AI has transformed the farming market in important ways. Farmers now have access to tools that will help them meet the demands of our world’s ever-increasing population. Many farmers who manage large-scale operations are taking advantage of innovative technologies such as self-driving tractors that use GPS, satellite imagery, and AI to plant more efficiently; and sensors and machine learning to make smarter decisions about when to irrigate and how much fertilizer to apply.
An artificial farm located in North Dakota, a farm state (90 percent of North Dakota’s land is devoted to agriculture), aims to address several issues facing North American farmers and rural communities today: a skills gap, a lack of venture capital across rural America, and a farm labor shortage.