Slide deck from Agriculture Technology Summit 2016

1. Data Modernizing Agronomy
Chris Harbourt, Ph.D.

2. The Story of a Model T or a UFO??

3. Can Data Modernize Agronomy?
• 1920-1970 - Basic Ag Research
• 1970-1990 – “Computerize” the Research
• 1990-2000 – Add a “GIS” spatial part
• 2000-2010 – merge codebase with GIS
• 2010-present
– Rebrand statistics – Big Data
– Talk about meta analysis
– Jam research into big data

4. Agrible: Holistic Ensemble Approach
• It’s not Grandpa vs. Big Data
• It’s not Big Data
• It’s not Grandpa
• It’s just science!
– Qualitative
– Quantitative
– Theory
– Observation

5. Principles of Science can
Revolutionize