Instead, Descartes relies on 4 petabytes of satellite imaging data and a machine learning algorithm to figure out how healthy the corn crop is from space. Corn yield prediction is big business in ...

New York University scientists are using artificial intelligence to determine which genes collectively govern nitrogen use efficiency in plants such as corn, with the goal of helping farmers improve ...

According to the United Nations' prediction ... use of specialized fertilizers, insecticides by crop, planting cycles and irrigation cycles all affect yield is a perfect problem for machine learning.

Avalo, a crop development company based in North Carolina, is using machine learning models to accelerate ... “Since consequences of mis-prediction in this case may have disproportionate effects ...