Tag: Artificial Intelligence

Researcher studying plant-related lab samples under a microscope.

What’s New on Ask IFAS: Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences (Sept.–Oct. 2026)

by Gillian McGuire
November 2, 2026

How to Read Reports from the UF/IFAS Extension Soil Testing Laboratory By Rao Mylavarapu, Thomas Obreza, Nancy Wilkinson, and Franta Majs Soil testing is a general term, but it specifically includes laboratory analyses of field or landscape ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Natural Resources
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Ask IFAS, Edis, Soil Health, Soil Testing, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences
A partially filled grocery cart in a store aisle

Consumers are hesitant when it comes to fully automated grocery stores, study reveals

by Chris Vivian
October 14, 2026

As artificial intelligence continues to rapidly reshape the world around us, including the grocery shopping experience, a new research study from the University of Florida Department of Food and Resource Economics (FRE), reveals human touch ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Food And Resource Economics, Fre, Grocery Shopping
teens working on laptops in a class room

Developing Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of AI

by Melinda Souers
September 28, 2026

Since the 1990’s the internet has provided a portal to the world of information. We could simply type a question or topic into a search engine and be provided with a long list of possible resources on that topic. It was then up to the researcher ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: #OC4H, 4-H, Artificial Intelligence, Critical Thinking, Life Skills, Ocextension, Youth
Digital elevation model of a deep stone canyon with a meandering and curving river in bright blue, orange, and yellow colors.

Sabine Grunwald Named 2026 ASA Fellow

by Mike Loizzo
September 18, 2026

The American Society of Agronomy (ASA) named University of Florida professor Sabine Grunwald a 2026 ASA Fellow. It is the Society’s highest honor recognizing exceptional achievement and service in agronomy. Grunwald is a professor of pedometrics ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: American Society Of Agronomy, Artificial Intelligence, ASA Fellow, Carbon Modeling, Climate Smart Agriculture, Digital Soil Mapping, GeoAI, Geospatial Technologies, Pedometrics, Sabine Grunwald, Soil Health, Soil Sensing, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences
A wet meadow wetland of possible groundwater vulnerability in Florida.

AI Offers a New View of Groundwater Vulnerability in Florida

by Mike Loizzo
August 28, 2026

Florida’s farms, communities, and natural ecosystems share a vital resource: groundwater. Aquifers support our drinking-water supplies, agriculture, springs, wetlands and rivers. But in many parts of Florida, shallow and highly permeable aquifers ... READ MORE

Category: Farm Management, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: AI, Aquifer, Artificial Intelligence, Convolutional Neural Network, DRASTIC, Farm Management, Golmar Golmohammadi, Groundwater Vulnerability, Nitrogen, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Watershed Hydrology
Natural Area Teaching Laboratory boardwalk covered in high water. Photo taken 06-25-21.

NSF awards UF $1.79M grant to harness AI-powered environmental forecasting with help from HiPerGator

by Lourdes Mederos
August 25, 2026

Water and carbon are key resources people rely on every day, from the availability of drinking water and preventing floods to storing carbon in forests and wetlands. The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.79 million grant to ... READ MORE

Category: Blog Community, Conservation, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Conservation, Flood, HiPerGator, Jiangxiao Qiu, National Science Foundation, Research, The Water Institute

NSF awards UF $1.79M grant to harness AI-powered environmental forecasting with help from HiPerGator

by Lourdes Mederos
August 25, 2026

Water and carbon are key resources people rely on every day, from the availability of drinking water and preventing floods to storing carbon in forests and wetlands. The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.79 million grant to ... READ MORE

Category: Blog Community, Conservation, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Conservation, Flood, HiPerGator, Jiangxiao Qiu, National Science Foundation, Research, The Water Institute

As a UF Student and NVIDIA Intern, I’m Using Agricultural AI to Help Transform Global Food Production

by Samantha Jones
August 18, 2026

By Jing (Zijing) Huang When people hear that I am completing my doctorate in agricultural and biological engineering at UF, they often assume my work is confined to farmland, crop yields and tractors. But applying advanced AI to agriculture ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Student Success
Farm laborers workiing in the field next to a farm machine.

UF experts help farmers use web-based tools to predict strawberry, tomato yields faster, more accurately

by Brad Buck
June 16, 2026

To make a successful return on their investment, growers need to accurately predict how much crop they might grow in a given season. University of Florida researchers are developing web-based tools that incorporate artificial intelligence to ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Crops, Forecasting, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, HiPerGator, Images, Jessica Chitwood-Brown, Kevin Wang, PhenoSeg, PhenoSnap, Shinsuke Agehara, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Vance Whitaker, Wael Elwakil, Web Tools, Yield

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