect, store and view field map data in a single mobile tool in real time. It represents a significant advancement in data management because it provides farmers with the data they need right in the field to help them make important operating decisions.”

FieldView Drive captures key planting data including hybrid and planting population, as well as key harvest data such as yield. When FieldView Drive is partnered with FieldView Plus, data is digitally displayed as a farmer passes through a field, enabling the farmer to easily understand hybrid performance by field, soil zone and population with side-by-side views of as-planted and yield data.

Data from any piece of a farmer’s equipment that has a FieldView Drive is automatically synced with the farmer’s Climate FieldView account. This seamless integration makes it easy for all of a farmer’s employees and trusted advisors with access to the account to stay in the loop. Since the FieldView Drive connection to the farmer’s Climate FieldView account is real-time, farmers can stay up-to-date on critical field operations even when they’re not in the cab through text alerts, email reports and RemoteView. Data can also easily be shared with trusted advisors to enable fast and easy collaboration.

During 2015 planting and harvest, FieldView Drive and FieldView Plus were beta tested with more than 300 farmers across the Corn Belt. The beta spanned 650,000 crop acres, with more than five billion unique data points mapped and more than 75,000 hours of FieldView Drive time logged.

“The way I see it, you can’t have too much technology on the farm, as long as it’s simple to use and helps you make important operational decisions,” said farmer Scott Chesnut of Boone, Iowa. “Each season, I conduct several field trials with varying populations in beans and corn. FieldView Drive helped me better understand the response between one field trial and another through side-by-side comparison of yield maps. Additionally, the portability of being able to view data from multiple pieces of equipment on one iPad was fantastic. This allowed me to easily share data with my son and compare maps to identify and get ahead of potential issues in the field. I'm really looking forward to using FieldView Drive and FieldView Plus again this year, especially as I build a plan for the upcoming growing season."

For the 2016 growing season, FieldView Drive is compatible with select John Deere and Case IH planters and John Deere combines. The company plans to expand the capabilities of FieldView Drive in coming seasons.

“Because we believe significant yield advances and efficiencies can be gained by harnessing the power of data, our intent is to greatly expand the capabilities of FieldView Drive into more equipment brands and machine types to support key field activities and crops,” Sauder said. “We’re working to ensure farmers gain valuable insight from their data in the field.”

FieldView Drive and FieldView Plus are part of the integrated Climate FieldView digital agronomic platform, which offers farmers the broadest equipment connectivity in the industry. The platform also includes Climate FieldView ProTM, a tool that provides customized, field-level agronomic insights powered by data science, and Climate FieldView PrimeTM, a tool that provides field-level weather, notifications and scouting.

FieldView Drive and FieldView Plus Pricing

The FieldView Plus Starter Kit is $499. It includes FieldView Drive, FieldView Plus and an iPad mounting kit. Additional FieldView Drive devices can be purchased for $249 each. Farmers who have purchased a Whole Farm Offer of FieldView Pro™ can purchase the FieldView Drive Starter Package that includes FieldView Drive and an iPad mounting kit for just $249.

To take advantage of FieldView Drive and FieldView Plus, farmers can contact their local Climate dealer or visit www.climate.com. To learn more about the Climate FieldView digital agronomic platform visit www.climate.com.

About The Climate Corporation

The Climate Corporation, a division of #monsanto Company, aims to help all the world's farmers sustainably increase their productivity through the use of digital tools. The integrated Climate FieldView™ digital agriculture platform provides farmers with a comprehensive, connected suite of digital tools. Bringing together seamless field data collection, advanced agronomic modeling and local weather monitoring into simple mobile and web software solutions, Climate FieldView Prime™, Climate FieldView Plus™ and Climate FieldView Pro™ give farmers a deeper understanding of their fields so they can make more informed operating decisions to optimize yields, maximize efficiency and reduce risk. For more information, please visit www.climate.com or follow the company on Twitter@climatecorp.

About #monsanto Company

Monsanto is committed to bringing a broad range of solutions to help nourish our growing world. We produce seeds for fruits, vegetables and key crops – such as corn, soybeans, and cotton – that help farmers have better harvests while using water and other important resources more efficiently. We work to find sustainable solutions for soil health, help farmers use data to improve farming practices and conserve natural resources, and provide crop protection products to minimize damage from pests and disease. Through programs and partnerships, we collaborate with farmers, researchers, nonprofit organizations, universities and others to help tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. To learn more about #monsanto, our commitments and our more than 20,000 dedicated employees, please visit: discover.monsanto.com and #monsanto.com. Follow our business on Twitter® at twitter.com/MonsantoCo, on the company blog, Beyond the Rows® at monsantoblog.com or subscribe to our News Release RSS Feed.