Will digital tools replace the field work of agronomists

Ram Lisaey

For my fellow agronomists and myself, not too long ago, a field visit was everything: the beginning, the middle and the end of every recommendation delivered to the farmer. If you wanted to give any advice you hopped into the car, train or a plane arrived at the farm, looked at the crop, felt the soil, asked questions, looked at the irrigation controller outputs, took samples and wrote recommendations.