Language Models for Agronomic Advice: A Benchmark of Regional Accuracy and Confident Error

Authors

  • Damir Kovacic-Bar Centre for Agricultural Data Science, Slavonija Centre for Digital Agriculture, Vinkovci, Croatia Author
  • Czeslawa Hryniewicz Department of Agronomy, Lubelszczyzna Institute of Agro-Informatics, Pulawy, Poland Author
  • Heiner Bockelmann Centre for Rural Digital Services, Hohenlohe Centre for Digital Agriculture, Kunzelsau, Germany Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22664737

Keywords:

Language Models for Agronomic Advice; Agro-informatics; Precision agriculture; Evidence synthesis; On-farm technology

Abstract

There is real interest in language models for agronomic advice right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it delivers the
most value. We pull together the current evidence for language models for agronomic advice, covering the methodological,
practical, governance and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where farms and advisors are still
largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the evidence gathered here
than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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