Artificial intelligence (AI) remains light years away from displacing the farmer or agronomist in the agronomic decision-making process, but when it comes to crop scouting, AI is proving to be useful. Today there are a handful of mobile-based crop monitoring programs that use AI and machine-learning algorithms to convert data sets into actionable insights — and there’s more on the way.
Planters picked up considerable steam over the past week with corn acres now 80% complete and soybeans at 68%. Both crops are ahead of the five-year average.
Starting June 1, Väderstad will offer a full line of Tempo high-speed planters in the U.S. The four models feature the same row units and technologies, but with different row spacings, fertilizer capabilities and other configurations.
The Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service diverted 96 dairy cull cows because federal inspectors noticed signs of illness. Upon testing, the H5N1 virus was discovered in tissue samples from one of those cows. No meat from the cows entered the food supply.
