By Jean Claude Niyomugabo
Graduate Research Assistant
AI-enabled tools may run on data, but understanding where they belong in agriculture requires input from the people who work and study in the field. Midwest producers and agriculture students can share their perspectives in a new UNL survey.
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From identifying crop problems to turning years of field data into management guidance, artificial intelligence is moving closer to the decisions producers make every day. University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL) researchers want to know how producers and future agricultural professionals view this changing role.
Midwest corn and soybean producers and agriculture students are invited to participate in a new survey examining their perceptions of, trust in and readiness to use AI-enabled agricultural tools. These may include yield prediction systems, variable-rate input applications, irrigation decision tools, pest and disease detection platforms, remote sensing tools and AI-based advisory systems.
Researchers hope to better understand the factors that may encourage or limit adoption of these technologies among current producers and the next generation of agricultural professionals.
The survey is open to people age 19 or older who are either:
Farmers or agricultural producers involved in Midwest corn and soybean production systems; or
University students enrolled in agriculture-related academic programs in the Midwest.
The anonymous survey takes approximately 10–12 minutes to complete. Participation is voluntary, and participants may skip any question they do not wish to answer.
Complete the AI-enabled agricultural tools survey by Sunday, Dec. 20, 2026.
For questions about the study, email Jean Claude Niyomugabo, UNL Biological Systems Engineering graduate research assistant, or Heather Akin, UNL assistant professor of strategic communication.