Coffeecontact.com Signs Exclusive Weather Forecast Distribution Contract With Earth Satellite Corporation.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2000 Coffeecontact.com and Earth Satellite Corporation (Earthsat Earth Satellite Corporation (EarthSat) was an early pioneer in the commercial utilization of the Earth observation satellite. Founded in 1969, EarthSat was first headquartered in Washington, D.C. ) have signed an exclusive agreement to deliver "state-of-the-art" satellite and ground-based crop production monitoring and forecasting to the international green coffee marketplace, giving Coffeecontact.com's membership the advantage of instant access to weather data from the world's coffee-growing regions. International coffee traders Traders Individuals who take positions in securities and their derivatives with the objective of making profits. Traders can make markets by trading the flow. When they do this, their objective is to earn the bid/ask spread. can now take advantage of information on density of coffee areas, key flowering and harvesting periods, weather synopsis A summary; a brief statement, less than the whole. A synopsis is a condensation of something—for example, a synopsis of a trial record. and forecasts, and coffee production potential, provided on-line. In a $63 billion per-year worldwide industry, reliable information is critical. "Earthsat determines what effect the weather from today, yesterday and tomorrow will have on the market," said Coffeecontact.com's President John Wieber. "They issue a comprehensive daily review, forecast and crop impact predictions for every major growing region A growing region is an area suited by climate and soil conditions to the cultivation of a certain type of crop. Most crops are cultivated not in one place only, but in several distinct regions in diverse parts of the world. , telling what the weather has been in the last 24 to 48 hours and what it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have going to be for the next five days." Earthsat provides weather and agricultural information to more than 200,000 customers every day. Satellite imagery Satellite imagery consists of photographs of Earth or other planets made from artificial satellites. History The first satellite photographs of Earth were made August 14, 1959 by the US satellite Explorer 6. helps detail regions in each country having productive or less-than-productive seasons. Earthsat's crop production forecasts are 97 per cent accurate, and are released weeks before government forecasts. "Cropcast has been monitoring worldwide coffee production for over 20 years and is well-recognized as a world leader in monitoring agricultural production potential," says Larry Lar´ry n. 1. Same as Lorry, or Lorrie. Heitkemper, Earthsat's director of cropcast services. "Your website is informative and useful," says renowned coffee industry expert, publisher and author Suzanne Brown. "The information you email provides value to everyone in the industry -- the ease in navigation, the weather map and up-to-the-minute reports provide one-stop searching for industry professionals, from growers to communicators." Coffeecontact.com had been negotiating with Earthsat since the industry site started three months ago. The online coffee and tea exchange is eager to increase its share of a marketplace that increased by close to two percent last year. "Weather traditionally has been a major determining factor of coffee prices, and has a direct effect on markets," said Wieber. "If you look at any of the peaks and valleys of the market, they're almost always related to weather." To help anticipate the ups and downs ups and downs pl.n. Alternating periods of good and bad fortune or spirits. ups and downs Noun, pl alternating periods of good and bad luck or high and low spirits , coffee industry professionals can now take advantage of Coffeecontact.com's dynamic weather content -- providing access to information that's sure to improve their ability to make educated market predictions. Coffeecontact.com is the Internet's leading site for business-to-business e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. in the green coffee and tea industry. Coffeecontact.com brings the geographically-diverse industry together in a complete community. Industry professionals can post and search offers, check prices and make informed decisions about importing and exporting. The company recently released a 2.0 version of their trading platform, offering more extensive posting and searching criteria over a Secure Socket Layer server. Offers can be placed anonymously, and users can decide who accesses them. Coffeecontact.com also has a secure messaging system Software that provides an electronic mail delivery system. It is made up of the following functional components, which may be packaged together or independently. Mail User Agent and a Macromedia Flash(TM) introduction adds to the experience. http://www.coffeecontact.com |
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