AI agent for agricultural scientists
On-Farm Variety Trial Tracker Agent
A fair, documented comparison of each trial so the farmer can decide on evidence
What it does
On-farm trials often end with a hunch because the plots were not compared fairly. This agent sets up the trial plots and records seed, inputs, planting date and later yield or quality for each. It checks that conditions were comparable: soil, previous crop, planting date, and inputs should match except for the thing being tested. Where they do not, it flags the comparison as unfair and explains why. It gathers missing records from the farmer and recomputes the results when a record changes. It then writes a plain result with a confidence note. The farmer approves which variety or method is adopted. Edge case: one plot was planted nine days late, so the agent reports the result with and without that plot.
How it works
Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.
Read the steps as a list
- Farmer sets up a trial
- Record plots, varieties and planned inputs
- Collect dates, inputs and conditions as work happens
- Are all plot records complete?If not: list the gaps, ask the farmer for each missing record, then recheck. Back to step 3.
- Compare conditions across plots against fairness limits
- Were conditions comparable enough?If not: recalculate the result with and without the outlier plots and name the difference. Back to step 5.
- Calculate yield and quality by plot
- Write the result with a confidence note
- Farmer approves which variety or method is adoptedThe agent waits here for your OK.
- Trial summary filed for next season
How it decides
A comparison is marked fair only when planting date, soil, previous crop and inputs differ by less than the set limits. Otherwise the result is reported with the gap named.
- Planting dates should be within 5 days to count as fair
- Treat different previous crops as a flag
- Report both results when one plot is an outlier
- Do not rank varieties on one season alone
Make it yours
Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.
- Fairness limits (default 5 days planting gap)
- Crops and trial types tracked
- Results format
- Number of seasons before a recommendation
What keeps you in control
It always asks you first
- The adoption decision
Hard limits
- Never recommend a switch on one season alone
- Never alter recorded yields
It stops when
- Done: trial summary approved
- Stop: fewer than two comparable plots
Set it up
We guide you through the set-up, step by step
Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.
- One set of instructions to paste into your AI, with the clicks for ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini and Grok
- The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
- A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide
