From cow-milking robots to weed-zapping lasers, farmers are embracing AI
- Jun 6
- 1 min read

NEW YORK TIMES — Right now the industry is in the midst of what some are calling the fourth agricultural revolution, as driverless tractors trundle through fields, drones map moisture levels in soil and cows are outfitted with Fitbit-like devices that track their eating patterns.
Yu Jiang, an assistant professor at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell, predicts that within a few years, most large American farms will have incorporated A.I. into their operations.
The result, he says, will be a transformational shift not just in how farms are run but “in how we think about farming as a job.”
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