A Michigan State University-based news service that provides coverage for newspapers throughout the state recently produced content focussed on artificial intelligence's potential impact on the farming industry.
The coverage from Capital News Service includes interviews with two engineering-focused MSU researchers. Stories about this topic can be found on websites for the Midland Daily News, Alpena News and MSU School of Journalism's Spartan Newsroom.
A story entitled "High tech, artificial intelligence boost farm productivity and earnings," includes interviews with Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering's Daniel Uyeh and Daniel Morris.
Uyeh, a BAE assistant professor, shared with Capital News Service that people in the farming and agriculture industries are looking forward to growing season so they can do AI-based experiments.
“The question is usability,” Uyeh said of AI. “We don’t know how useful it will be for growers at this point in time, but definitely for researchers working in this area. That would translate to the growers, too.”
Morris, a BAE associate professor, is also researching AI's potential. Morris and his peers have created a startup company around a device called Motion Grazer AI and are exploring the technology's possibilities.
“How can we put eyes in a farm that provides real-time insights for a farmer to see if one of the animals is lame or isn't eating or has other problems?” Morris said.
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About the researchers
Before Uyeh joined BAE, he was a professor at the Upland Field Machinery Research Center and researcher at the Smart Agriculture Innovation Center at Kyungpook National University, South Korea.
Uyeh conducts multidisciplinary research in climate-smart decision support systems.
Morris has a joint department appointment in BAE and the MSU College of Engineering's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.
Morris' research also includes the fusion of radar, lidar and camera data for autonomous vehicles.
Written by Eric Lacy, lacyeric@msu.edu. See more at the Engineering Media and Public Relations page.