The Farm Progress Show is taking place this week near Boone, Iowa. ^[1] USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced on a Tuesday at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, that the agency is launching a pilot project to improve crop yield and acreage estimates using technology. ^[2] Matt Jungmann, the Farm Progress national events director, stated that conditions are fit for field demonstrations. ^[3] The corn used for field demonstrations has a moisture content of 18.1 percent and a test weight of 56 pounds. ^[4] The Farm Progress Show runs from Tuesday through Thursday. ^[5] The pilot project will evaluate the use of enhanced satellite imagery in collaboration with NASA and other federal agencies to determine how to make reports more precise. ^[6] The plan involves using geospatial tools, crop models, and surveys of farmers to estimate cultivated surface area and yields, alongside the study of artificial intelligence and machine learning. ^[7] The USDA is facing growing criticism from farmers and operators regarding the reliability of agricultural government data, prompting this modernization effort. ^[8]