Artificial Intelligence For Soil Health

This is Tim Hammerich of the Ag Information Network with your Farm of the Future Report.

We regularly report on ideas of where technology could improve yields or reduce costs, but technology also has a role to play in building healthier soils. Syngenta Chief Soil Scientist Dr. Matt Wallenstein says they are using data to help farmer customers move in a more predictive direction.

Wallenstein… “ If we could only harness all that local knowledge and put it all together and share it, I think we'd really come up with some innovative solutions. And so that's one of the things that we're working on. The data platforms that we need to collect all that data in a system where we can then make generalizations and then extrapolate to any situation in the world. It starts with putting that data together in one place, and then that unlocks our ability to use AI. And we are able to look at the relationships between soil properties and management and outcomes. Now we have a tremendous opportunity to harness AI and other technologies to then build a predictive capacity so we can help farmers be able to reduce risk and predict what might happen if they do something different on their farm. Or what might happen in a changing climate, how their land value might increase over time. All those things are unlocked as we are able to put that data together.”

That’s Syngenta chief soil scientist Dr. Matt Wallenstein.