Regenerative Agriculture Podcast Podcast Extra: The Future of Agriculture Podcast - AI For Regenerative Agriculture With John Kempf
Dec 18, 2025
John Kempf, founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture, shares his insights on merging AI with regenerative farming. He discusses the shift from chemistry to biologically-focused agronomy and introduces FieldLark AI, aimed at enhancing decision-making for farmers. Listeners will learn about the importance of measuring specific micronutrients, balancing AI with human intuition, and innovative nitrogen management strategies. John also touches on the ethical implications of AI in agriculture and the role of winter biology in sustaining plant health.
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Agronomy Is Becoming Bio-Centric
- Agronomy is shifting from chemistry-only measurement to managing plant biology and biophysics alongside chemistry.
- John Kempf argues this complexity requires new tools because humans alone can't scale that decision-making.
Measure What Matters For AI
- Measure the right parameters, not just more data, to enable reliable AI-driven agronomy recommendations.
- Capture high-fidelity, domain-specific data now so future machine learning can produce useful outcomes.
Private Data + Public Models Iteratively Improve
- Fieldlark combines a curated private database with the public internet and swaps AI engines as they improve.
- Continuous iteration lets the tool synthesize new insights and feed validated findings back into its knowledge base.