Michael R. Collins

Contributing writer Michael Collins provides a detailed guide on ML algorithms, what they are, and how they work.

Contributing writer Michael Collins makes sense of the decision processes required in digital farming.

A process for identifying needs in digital farming is explored by contributing writer Michael Collins.

The repeatability of the operational model is replicated millions of times a year in digital farming and precision agriculture.

We must understand technology to understand innovation and what we must do to prepare, embrace, manage, and deploy innovation, says contributor Michael Collins.

“Knowing thyself” sets us up to thrive and prosper with new technology, says contributing writer Michael Collins.

Editor's note: This article is part of a series focused on digital farming. These articles represent the body of interest that Michael Collins has witnessed and collected. Please let him know what you think of this topic, or if...

Technical debt is like any form of debt. It originates from any action taken now that requires a future action to cancel or mitigate it.  Technical debt appears in every product approaching obsolescence. It impacts every stage of the...

If we are to believe the literature, all innovations have an S–Curve that models and describes their market acceptance.  The S-Curve is a generalized model that plots product acceptance over time. This S-Curve also integrates to a normal curve. The...

Building a house starts with a plan and then a foundation; it does not start with doors and windows. From foundation the house progresses to walls and roof, and then the doors and windows. Building any system starts with...

The agricultural community has spent several years synthesizing an operational description for digital farming. In several cases, there have also been solutions put forth all claiming to be digital farming, but now, more than ever, there is as much...

In previous articles, I tried to lay out some logical components and processes that enable digital farming to get inside of the decision loop and provide decision quality outcomes. It is no surprise that digital farming is taking a...

I was recently asked, “Where is imagery in digital farming?” Imagery, especially from satellites and increasingly from drones, is often proposed or inferred as the core functionality of digital farming. Why else would almost every digital farming discussion center...

Here are seven core concepts of digital farming and why they are important in the agricultural and digital world.