USDA adding artificial intelligence to its crop reporting process. The agency used an internally developed AI tool to check the crop production report for errors before its release Tuesday. USDA Under Secretary Scott Hutchins said the technology could have caught a September processing mistake involving irrigated and non-irrigated corn acreage in Nebraska and Kansas. That error led USDA to revise state corn yield estimates in October. The AI tool will work alongside existing checks to flag possible problems for further review.
