‘Harvesting data’: Latin American AI startups transform farming

Aerial view of a soybean plantation at one of the plots of the Bom Jardim Lagoano farm in the municipality of Montividiu, Goias State. — AFP Relaxnews

For centuries, farmers used almanacs to try to understand and predict weather patterns.

Now, a new crop of Latin American startups is helping do that with artificial intelligence, promising a farming revolution in agricultural giants like Brazil, the world’s biggest exporter of soybeans, corn and beef.