17 service and its features. Once that’s completed, crop advisors can manage fields through Taranis’s mobile or web applications. The web application stores all of the insights, map layers, and other tools, while the mobile app supports those functions. “You can geolocate directly over the top of the images that were taken,” Staton said. “Then you can take the grower out to build that rapport with them, drop pins, take notes and images on the mobile app, and that’ll translate back into the web version as well.” A unique feature of the Taranis system is a chat function for agronomists called AgAssistant. It operates like online AI chatbots. “It’s taking all of the information that is found over the course of the season, over that entire flight that’s done. It’s taking in things like weather data and research articles,” Staton pointed out. “It will quickly analyze and generate a short summary that describes what’s happening in the field. Sometimes it’ll point out economic impact if it is relevant to the insight that’s being analyzed.” That summary is for agronomists only and may include product recommendations. But agronomists and crop advisors can then send a PDF summary of what’s happening in the field to their farmer clients. Taranis is currently not available in Canada due to different rules surrounding unmanned aircraft. “It’s not a no, and I can tell you there are talks with some Canadian companies, but nothing that is currently operating there,” Staton said. American agronomists interested in onboarding with Taranis can contact the company directly. Company information can be found at www.taranis.com. | pag “YOU CAN GEOLOCATE DIRECTLY OVER THE TOP OF THE IMAGES THAT WERE TAKEN. THEN YOU CAN TAKE THE GROWER OUT TO BUILD THAT RAPPORT WITH THEM, DROP PINS, TAKE NOTES AND IMAGES ON THE MOBILE APP, AND THAT’LL TRANSLATE BACK INTO THE WEB VERSION AS WELL.” PHOTO: herraez – stock.adobe.com WATCH THE VIDEO
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