Three Universities in the Corn Belt are part of an initiative that uses artificial intelligence to ramp up crop yields, create new seed varieties and allow producers to be more profitable.
James Schnable, an associate professor with the University of Nebraska, says the technology models crop conditions under different circumstances that change over several decades. “In both cases, the challenge we face is that we cannot test every possible combination of different varieties of crops grown in different parts of the state or different parts of the country with different growing practices.”
The AI Institute for Resilient Agriculture also includes Iowa State and the University of Missouri as part of a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation and USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
