USDA pilot to use tech, AI amid crop estimate criticism
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said the agency is launching a pilot project relying more on technology to improve U.S. crop acreage and yield estimates, amid farmer criticism.
By Karl Plume and P.J.
HuffstutterThe U.S.
Department of Agriculture is launching a pilot project that will rely more heavily on technology as part of a broader effort to improve its closely watched U.S. crop acreage and yield estimates, Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday, as the agency faces…