The Climate Corporation

Monsanto acquired the company for approximately $1.1 billion in 2013 and continued to operate it as a standalone subsidiary focused on digital agronomy. When Bayer completed its acquisition of Monsanto in 2018, The Climate Corporation became integrated into Bayer's Crop Science division as the hub for digital farming and data-science initiatives. The platform rebranded its core product as Climate FieldView, and Bayer has continued investing in its expansion across North America, South America, and Europe.

Climate FieldView collects machine-generated data from planting and harvesting equipment, combines it with satellite imagery and weather records, and produces field-level visualizations and analytics. Farmers can see seed-script performance, variable-rate planting recommendations, and nitrogen-utilization maps across zones within a single field. The platform operates across major equipment brands via a hardware device called the FieldView Drive, which plugs into a tractor's diagnostic port to capture real-time agronomic data, then syncs to the cloud through an iPad or smartphone.

No. Despite appearing in certain allocator databases, The Climate Corporation is a wholly owned operating subsidiary of Bayer AG. It does not manage external capital, does not deploy a fund, and does not function as a family office. Any profile classification as an investment entity is a categorization error. The firm sells software subscriptions and data products to farmers, ag retailers, and seed dealers.

Mike Stern became CEO in 2022 after leading Bayer's digital-farming business across the Americas. Stern is a Bayer veteran rather than a startup hire, which reflects the firm's full integration into the parent company's commercial structure. The founding CEO, David Friedberg, left Monsanto in 2015 and has since founded The Production Board, an investment holding company focused on climate and agriculture technology.

FieldView operates primarily in the United States, Brazil, Canada, and Argentina, which together represent the largest row-crop acreage in the Western Hemisphere. Bayer has also launched the platform in European markets including Germany, France, and Ukraine, tailored to local crop rotations and regulatory requirements. The reported global footprint exceeds 180 million subscribed acres across more than 20 countries.