'Harvesting Data': Latin American AI Startups Transform Farming

CEO of Agrosmart, a tech-based agriculture startup, Mariana Vasconcelos, poses after an interview with AFP in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Credit: AFP)

For centuries, farmers used almanacs to try to understand and predict weather patterns.

Now, a new crop of Latin American startups is helping do that with artificial intelligence, promising a farming revolution in agricultural giants like Brazil, the world's biggest exporter of soybeans, corn and beef.