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A farmer notices an unfamiliar insect on a leaf. Is this a pollinator? Or a pest? Good news at harvest time? Or bad? Need to be controlled? Or not? That farmer can snap a picture, use a smartphone or ...

A new app, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven and developed on the Prairies, is expected to help farmers identify and manage ...