Nutrien Taps AI to Unlock 25 Years of Grower Data

Lorrie Boyer

Reporter

We see a lot of good, and we see a lot of bad. When it comes to the good, it allows us to manage a large amount of data in a very short period of time, and it gives us the opportunity to slice and dice that data in the in the method that we need to see it. We've been saving data for 25-plus years now. A matter of how are we going to utilize that information and make agriculture decisions off of it.

Nutrien is working with producers on a platform designed to store their data securely while keeping it accessible.

Everybody's looking to understand what one platform. So everybody has different platforms that they're working in. There are a lot of systems out there that allow us what they call the APIN. So they'll connect, they'll share data. It's really a race to understand where that data is going to live, and ultimately we want to we want to work with our growers to house that data to make sure that they can access it and make good quality agronomic decisions, from majority of the growers out there that have have saved their data from whatever platform that they're working in is still relevant. They can still access it. The platforms are changing, and how you get to that data and how you bring it in and keep it updated has been a challenge because the methods of recording have drastically improved.

Bates says it is important that data is transferable to emerging AI platforms.