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.

In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, brought to you by Farmers Edge, we welcome Ohio State University Agriculture and Bioengineering professor Scott Shearer to discuss the current state of artificial intelligence as it pertains to the ag industry and its potential future.

John Deere Labs focuses it attention to AI in food production.

A group of maize farmers stands huddled around an agronomist and his computer on the side of an irrigation pivot in central South Africa. The agronomist has just flown over the pivot with a hybrid UAV that takes off and lands using propellers yet maintains distance and speed for scanning vast hectares of land through the use of its fixed wings.