In this episode of the SWAT Agronomy podcast, Derek Rude, VP of Research and Development at Croptimistic Technology, discusses the evolution of precision ag technologies like SWAT MAPS and SWAT CAM. The conversation touches upon the development of precision agriculture tools, advancements in soil mapping, challenges in scaling SWAT MAPS, the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning models, and the introduction of SWAT CAM for crop and weed imaging. Derek highlights the importance of data integration, higher resolution soil sampling, and future improvements using AI and autonomous technologies to enhance efficiency and agronomic decision-making.“The real value is tying that data back to the SWAT zones. Because we know all of these critical properties: the soil properties, the water properties of these SWAT zones. So now we can really better explain what the SWAT CAM data is telling us, because we have that foundation, that SWAT foundation. So we can go take some pictures of some fields and show some variability. That's cool. But until we tie it back to the SWAT foundation, it doesn't have that big value that it does now.” - Derek Rude00:00 Welcome to the SWAT Agronomy podcast00:33 Introduction to Today's Episode01:49 Meet Derek Rude: Background and Experience02:37 Challenges and Innovations in SWAT Technology03:24 The Evolution of SWAT BOX04:21 SWAT BOX Features and Advancements07:24 Integrating AI and Machine Learning10:48 SWAT CAM: Crop and Weed Imaging12:07 Future Directions and Challenges18:12 Adoption and Feedback on SWAT CAM22:19 Autonomous Soil Sampling and Ground Truthing28:56 Final Thoughts and Contact InformationLearn more at SWATMAPS.com

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