Machinery & Equipment

Bayer launches state-of-the-art generative AI tool for agriculture

Bayer’s expert GenAI system is making better information more quickly and readily available. (Image source: Bayer)

German pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, Bayer recently announced the launch of an expert GenAI system to benefit farmers and up-level agronomists in their daily work

By utilising proprietary agronomic data, the company has been able to train a large language model (LLM). The intuitive system obtained as a result responds to natural language, thus quickly and accurately answering questions related to agronomy, farm management, and Bayer agricultural products.

The tool which is expected to benefit millions of smallholder farmers was developed in collaboration with Microsoft as leading technology partner and Ernst & Young (EY) as an industry partner. Bayer is currently exploring ways to integrate this expert GenAI system into its digital offerings. Moreover, the company also anticipates broad opportunities for collaboration with other agricultural offerings and partners. Bayer plans to expand the pilot of the expert GenAI system to selected agronomists and potentially farmers as early as this year, while continuing to advance a separate GenAI prototype allowing users to directly query their own farm data.

“Our unique GenAI system has the potential to serve agronomists and benefit farmers all over the world, further advancing AI as an indispensable technology for agriculture,” said Amanda McClerren, CIO and head of Digital Transformation & Information Technology for Bayer’s Crop Science Division. “We will continue to use traditional AI to develop better products, and we are also committed to harnessing new GenAI technology in a thoughtful way that augments and supports knowledgeable experts across the industry, bringing value to farmers and those who serve them.”

In addition to collaborating with Microsoft on the expert GenAI system, Bayer announced an update late last year, on the companies' strategic partnership to bring readymade capabilities, AgPowered Services, to the agri-food industry.

For more information, visit: www.bayer.com

CNH brands win iF Design Awards

iF Design Award winning Quadtrac 715 and STEYR Plus tractors.

Each award recognises the hard work and dedication of the CNH design team. (Image source: CNH)

CNH brands Case IH and STEYR have each won a prestigious iF Design Award

The Quadtrac 715, the highest horsepower machine Case IH has ever built, was recognised alongside the STEYR Plus Tractor, which offers all-round versatility for today’s mixed and livestock farms. Both vehicles blend innovative style and aesthetics with enhanced functionality, making customers more productive while raising the profile of the design community.

Head of Design at CNH, David Wilkie expressed his honour to being recognised with these iF Design Awards. “On behalf of the whole CNH Design Team, I am delighted our work to bring together style and customer inspired innovation has caught the eye of judges.”

For more information, visit: https://www.cnh.com

LEMKEN’s new software enables single terminal camera control

The general menu structure of the system is in line with the LEMKEN standard and facilitates intuitive operation. (Image source: LEMKEN)

In an attempt to prove an inexpensive, convenient and clear solution for users, LEMKEN has, for the first time, successfully integrated the complete control of a hoeing machine, including the camera image and width sections into an ISOBUS system so that all controls are displayed on one CCI 800 or 1200 terminal

The position of the implement as well as the speed of the tractor are recorded by the ISOBUS system. Moreover, operation is possible either through the tractor's own joystick or the CCI joystick.

Enriched with camera information, the video image can be transmitted by the system using a standard ISO 17215 interface through Ethernet. In addition, the system is also ready for high-speed ISOBUS.

Automatic over-the-air machine updates ensure that their machines are always up to date. Service technicians are also able to optimise settings remotely, during maintenance and troubleshooting. These updated settings can also be reviewed, since they are displayed in the camera image immediately after optimisation.

For more information, visit: https://lemken.com/

Ishida weighers: Maintaining accuracy while meeting increasing demand

The weighers have helped deliver greater efficiencies, while maintaining the quality of the cut fruit. (Image source: Voie Certe)

With the aim of meeting increasing demands, Ishida weighing technology has played a significant role in enabling French fresh produce specialist, Voie Verte to expand and develop its range of fresh cut fruits and fruit salads

TOMRA Neon: Adding value and ease to machine-harvested blueberries

By employing artificial intelligence modelling, TOMRA Neon detects clusters with unrivalled accuracy. (Image source: TOMRA)

The new TOMRA Neon, a blueberry pre-grader with state-of-the-art AI technology enables blueberry growers to automatically process machine harvested blueberries for the fresh market, bringing overall value to the blueberry business model

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