📢 Free TERRA ElNiñoCast is now live!
📢🌍 Our free, no-registration tool lets you test how El Niño and La Niña affect temperature 🌡️ and precipitation 🌧️ anywhere in the world, powered by detrended ERA5 data and the Relative Oceanic Niño Index (RONI). 🔍 Want to know how El Niño or La Niña affects a specific region — and when the sensitive […]
👋 TERRA Modeling Services is pleased to welcome Randall Reese as Senior Consultant for the North American market
Welcome to the team, Randall! 👋 🎓 Randall brings over 30 years of experience in agricultural and catastrophe (re)insurance and risk modeling. He holds a Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University and has worked with leading international reinsurance companies and risk modeling firms. Most recently, he served as Vice President at AgriLogic […]
2026 Winter Wheat Outlook: Soil Moisture-Based Yield Prediction & Risk Analysis
Winter Wheat Production in the United States Winter wheat represents a significant share of U.S. crop insurance exposure. Across the Great Plains and many Southern states, winter wheat accounts for over 20% of total gross premium in yield-based and revenue-based insurance products. In Oklahoma, this figure reaches nearly 50% of total federal crop insurance premium […]
Engineering Excellence Meets Data Innovation: A Warm Welcome to Madeleine Kyne
👋 We’re thrilled to welcome Madeleine Kyne to our growing team! 🎓 Madeleine brings an exceptional combination of scientific expertise and technical skills that align perfectly with our mission. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa and a Master Degree in Energy Science and Technology from ETH […]
2025 US Corn Yield Forecast: How Recent Corn Belt Drought Impacts Record Production Projections
Extremely Dry August Grips Southeastern Corn Belt Growing conditions across much of the eastern Corn Belt turned severely dry in August 2025, marking a dramatic reversal from the previous month’s abundant rainfall. While many counties experienced significantly above-average precipitation in July, Figure 1 shows that August 2025 ranked among the driest August months for decades […]
Excited to welcome Paige to the TERRA family!
👋 We’re thrilled to welcome Paige Barnes to our growing team! 🎓Paige brings an exceptional combination of scientific expertise and technical skills that perfectly aligns with our mission. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Statistics with a Minor in Computer Science from Michigan State University, and is currently finalizing her Master’s in Biology […]
Exciting Update: TERRA ClimateExplorer Now Features Global Mapping Capabilities!
We are thrilled to announce a major enhancement to the TERRA ClimateExplorer our new interactive mapping feature is now live! Whats new? 🗺️ Generate custom maps for any country worldwide 🌧️ Access a comprehensive suite of climate variables and remote sensing variables 📍 Visualize near-realtime agroclimatic growing conditions at local regional and global scales […]
Weather Expert Meets Data Wizardry: Say Hi to Johannes Müller
👋 Join us in giving a warm welcome to Johannes Müller, our new Data Lead Engineer! 🎓 With a Master’s Degree in Atmospheric and Climate Science from ETH Zurich, Johannes brings a unique blend of technical expertise and deep scientific understanding of global weather patterns. 🌾 His skills will be instrumental in helping us evaluating […]
Introducing TERRA RainWatch: Real-Time Weather Intelligence Goes Live
Rainfall Index has become second largest Federal Crop Insurance Product in the US US Rainfall Index has rapidly become the second largest federal crop insurance product, with 2025 premiums reaching approximately $2 billion. Whether you’re prepared or not, rainfall index losses can no longer be overlooked in your underwriting strategy. The challenge? Rainfall index exposure […]
Spring Soil Moisture and Cotton Insurance Risk in Texas | 2025 Outlook
How Cotton Drives Federal Crop Insurance Results in Texas Texas is the largest state in the U.S. by total premium under the federal crop insurance program, with gross premiums exceeding $1.8 billion in 2024. Cotton accounts for the largest share of Texas’s crop insurance, generating nearly $1 billion in gross premiums—over half of the state’s […]