In May 2017, The Climate Corporation, a subsiduary of Monsanto, announced acquisition of HydroBio strengthening the companyâs efforts to deliver industry-leading digital technologies to farmers around the world. Originally located in New Mexico, HydroBio is a SaaS-based agricultural technology company using satellite image-driven analytics to conserve water and maximize crop yields. Using satellite image driven analytics to conserve water and maximize crop yields, the firm is an agricultural decision support service currently supporting thousands of acres on three continents, saving time and money by informing optimal irrigation practices and identifying problems before they impact harvest. HydrBio offers its users with irrigation prescription, equipment integration, and crop monitoring services. Partnered with companies such as VALLEY, aWhere, AgSense, and CropTech, the firm's technology is used for the assessment of crop water needs, relative yield, and pest detection. The company serves agricultural producers, agronomists, and research organizations. It combines satellite data, measured environmental variables, and pivot conditions to provide irrigation prescriptions, as well as delivers prescriptions and supporting data to growers through a web-based decision support system
