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How AI Is Changing Plant Breeding: Redefining the Limits of Sorghum

by Eva Sailly
February 6, 2026

For decades, sorghum has quietly disappeared from US fields. Once grown across much of the country, the drought-tolerant grain is now concentrated primarily in the southern Great Plains, especially Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Since the ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture
Tags: #aiatuf, AI, AI In Agriculture, Alumni, Artificial Intelligence, Dr. Charlie Messina, Dr. Jasdeep Singh, Horticultural Sciences Department, New Publication, Ph.D., Plant Breeding, The Crop Transformation Center

MEDIA ALERT: Breaking ground on a future rooted in AI – at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

by Brad Buck
October 30, 2025

WHAT: University of Florida administrators, faculty, fruit and vegetable growers and dignitaries will break ground on the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture on November 7 at the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center. The ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: #aiatuf, Artichokes, Blackberries, Centennial, Center For Applied Artificial Intelligence In Agriculture, Field Tour, Groundbreaking, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hops, J. Scott Angle, Jobs, Joe Glover, Prec-ag, State Rep. Lawrence McClure, Strawberries, Tomatoes, U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack, Vegetables
Natural disaster on the farm. Flooded field with seedlings of eggplant and leek. Heavy rain and flooding. The risks of harvest loss. The flood. Agriculture. Ukraine, Kherson region. Selective focus. Español. Desastre natural en la granja. Campo inundado. Lluvias intensas e inundaciones. Los riesgos de pérdida de cosecha. La inundación. Agricultura. Enfoque selectivo.

With startup, researchers plan to help growers feed more people, preserve environment

by Brad Buck
October 21, 2025

By commercializing their research, two University of Florida scientists are trying to get practical artificial intelligence (AI) tools into the hands of our state’s farmers. The goal is to build their business by increasing farm profitability, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management
Tags: #aiatuf, Archive, Arnold Schumann, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Citrus Research And Education Center, Commercialization, Environment, EZ Ag Innovations, Food, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Inputs, Labor, Nathan Boyd, Pesticides, Prec-ag, Precision Weed-spraying, Soil, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Startup, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Water
Two individuals outdoors, one operating an orange drone over crops.

University of Florida to be new host for major plant and animal breeding accelerator program

by Brad Buck
September 25, 2025

The University of Florida is the new home for an important partner in the effort to provide nutritious food for the nation and to keep farms competitive – a USDA-Agricultural Research Service-funded program called Breeding Insight (BI). The ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Livestock
Tags: #aiatuf, Animal Breeding, Archive, Artificial Intelligence, Breeding Insight, Crops, Damian Adams, Ecosystems, Food, Growers, High-performance Computing, Moira Sheehan, Plant Breeding, Prec-ag, Ranchers, Software, UF/IFAS Research

Media Alert: AI and the Florida agriculture revolution

by Brad Buck
August 5, 2025

What: The 2025 Florida Technology & Innovation Solution Summit will explore how artificial intelligence (AI) will transform the state’s agriculture sector. Florida is poised to lead the nation in agricultural technology and AI, an area ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: #aiatuf, Center For Applied Artificial Intelligence In Agriculture, Florida Technology & Innovation Solution Summit, Growing Smarter AgTech, Nathan Boyd, Prec-ag, Scott Angle
Close-up of strawberries, with ripe red and unripe greenish-yellow fruit, and a white flower.

UF scientists use AI algorithm to improve strawberry disease detection

by Brad Buck
August 15, 2024

Florida’s strawberry season doesn’t return until December. But University of Florida scientists work year-round to support an industry with a $500 million-a-year farm-gate value in Florida. Among their research endeavors, UF/IFAS scientists ... READ MORE

Category: Farm Management
Tags: #aiatuf, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Algorithm, Archive, Artificial Intelligence, Daniel Lee, Disease, Fungal Diseases, Fungicides, Growers, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Images, Leaf Wetness, Leaf Wetness Detection, Natalia Peres, Plant Pathology, Strawberries, Strawberry Advisory System
A man instructing a boy on using a power tool beside a hay bale.

Learn more about meat quality, robotics, invasive reptiles and more – and maybe win a prize at Youth Field Day on June 27

by Brad Buck
May 7, 2024

You want to see cattle up close and find out how Florida ranchers bring beef to your dinner table? Come to the 15th Annual Youth Field Day at the UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center (RCREC) from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 27. Space ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Curriculum
Tags: #aiatuf, Andrea Dunlap, Brent Sellers, Invasive Reptiles, Meat, Ona, Precision Ag, Range Cattle Research And Education Center, Soil, Youth Field Day
People interacting at a conference with exhibition booths displaying products and banners.

Global food and beverage industry representatives to come to Orlando to learn latest flavor research

by Brad Buck
January 17, 2024

Flavor comes from a combination of nature and science. Food and beverage industry representatives from across the world will gather in Orlando in March to learn the research behind unique tastes and aromas. Scientists from the UF/IFAS Citrus ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: #aiatuf, Aroma, Artificial Intelligence, Beverages, Citrus Research And Education Center, Dairy, Flavor, Food, Food Science And Human Nutrition, International Flavor Summit, Precision Ag, Research, Science, UF Center For Smell And Taste, Yu Wang

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