Advanced Agrilytics announced on May 22 that it is preparing to release an artificial intelligence tool designed to help growers make faster and more informed agronomic decisions, such as determining the timing and method for nitrogen application.
Kenny Avery, CEO of Advanced Agrilytics, said, “It’s a very active interface that’s focused on your farm. It’s not based on the farmer next door. It’s based on your data and our knowledge applied to your farm.”
The TerraSIGNAL software is expected to be available in September for corn, soybeans, and wheat. The company plans to expand support for cotton and canola in the future. The software will provide automated recommendations using local field conditions and draws from 15 years of field-level agronomic research, operational data, and 20 U.S. patents.
Avery explained that their database includes sub-acre level data points such as outputs, inputs, and performance metrics specific to each farm: “We actually have data points down to the sub-acre level, [and it includes] outputs, inputs and the performance on that farm. We’re able to use that [information] to help tailor our prescriptions.”
He emphasized that TerraSIGNAL is intended not as a replacement but as an extension of human expertise: “We are not replacing people with AI,” Avery said. “We are building technology that helps growers and agronomy teams access Advanced Agrilytics’ expertise continuously and at greater scale than traditional agronomy workflows alone can support.” According to Avery, “This tool is really pulling together our collective knowledge of agronomy and the power of AI to provide insights that we weren’t even able to do 12 months ago.”
According to company findings over a ten-year study period in fields managed by their program: average corn yields increased by 20 bushels per acre; soybean yields rose by nine bushels per acre; there was a 28% reduction in variability of on-farm performance; nitrogen use efficiency scores improved by more than fifteen percent.
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