Farmers across the world could jack up giant profits using an Artificial Intelligence soil monitoring system developed at Brunel University London. By collecting data about soil and growing conditions, the'magic bean' helps farmers boost crops, cut waste and save time, money and water. It comes after France this year saw record temperatures of 49.5 ºC, the US had its wettest spring since 1995 and severe frost threatened Brazil's coffee harvest. The Brunel algorithms could help producers work around freak weather triggered by climate change and unplanned supply problems after Brexit. "We have a way of using data to make crops grow better, worldwide," said electronic engineer Dr Tatiana Kalganova.