In this episode of the Illinois podcast, Ken O'Brien, North America Agronomy Innovation Leader, joins to talk about his role in Pioneer Agronomy Innovation. Agronomy Innovation has a focus of improving seed performance through science-backed innovative agronomy. The group discusses how Agronomy Innovation touches many aspects of agronomy within the business, including Decision Sciences — which is the use of computing, modeling and other factors to make better agronomic decisions. They also talk about yield prediction using remote sensing, future traits, ear photometry, sustainability and cropping systems, and much more.

Additional Resources:

Pioneer Agronomy: https://www.pioneer.com/us/agronomy-science.html

Meet the Agronomy Sciences Team: https://www.pioneer.com/us/agronomy-science/Meet-the-Pioneer-Agronomy-Team.html