Tag: Damian Adams

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


March 6, 2026

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, Artificial Intelligence, Breeding Insight, Crops, Damian Adams, Ecosystems, Food, Growers, High-performance Computing, Moira Sheehan, Plant Breeding, Prec-ag, Ranchers, Software, UF/IFAS Research
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Digital twin technology helps scientists simulate problems, provide solutions to help growers


March 27, 2026

Farmers should benefit greatly from digital twin technology, which leverages significant advances in big data, computing power and artificial intelligence to generate virtual representations of the physical world. A digital twin is a virtual ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Agricultultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Charlie Li, Damian Adams, Dana Choi, Digital Twin, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Precision Ag, UF/IFAS Research
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University of Florida será la nueva sede de un importante programa acelerador de mejoramiento vegetal


April 21, 2026

Creado por Brad Buck, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS.  Breeding Insight (BI), un programa financiado por el Servicio de Investigación Agrícola del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA, por ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Abeja Melífera, Acuicultura, Agricultura, Alfalfa, Almejas De Cultivo, Apicultura Comercial, Arándano, Bagre, BI, Breeding Insight, Caña De Azúcar, Cientificos, Citricos, Colaboración, Competencia, Corvina Roja, Cultivos De Florida, Damian Adams, Ecosistemas, El Aguacate, El Maní, El Melón, Español, Esturión, Fresa, Genes, HiPerGator, IA, Industria Acuícola De Florida, Inteligencia Artificial, J. Scott Angle, Lechuga, Mejoramiento Animal, Mejoramiento Genetico, Mejoramiento Vegetal, Mejorar, Moira Sheehan, Nuevas Variedades, Ostras, Papa, Pepino, Plagas Y Enfermedades Emergentes, Plantas De Vivero, Premio Honorario Del Secretario Del Departamento De Agricultura De Los Estados Unidos Del 2024, Programa De Fitomejoramiento, Reducir Costos, Repollo, Sandía, Servicio De Investigación Agrícola Del Departamento De Agricultura De Los Estados Unidos, Spanish, Tilapia, UF, UF-IFAS, USDA, Vanguardia, Variedades De Plantas
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At inaugural conference, scientists, farmers see ways to make AI useful to agriculture


April 2, 2026

In a groundbreaking, first-of-its kind event, university scientists, engineers, producers, government agencies and industry officials from throughout the South met at Auburn University to brainstorm ways to use artificial intelligence to help ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: #aiatuf, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agrosense, Agroview, AI, AI In Agriculture, Applications, Artificial Intelligence, Auburn University, Conference, Damian Adams, Farmers, Joe Glover, Kati Migliaccio, Southeast, Yiannis Ampatzidis

UF/IFAS conference to address critical agribusiness policy issues


March 31, 2025

The 10th annual Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference will address the issues, research and policies shaping the state’s agriculture industry. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agriculture, Agriculture Industry, Alena Poulin, Alex Kelly, American Farm Bureau Federation, Artificial Intelligence, Brittany Lee, Citra, Conference, Damian Adams, Derek Farnsworth, Farm Bill, Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference, Florida Department Of Commerce, Food And Resource Economics Department, Foundation For Food And Agricultural Research, Fre, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, J.J. Grow, Jim Boyer, John Newton, John Walt Boatright, LaKisha Odom, Lisa House, Martha Montoya, Megan Winslow, Nathan Boyd, Paul Hindsley, Plant Science Research And Education Unit, Policy, Psreu, Scott Angle, Suzanne Thornsbury, Tour, Tripp Hunter, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, Weizhe Weng

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