The National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes program awarded a 5 year, $20 million grant to explore foundational AI goals and innovative uses of AI to develop a prototype autonomous “farm of the future.”

Developments in computer vision and artificial intelligence are making some strategic changes to the way growers fight herbicide resistant weeds and offer the promise of significantly reduced herbicide use in the future.

The technological advancements that will change the agriculture world are either in development or already being used in other industries. Dr. Scott Shearer talks about the work he and Ohio State University are doing and what that means for agriculture.

The solution integrates two key activities in precision agriculture for pest and disease management — treatment recommendation based on in-field observations and variable-rate spray application.

The term artificial intelligence, or AI, as it relates to agriculture, is often equated with other trending technologies like autonomous equipment and field sensors. But AI-based equipment is distinct in that rather than being programed to perform a function, it’s being designed to interpret data pulled from the field, act on it and teach itself best practices in the process.