The quick adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to set off consternation from those who worry about “robots taking over” to lawmakers in Congress who grapple with what, if any, regulation is required for the know-how.
On the farm, however, growers are increasingly using AI-powered devices to boost effectivity in functions of fertilizer and weed and bug controls — together with to their bottom line by decreasing waste and over utility.
We these days visited with irrigation specialist Younsuk Dong at Michigan State School regarding the LOCOMOS (Low Worth Monitoring System) he’s been evaluating over the earlier plenty of years to boost water-use effectivity for irrigators by greater timing of water utility in corn and soybeans. He says MSU’s analysis are moreover wanting on the interaction of irrigation events with plant sickness incidents involving white mould and tar spot.
Dong has partnered with federal and state corporations, commodity groups, and totally different stakeholders to conduct on-farm evaluation with the know-how and has already put in over 80 LOCOMOS applications on farms all through Michigan.
Over three years of on-farm demonstrations in Michigan, LOCOMOS was answerable for an annual income improve of $7,700 on one 100-acre irrigated space, and $1,300 per yr for soybeans – with out rising sickness incidence. Complete, the sensor-based irrigation scheduling significantly improved annual water use effectivity on each of 5 demonstration farms
“The income figures included improved yields and lowered energy costs associated to pumping water,” Dong explains.
In a test on a farmer-field of tomatoes the sensor-based scheduling saved 30% on water use…