Artificial Intelligence Technologies Transforming Production Processes in Global Agriculture
· Anadolu Ajansı
Sensors, robotic systems, and generative AI models are reducing costs and increasing yields in global agricultural operations, from livestock to crop production.
The AI Revolution in Agriculture
As digitalization rapidly penetrates the agricultural sector, artificial intelligence technologies are transforming the business processes of producers across a wide range of applications, from irrigation automation to animal health monitoring. According to information compiled by Anadolu Agency, feed consumption, milk yield, and plant development can be monitored in real-time thanks to sensors, robotic systems, and satellite imagery. With the support of image analysis, plant diseases are diagnosed early, allowing producers to focus on maximizing their production efficiency by saving time and reducing high labor costs.
Data Transformation in Dairy Farming
Paul Windemuller, who began his production journey in the United States in 2014 with 30 leased cows, has transformed his operation into a modern facility with hundreds of animals, supported by robotics and artificial intelligence. Windemuller, who monitors his herd with sensors and temperature, humidity, and wind data from a local weather station, has developed a multi-agent system with Google's Gemini model. This integrated software analyzes the effects of challenging weather conditions on feed consumption and milk quality, providing the producer with regular reports every morning.
Low-Cost Solutions in the Field
Hiroki Tomiyasu, who has been growing broccoli, green onions, and beans on approximately 100 hectares of land in Japan for 10 years, uses OpenAI's ChatGPT model for disease diagnosis in the field. Tomiyasu, who has AI analyze photos of spots on broccoli, implements open-source systems learned from artificial intelligence instead of expensive hardware. The Japanese farmer Hiroki Tomiyasu, who has established systems that map normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and satellite data, describes the artificial intelligence that manages all field operations as follows:
"an extremely capable engineer"