Agriculture & Food Systems Weekly AI News

September 15 - September 23, 2025

This week brought exciting news about AI agents helping farmers around the world. These smart computer helpers are making farming easier and more successful.

Ecorobotix, a company that makes farming robots, launched new AI algorithms for 2026. Their robot can now tell the difference between different types of plants. It sprays weeds while keeping good crops safe. This plant-by-plant AI works like having a super smart helper that never makes mistakes.

In India, scientists from UC Berkeley and University of Chicago created an AI weather agent that helps millions of farmers. This smart system told 38 million farmers across 13 states when the monsoon rains would come. Many farmers changed their planting plans because of this AI helper. The system can predict weather up to four weeks ahead, which is much better than old weather forecasts.

A new smartphone AI agent can now tell when plants need water before they look sick. Farmers can take a photo with their phone, and the AI will say if the plant is thirsty. This helps save crops before they get damaged.

In Malawi, the government started using a generative AI agent to help small farmers. This AI helper works without internet and talks to farmers in their local language. It gives advice about when to plant crops and how to deal with pests.

The JackDaw platform in Europe lets people have conversations with AI about their farm locations. This context-aware AI agent knows about local soil, weather, and other important farm information. It combines big AI models with local data to give better advice.

GrubMarket introduced a specialized inventory management AI agent for food companies. This helper manages food supplies automatically and makes the food system work better.

Extended Coverage