This week brought exciting news about AI agents helping farmers around the world grow food better and smarter.

At a big meeting called the World Economic Forum, the head of a major farming company called Syngenta shared five ways AI will change farming in 2025. These smart computer helpers will work in labs to find new plant medicines, watch soil health in fields, give advice to farmers, fight pests, and manage food supplies better. The farming technology market is growing fast, from $24 billion in 2023 to an expected $54 billion by 2029.

In Africa, two companies called ClimateAi and NEC built a special AI model to help cocoa and rice farmers deal with climate change. This smart system can figure out if spending money on things like better watering systems or new seed types will help farmers make more money. Africa grows most of the world's cocoa, so this is really important as weather gets more unpredictable.

Scientists also created amazing AI tools that can spot when plants need water just by looking at pictures taken with regular phones. Another group used AI to study 50 years of rice growing data in the Philippines to understand what makes rice farms successful over time. They found that changing rice types more often and managing fertilizer better helps farms stay productive.

Researchers are also working on AI helpers that give farming advice to small farmers in poor countries through a project called GAIA. In Florida, USA, scientists taught AI to spot strawberry runners that need to be removed, which could save farmers time and money.