Purdue-born Spensa recently detailed how its live insect phenology model could help farmers predict how insect populations develop.

Spensa Technologies, a US-based farm evaluation technology spinout from Purdue University, was acquired on Monday by business intelligence provider DTN for an undisclosed sum in a deal which allowed a university-backed vehicle to exit.

Founded in 2009, Spensa Technologies markets a suite of sensor-based agricultural analysis tools designed to help farmers assess factors like soil nutrition and the effectiveness of pesticides or traps.

The company unveiled an insect phenology model in January 2017 that is capable of pinpointing how insect…