Practical AI · Thursday, October 29, 2026
Seed company Syngenta built an AI application where users ask questions in plain language regarding seed selection, and an LLM interprets requests before a Bedrock agent pulls weather, soil, and agronomic data. Heidi Porter explained that the LLM is restricted to routing requests and explaining results, while existing models handle actual agronomy predictions.
“This is a seed company called Syngenta that has a big seed catalog. And sometimes farmers select the wrong seed for their field based on local conditions.”
“When the question needs a prediction, Sedens' existing seed and agronomy models produce it. The LLM does not do agronomy.”