Tag: Artificial Intelligence

AI helps detect powdery mildew early so growers can manage disease in squash

by Brad Buck
August 11, 2020

IMMOKALEE, Fla. --- Plant detectives and engineers from the University of Florida are using artificial intelligence to find a disease early so growers who produce summer squash can keep it under control. Early detection gives farmers a fighting ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: #AI, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Algorithm, Artificial Intelligence, Drone, Pamela Roberts, Plant Disease Detection, Plant Pathology, Powdery Mildew, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Spectral Images, Squash, Yiannis Ampatzidis

Cloud-based technology helps farmers count citrus trees

by Brad Buck
June 4, 2020

In his quest to find the right drone and other artificial intelligence to help ensure citrus growers get an accurate count of their crop, Yiannis Ampatzidis and his research team have developed a system known as Agroview. The technology saves ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Farm Management, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: #AI, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Citrus, Drone, Insurance, Precision Agriculture, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Yiannis Ampatzidis

Cloud-Based Software Helps Farmers on the Ground

by Brad Buck
September 12, 2019

IMMOKALEE, Fla. -- A University of Florida agricultural engineer has developed software that can help farmers find the best places to plant crops and to identify fruit and vegetable varieties that perform better against diseases. Now, Yiannis ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Farm Management
Tags: #AI, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud-based Software, Crops, Greening, Pathogens, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Yiannis Ampatzidis

UF/IFAS Researchers Use AI to Take the Guesswork out of Fruit Pricing

by Brad Buck
July 23, 2019

Pricing fruit comes down to a bit of art and some science for farmers. But new technology from the University of Florida may remove some of that guesswork. “Growers often rely on their gut to estimate a price for their crop,” said Daniel ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Crops
Tags: #AI, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Daniel Lee, Fruit, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Image System, Natalia Peres, Price, Strawberries

AI Could Help Citrus Growers Find, Detect Dangerous Psyllids

by Brad Buck
May 1, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Precision agriculture engineer Yiannis Ampatzidis sees a day when citrus farmers use artificial intelligence to detect the pin-sized insects that can infect the fruit’s trees with the deadly greening disease. That ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Pests & Disease
Tags: #AI, Artificial Intelligence, Asian Citrus Psyllid, Citrus Greening, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Yiannis Ampatzidis

UF/IFAS Researchers: Robots May Run Future Farms

by Brad Buck
February 13, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Agriculture, one of the world’s oldest vocations, is also one that continues to reinvent itself with new technology. From the introduction of the steel plow to automated tractors to modern fertilizer applications, technology ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Farm Management
Tags: #AI, Agricultultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Farming, Frank Asche, Future, Institute For Sustainable Food Systems, Robots, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, Senthold Asseng, Technology

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