The Price of Your Steak, Forecast From Space
- Bluefield Technologies plans to use methane-sensing satellites
- Satellite companies seeking to track commodities fundamentals
Beef cattle in Malta, Illinois.
Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
This article is for subscribers only.
Cow flatulence may someday have a new scent: money.
Palo Alto, California-based Bluefield Technologies Inc. plans to launch a fleet of satellites that can detect methane emissions, a technology that has the potential to catch leaks at oil and gas facilities or monitor climate-change commitments by nations. The most immediate use, though, might be for commodity traders tracking the supply of cattle.