This partnership does not and will not change BayerвЂ™s or FieldViewвЂ™s privacy statement or commitment to stewarding customer data, say Bayer officials. ItвЂ™s also a way to accelerate its ability to deliver outcomes-based, digitally enabled solutions to customers, they add. вЂњWeвЂ™re excited to partner with Bayer to accelerate this transformation and unlock even greater agricultural innovation by bringing together data-driven insights with BayerвЂ™s agronomic expertise and the power of Microsoft Azure.вЂќД«ayer officials say the partnership is part of a strategic step toward the firmвЂ™s target of 100% digitally enabled sales in its crop science division by 2030.

вЂњLike every industry, farming and the food sector are undergoing rapid digital transformation, from autonomous tractors, to AI-based digital advisories, and scalable precision agriculture,вЂќ said Ravi Krishnaswamy, corporate vice president, Azure global industry at Microsoft, in a news release. Together, we can innovate and implement as a team to deliver the food, feed, fiber, and fuel needed to power our planet.вЂќ Microsoft is setting the standard in trusted, global cloud solutions. вЂњBayer is pioneering digital innovation within agriculture. вЂњAs agriculture and technology entrepreneurs and organizations work to advance the security and sustainability of the value chain вЂ“ supporting farmers at its foundation вЂ“ collaboration is required,вЂќ said Jeremy Williams, who heads The Climate Corporation and Bayer digital farming solutions, in a news release. For those reasons, Bayer and Microsoft are taking action to make a positive impact, both through our own collaboration as well as by offering off-the-shelf infrastructure and digital capabilities for other companies to address the enormous challenges facing our society.вЂќ

We need collaboration, shared vision, and action. вЂњAs we cope with an ongoing global pandemic, fragile supply chains and the continuing climate catastrophe, status quo will not suffice. вЂњThis partnership comes at a unique point in time where increased innovation is sorely needed across the food and fiber value chain,вЂќ said Liam Condon, member of the board of management of Bayer and president of Bayer crop science, in a news release. Once developed, Bayer will leverage MicrosoftвЂ™s cloud solution as the infrastructure and operating platform for FieldView and other digital solutions going forward.В There will be no impact to the FieldView user experience, as it remains central to BayerвЂ™s strategy, say Bayer officials.

Support farmers and other food industry customers with new innovation and continuous improvements to important digital and data science features used to manage their operations.Д«ayer will also be a customer of the new B2B offering, using it as the digital infrastructure foundation for FieldView and other customer-facing solutions.

Create and commercialize off-the-shelf opportunities for other companies to enter and innovate directly in ag and other industries.

Accelerate BayerвЂ™s and MicrosoftвЂ™s ability to innovate within ag and across the entire food (fuel, fiber and feed) value chain.They add this partnership will create and enable a new business-to-business (B2B) offering to create off-the-shelf digital capabilities available to startups and established firms who want to innovate in agriculture and adjacent industries.Д«ayer officials say its agricultural expertise and digital farming platform combined with MicrosoftвЂ™s cloud technology and B2B solutions will: Markets Analysis Back to Markets AnalysisД«ayerВ is forming a strategic partnership with MicrosoftВ to build a new cloud-based set of digital tools and data science solutions for use in agriculture and adjacent industries, say Bayer officials.

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