US Precision Ag Use Fell 22% As Farm Bankruptcies Rose 46%

MENAFN- ACCESSWIRE) SAUSALITO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / November 4, 2026 / The share of US farms using precision agriculture fell from 27% to 22% between 2023 and 2025, even as the technology improved and its cost kept falling, according to USDA data analyzed in a new white paper from FarmBot Tech and Diverse AI Solutions. The decline came as Chapter 12 farm bankruptcy filings rose 46% in 2025, to 315, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

The white paper, "AI Adoption in Agriculture: Why the Gap Persists and What Must Change," published by FarmBot Tech and Diverse AI Solutions, examines the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom. It draws on research from USDA, the EU Joint Research Centre, the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the US Government Accountability Office, foundational and current peer-reviewed literature, industry surveys and market intelligence compiled between 2020 and 2026.

The divide is widest in livestock and satellite data. Wearable sensors are used on 12% of large US livestock farms and 1% of small ones, according to USDA Economic Research Service analy...