To set the stage, Pennsylvania agriculture contributes approximately $132 billion to the state’s economy, supporting nearly 50,000 farms.
The focus has primarily been on production, but in the past few years this focus has transitioned to prioritizing technological management of production.
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This table shows farmers’ production gains after adopting various artificial intelligence technologies.
Data provided by Farmonaut
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Advances in artificial intelligence loom large in almost every aspect of the modern world, and dairy farming is no exception.
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