Tag: crop insurance

Dr. Fan Fan, Assistant Professor of Agribusiness at UF

Dr. Fan Fan brings financial industry experience and Agribusiness research expertise to new FRE Assistant Professor of Agribusiness

by Alena Poulin
February 2, 2026

In September 2025, Dr. Fan Fan joined the University of Florida IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department as an assistant professor of agribusiness. Fan, who earned her Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics in 2025, focuses her research on agribusiness ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness
Tags: Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Applied Economics, Crop Insurance, Finance, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Faculty, Food And Resource Economics Research, Microeconomics, Risk
Close-up of oranges on a tree with green leaves in bright sunlight.

From problem to on-farm solution: The journey of one UF/IFAS AI technology

by Brad Buck
February 11, 2025

A few weeks after Yiannis Ampatzidis started working at the University of Florida in 2017, Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc on the Florida peninsula and its citrus groves. Growers needed to count their trees with precision to get crop insurance, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS
Tags: Agricutural And Biological Engineering, Agroview, Artificial Intellgience, Citrus, Counting, Crop Insurance, Diseases, Farms, Insurance, Inventory, Lab, Pests, Prec-ag, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Trees, Yiannis Ampatzidis

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