What if you could transform a task that used to half of your day to just a few minutes? For agronomists looking to streamline their crop scouting and gain efficiencies in their day as well as agronomic recommendations, artificial intelligence is offering such a solution.
And while the technology exists, Jason Minton, chief commercial officer at Taranis says retailers to let go of any fear they have about AI, start using it, and get excited for the future.
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Today, Taranis offers scouting missions six times a year starting with emergence through the growing season to identify yield threats and monitor crop health.
The goal is to help retailers and farmers understand every decision through the crop year with these analytics and insights.
And he says there are two key benefits to use the technology:
1. Timeliness and time savings.
“If we fly a mission right now, for sure, the next morning, there will be mission insights delivered to that retailer,” he says. He also highlights how a trip to the field could be 45 minutes one-way plus an hour-long scouting mission and then a 45-minute drive back to the office.
“In that case, half your day is gone on one scouting trip,” he says.
The remote image collection and analysis bring new levels of efficiency.
2. Improved agronomic recommendations
Taranis is testing its next generation of AI tools, Ag Assistant, which will combine the Taranis insights currently available with additional data layers: weather, machinery, university research.
“With the click of a button, retailers will be able to identify a problem and have a set of solutions,” Minton says.
This type of application would help narrow down and focus agronomic recommendations to be offered by a retailer.
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