Planet Labs PBC announced improvements to its Crop Biomass planetary Variable, including the integration of its daily, global PlanetScope data. Crop Biomass is a cloud-free, analysis-ready data product for monitoring agricultural fields that combines radar and optical signals to help agronomists and farmers better understand the status of their operations. Crop biomass in agricultural fields is highly dynamic and changes throughout the growing season as plants grow, encounter stressors, and approach harvest.

Timely and frequent access to crop biomass data is essential for understanding these dynamics and making informed decisions regarding crop management, scouting, and intervention. Crop Biomass are delivered daily, giving users complete and reliable data that results in a full time series. Access to this detailed and timely information can help farmers and agronomists better detect and respond to stressors such as pests, diseases, or nutrient deficiencies, optimize their fertilizer inputs, improve harvest planning and efficiency, and much more.

Crop Biomass was delivered through Planet's subscription API, with the option for users to import the data directly into Sentinel Hub's EO Browser, which was acquired by Planet in 2023.