August 14, 2021 - August 18, 2021

Microsoft at KDD 2021

Location: Virtual

Microsoft Research blog

A set of four photos showing scenes from a farm. 1) Two people stand in a field by a pickup truck and a small structure with solar power arrays and an antenna. 2) A hand sets a small metal and plastic sensor into the ground. 3) An aerial drone sprays a light colored powder above a crop field. 4) Harvesting trucks and other farm equipment on a gravel road next to rolling hills.
Microsoft Research Blog

| Peeyush Kumar and Ranveer Chandra

It is springtime in Eastern Washington, USA, and the temperature is slightly above freezing. A farmer is preparing to fertilize his fields of wheat and lentils as winter runoff and frost are nearly finished. The plants are susceptible to fertilizer…