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UF SmartAg certificates prepare students to enter agriculture’s AI job market

by Brad Buck
October 22, 2024

Graduate students from across the University of Florida can leap into the future workplaces of agricultural technology. Through two Smart Ag certificate programs, started in 2022, the agricultural and biological engineering department (ABE) ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development
Tags: #aiatuf, 'Advanced Precision Agriculture', 'Wireless Sensor Networks', Adam Watson, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Dana Choi, Food Processing, Graduate Students, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Kati Migliaccio, Packaging, Portfolios, Precision Ag, Robotics, SmartAg, SmartAg Certificate Programs, Sustainable Farming, Tom Burks, Workforce Development

Southern land-grant universities create AI centers to encourage faster, accurate solutions to practical problems

by Brad Buck
September 23, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help feed the world and preserve our natural resources. To maximize the bandwidth of AI, scientists are working together to develop robotics and precision agriculture, use drones effectively and more. Recognizing ... READ MORE

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Tags: #aiatuf, #SouthernAgResearch, 'Future Farm', AI Hubs, Center For Applied Artificial Intelligence In Agriculture, Data Analytics, Disease, Mississippi State University, Pests, Plant Breeding, Precision Ag, Remote Sensing, Robotics, University Of Georgia

From a small town in China, engineer helps lead UF/IFAS AI programs to new heights

by Brad Buck
April 10, 2023

Changying “Charlie” Li comes from humble roots. He was born in the tiny town of Balikun – population about 10,000 – in northwestern China. Now, he’s a new UF/IFAS professor of agricultural and biological engineering, and he’s ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Charlie Li, China, Norway, Phenotypes, Precision Agriculture, Robotics, STEM, University Of Georgia
Food Is Our Middle Name podcast

Food is Our Middle Name podcast: What’s the deal with…farm technology?

by Tory Moore
December 2, 2022

Technology is rapidly advancing in many different industries, but what about agricultural technology? Drones? Artificial intelligence? How does this benefit farmers and does it benefit shoppers?  UF/IFAS experts Kati Migliaccio and Nathan ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: #aiatuf, #FoodIsOurMiddleName, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agricultural And Biological Engineering Department, Agriculture Technology, AI, AI In Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Center For Applied Artificial Intelligence In Agriculture, Drones, Food Is Our Middle Name, GCREC, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Plant Breeding, Podcast, Robotics, Robots, Technology, UF/IFAS Communications

AI center coming to Gulf Coast Research and Education Center; will provide boost for agriculture

by Brad Buck
October 25, 2022

Agriculture is an integral part of Florida’s economy, directly contributing over $10 billion in sales revenues annually and supporting over 133,000 jobs. But farmers face numerous challenges: pests, diseases, labor, rising costs and more. To ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: #aiatuf, Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Center For Applied Artificial Intelligence In Agriculture, Crop Yields, Dana Choi, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, J. Scott Angle, Jack Rechcigl, Jobs, Kevin Wang, Labor, Machine Learning, Nathan Boyd, Plant Breeding, Robotics, Start-up Companies, Technology

Ag engineer comes ‘home’ to UF/IFAS; uses AI to help reduce farm labor costs

by Brad Buck
January 25, 2022

Dana Choi grew up in South Korea but considers Florida her second home. She spent several years on the main campus of the University of Florida, getting her master’s and doctoral degrees in agricultural and biological engineering from the ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Dana Choi, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Robotics, South Korea, Strawberries, Sustainable Agriculture, Tomatoes

The New Face of Florida Farm Workers – Robots

by ccooley
March 26, 2020

Migrant workers have long been the greatest asset to Florida growers. Without their hard work and dedication, growers would be unable to feed our nation. However, as immigration laws become more strict, the migrant worker pool has dwindled, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, , Crops, Farm Management, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Low Compact Tomato Plants, Pest Management, Precision Agriculture, Robotics, Robots, Smart Sprayer, Thorvald, UV Lighting, Weed Control

CALS students earn prestigious UF honors at 2018 international student achievement award ceremony

by Dana Edwards
November 16, 2018

At the 25th annual International Student Achievement Award Ceremony hosted by the University of Florida International Center as part of International Education Week, seven international students in the UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Engineering, Precision Agriculture, Robotics, Service Leadership

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