The Land of Oz

Land O’Lakes and Microsoft are partnering to fast-track AI innovation in agriculture. With the alliance, they will work together to develop artificial intelligence tools, including a digital assistant called Oz. WinField United President Leah Anderson says Oz is different from other AI platforms. “I think the important piece here is that the data that’s going into Oz is not just any old data that you can find on the internet; this is structured, scientifically backed, sound, standardized data that’s been collected over 20 years with agronomy experts in the field in a consistent manner,” Anderson told RRFN. “When you’re using something like Oz, you know that you’re getting high-quality data that’s feeding that AI assistant.”  Oz is being beta-tested now and is expected to be released to retail agronomists in 2026.