AI Transforming Agriculture in Wisconsin

Friday, September 26th, 2025 -- 8:01 AM

(NBC 26) Artificial intelligence isn't just revolutionizing Silicon Valley, it's transforming barns, fields, even tractors in Wisconsin.

At the state's only working dairy farm and learning laboratory, students and farmers are witnessing firsthand how AI is reshaping the future of agriculture.

Just north of Wausau, the Agriculture Center of Excellence serves as both a functioning dairy operation and an innovative testing ground for cutting-edge technology.

As the only working dairy farm and learning lab in the Wisconsin Technical College System, this facility is where students learn to manage livestock, crops, and equipment while new AI technologies are tested and shared with farmers statewide.

The technological revolution is evident throughout the operation. Milking robots can detect irregularities before farmers even realize there's a problem. Drones soar overhead, mapping entire fields and identifying diseased crops from the sky.

Semi-autonomous tractors perform fieldwork without human hands on the wheel. The newest experiment involves an ingestible sensor placed inside cows that measures their temperature to a tenth of a degree.

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