High tech, AI, boost farm productivity, earnings

Pictured is the interior of a planter tractor. JEFF SANDBORN
Pictured is the interior of a planter tractor. JEFF SANDBORN

LANSING

Precision agriculture technology has been evolving over the past decades, and farming has become more productive and efficient with the further implementation of artificial intelligence.

A 2023 study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found only 27% of farms and ranches nationally used such precision agriculture practices, but the rate was around 40% in Michigan.

Such practices involve the…