Agro 4.0IBM Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture

Jeff Gawrych – Sales Engineer/Meteorologist

Jared Brown – Global Channel Sales Lead

Farm Inputs

…make my seed and fertilizer perform better?

Financial Services

…mange risk and keep farmers profitable?

Government

…support farmers while improving food

safety and sustainability

Food Producers

How can I….

…meet consumer demand for better quality?

Growers

…make better operational decisions?

Our Mission: Lifting the Sector as a Whole

Weather Impacts Every Consumer And

every Business on the planet

Weather allows us to deliver on both IBM’s

Purpose – to be essential.

One of the largest location-based data

companies

Deliver more than 25B weather forecasts

daily

Serve 225M users monthly across The

Weather Company properties and

consumer products

Personal Weather Station Network - Brazil

• Over 800 Personal Weather Stations in Brazil today• 5 Minute Reporting Frequency• Feeds into our 500 m resolution Current Observations and Forecasts

Government Stations PWS + Government Stations

Industry Leading Forecast Accuracy

•IBM Offerings for Agriculture

Data Feeds

• Historical

• Current Conditions

• Forecasts

• Seasonal Outlook

• Ag-Specific

Off the Shelf

• PAIRS – Agriculture

• Weather Company Alerts

• Operations Dashboard

Tailored

• Privatized Personal Weather Station Network

• Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture

Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture

1. Aggregates field, machine, & environmental Data

2. Brings Watson and AI to bear across the entire Ag ecosystem

3. Enables Decisions by growers & enterprises that improve outcomes & connects stakeholders

Higher YieldImproved

QualityIncreased

Profitability

Machine IoT Data

• Yield Map

• Planting data

• Fertilization Map

• Spray Map

Environmental Data

• Weather

• Remote Sensing

• Topology

• Soil

Farm Practices Data

• Tillage

• Crop Type & Variety

• Plant and Harvest Dates

• Yield

Machine, Environment, and Farm Practices Data collected in an Electronic Field Record

Decision Support for Growers

NDVI Crop

Health

Precision Weather

+ Alerts

Soil Moisture@ 5 depths

Yield Forecasts

Soil moisture and temp →

Irrigation, planting, product application

Weather alerts → Safety

Pest & disease risk & ID → Remediation

Crop stress → Locations to scout

Yield projection → Trading

Weather →Operations like spray timing

Profit Map → Apply Inputs Variably

Decision Support for Enterprise

• Integrate Electronic Field Record with IBM Food Trust →

Traceability &Sustainability

• Engage for Business• Grower App →

Client engagement

• Aggregated Grower Analytics• PAIRS geo-spatial analytics combining IBM-

sourced & Private Enterprise Data→

Root cause analysis

• Verifier → Quality

• Seasonal Probabilistic• Next Gen Weather Model →

Better trading decisions

• National Crop Yield Forecasts• Commodity Pricing Forecasts

• Weather Data API’s• Hybrid Station Network →

Supply chain optimization

• AI on IoT Data Ingest

• Seasonal Probabilistic

→Risk management

• Command Center/ Scorecard• Crop Type Identification• Land Quality Identification

IBM Food Trust

Correlate farm practices

with quality.

Traceability with

IBM Food Trust.

Transparency across

the supply chain, linking Electronic Field Record and Growers to Food Trust that covers the remainder of the supply chain

Aggregate yield

forecasts.

Practices Storage RetailFood

ProductionSeed

ConsumerInputs

Distributor

FOOD PRODUCERS

B2B Weather Sales Contacts

Fernanda Borges dos Santos -- Acquisition Integration & Business Development - Latin America

feborges@br.ibm.com

Jared Brown – Global Channel Sales Lead Jared.Brown@ibm.com

Jeff Gawrych – Sales Engineer/Meteorologistjeffrey.gawrych@ibm.com