The software makes estimates on acres planted and projected yields by analyzing the soil color, how green the crop is and the rate at which the color changes.

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Crop yields have increased at a constant rate despite changes in global temperature.

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Within the last month, USDA has opened the Conservation Reserve Program to emergency haying and grazing, has lowered the borrower interest rate for emergency loans, and has called on crop insurance companies to provide more flexibility to farmers.

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