US Farm Agency to Use AI to Check Crop Data
The US Department of Agriculture plans to launch an AI tool to check its crop production data. The move follows reported errors in that data. Crop figures help shape decisions about farming, food supply and prices. The check aims to make the numbers more reliable.
Quick glossaryUSDA, crop production data
- USDA
- The US Department of Agriculture, the government body that oversees farming and food policy in America, based in Washington.
- crop production data
- Official estimates of how much of each farm crop is grown in a season across a country.
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