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AI TECHNOLOGY COULD IMPROVE TOMORROW’S SEED CORNAI TECHNOLOGY COULD IMPROVE
TOMORROW’S SEED CORN

Hi-Tech Farming: AI is becoming more than a buzz word, even in agronomic
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Tom J. Bechman, Midwest Crops Editor

November 1, 2024

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SEEDS OF CHANGE: Will AI and the computing power it brings to bear help plant
breeders develop improved seed corn hybrids faster in the future? Academics
testing theories say yes. Tom J. Bechman


Melba Crawford and her graduate student, Claudia Aviles Toledo, don’t look like
farmers, nor do they talk like farmers. Yet the third member of their project
team, Mitch Tuinstra, a Purdue University agronomy professor and corn breeder,
believes the work he is doing with these two Purdue civil engineers could open
doors to quicker development of improved corn hybrids. The driver behind this
opportunity is artificial intelligence, better known simply as AI.

The trio recently proved that they could teach a computer model to study remote
sensing images of cornfields and data, and predict corn yields accurately. In
technical terms, they developed and successfully tested a “recurrent neural
network,” which is the model that teaches computers to process data using long
short-term memory.

Unmanned vehicles collect data that would require tons of manual labor taking
measurements in the field. Hydrospectral cameras and Lidar systems collect more
than visual data. Together, this information paints an accurate picture of how
plants react to environmental stress.

“This is one of the first AI models to add plant genetics to the story of yield
in multiyear, large plot-scale experiments,” Tuinstra says. “Now, plant breeders
can see how different traits react to varying conditions, which will help them
select traits for future, more resilient varieties. Growers can also use this to
see which varieties might do best in their region.”

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nutrient deficiencies. Compared with retailers relying on human scouts, this
system will be faster, more comprehensive and more reliable.

“Having an instantaneous understanding of the issues and the optimal solution
creates efficiencies and opportunities the industry has never seen before,” says
Opher Flohr, CEO of Taranis. “This collaboration is a significant step forward
in driving the AI revolution for production agriculture.”

Learn more at Syngenta.com and goodgrowthplan.com.  


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focus on sustainability and regenerative agriculture. Its products are used in
over 100 crops in more than 80 countries.

Marko Grozdanovic with BASF notes that by incorporating Acadian’s unique
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care inputs that complement each other and help farmers become more sustainable.
Visit acadianplanthealth.com or basf.com.


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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tom J. Bechman

Midwest Crops Editor, Farm Progress

Tom J. Bechman became the Midwest Crops editor at Farm Progress in 2024 after
serving as editor of Indiana Prairie Farmer for 23 years. He joined Farm
Progress in 1981 as a field editor, first writing stories to help farmers adjust
to a difficult harvest after a tough weather year. His goal today is the same —
writing stories that help farmers adjust to a changing environment in a
profitable manner.

Bechman knows about Indiana agriculture because he grew up on a small dairy farm
and worked with young farmers as a vocational agriculture teacher and FFA
advisor before joining Farm Progress. He works closely with Purdue University
specialists, Indiana Farm Bureau and commodity groups to cover cutting-edge
issues affecting farmers. He specializes in writing crop stories with a focus on
obtaining the highest and most economical yields possible.

Tom and his wife, Carla, have four children: Allison, Ashley, Daniel and Kayla,
plus eight grandchildren. They raise produce for the food pantry and house 4-H
animals for the grandkids on their small acreage near Franklin, Ind.

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