a zero-turn mower sits idle in the midst of mowing a lawn.

AI no match for savvy farmers

Proponents of artificial intelligence systems, including ChatGPT that recently became available to the public, say it is just the beginning of a sea change that will profoundly affect our lives. They say few professions will remain unscathed by this new wave of technology — from farming to finance to law to medicine to coding to […] Read more

Microsoft’s Azure Data Manager for Agriculture is designed to connect farm data from disparate sources to help companies use their information to develop and improve their digital ag products. Bayer recently announced a new program called AgPowered Services that is licensed on Azure’s Data Manager for Agriculture. A customer of this new service is Bayer’s FieldView platform, which will use data from Azure Data Manager for Agriculture, including satellite and weather data, to help farmers watch out for potential yield-limiting factors in their fields.  |  Getty Images

Refining artificial intelligence data

Service connects farm data from disparate sources to help companies use it to develop and improve digital ag products

Microsoft's Azure Data Manager connects farm data from disparate sources to help companies use the information to develop and improve their digital ag products.


Farmers will benefit significantly from powerful artificial intelligent systems recently released to the public. From marketing and finance to chemistry and biology to mechanics and computer programs, these new language models will soon help farmers quickly access information they need.   |  Getty Images

Chatbot provides agronomic advice

A tool that accesses publicly available data to answer questions is one example of the new artificial intelligence revolution

The list of AI-based products in the agricultural industry is about to skyrocket with the wide-scale availability to developers and farmers of these new tools. 



Close-up of a large Case IH tractor with Augmenta sensors mounted on the cab's roof.

Multispectral cameras power variable rate applications

System uses five 4K multispectral cameras for applying VR fertilizer, PGR, fungicides and desiccants

Augmenta is the name of his latest crop sensing device. It augments and expands on basic GreenSeeker technology by using cameras in addition to sensors to read the crop. And it manages much more than nitrogen.