Brandenburg/Havel, Germany, October 13, 2009 - RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that they have delivered 2009's Canadian growing season images of agricultural areas  to their customer GeoFarmSolutions Inc. in conjunction with the Agri-Trend Network.  

In a collaborative effort, GeoFarm, Agri-Trend, and RapidEye began working
together at the beginning of 2009 to offer enhanced satellite imagery
solutions to Canadian clients by offering "near real-time" satellite imagery
for agriculture use backed by superior agronomics. The RapidEye satellite
system was designed to meet the needs of precision agriculture, as it is the
only commercial satellite system that acquires data in the red-edge spectral
band. This band provides specific information about the chlorophyll content,
and therefore nitrogen status of the crops.

“RapidEye provided high quality imagery products of different types on a
'field order by field order' basis to our Canadian customers over a wide
range of crop types and conditions. This led to a variety of precision
agriculture decisions and applications. With Agri-Trend Agri-Coaches™
providing groundtruthing and agronomic insight, the value of these
informative images was understood from a practical agronomy standpoint for
the ultimate benefit of our growers,” says Warren Bills, President of
GeoFarm Solutions Inc.  

Customers benefited from multiple captures of 5 meter resolution,
multi-spectral imagery (red, green, blue, near infrared and red edge) of
their fields throughout this year's season. Products such as bare ground,
chlorophyll and ground cover maps were delivered via the Internet to
farmers, ag-retailers and agronomic consultants.

About GeoFarm and Agri-Trend
GeoFarm has the products, support, training, and expertise for managing
fields at a site-specific level - the basis of precision farming. They
provide the tools, training, and support to make precision farming easier,
quicker, and affordable to their customers. GeoFarm strives to remove
anxiety, reduce learning times, educate, and bring a level of excellence to
their customers' businesses. Together with Agri-Trend Agri-Coaches™ they
work with customers using the Precision Management Process™. This process is founded on the solid combination of agronomy and technology, and reaches sustainable and economic results for the benefit of both the grower and the environment. For more information please visit www.geofarm.com or www.agritrend.com.

About RapidEye AG
RapidEye is an ISO-certified geospatial information provider focused on
integrating customized and industry specific solutions into the workflow of
global customers in agriculture, forestry, energy, infrastructure,
government, security and emergency. RapidEye experts and the satellite
system - a constellation of five satellites capable of downloading over 4
million km² of high resolution, multi-spectral imagery per day, and a ground
segment for processing and archiving data - allow for cost-effective
customized services. The unique combination of large area coverage, high
spatial resolution and the possibility of daily revisit to an area provide
for superior management information solutions. Currently, more than 110
experts from more than 20 countries are employed by RapidEye, with plans to grow the team to 140 by late 2009. For more information about RapidEye,
please visit www.rapideye.de.