Midwest corn and soybean farmers asked what they think about AI on the farm
Artificial intelligence is arriving in agriculture through equipment, software and advisory tools, but relatively little is known about what farmers themselves make of it. A University of Nebraska–Lincoln study is asking them directly.
Researchers in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering have opened a survey of corn and soybean producers across eleven Midwestern states, asking how useful they find AI-enabled agricultural tools, what would make such tools trustworthy, and what concerns them including questions of data ownership, privacy and cost.
“AI is becoming part of agriculture, but farmers’ experience and judgment should help decide how these tools get used,” said Jean Claude Niyomugabo, the graduate researcher leading the study. “We are asking producers what they actually think, rather than assuming.”
The survey is open to corn and soybean producers age 19 or older in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Oklahoma. University students age 19 or older enrolled in agriculture-related programs in those states are also invited to take part.
It takes about 10 to 12 minutes. Participation is voluntary; participants may skip any question, and there is no compensation.
The survey is at go.unl.edu/ai-ag-survey
