Tag: Jack Rechcigl

White House officials tour UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center; admire AI initiatives, tout importance of cybersecurity

by Brad Buck
April 2, 2024

Responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) holds tremendous potential to make our world more prosperous and secure, while misuse of AI can lead to cybersecurity issues. Knowing that, White House officials toured the University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS
Tags: #aiatuf, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Center For Applied Artificial Intelligence In Agriculture, Dana Choi, Digital Twin, Florida Institute For Cybersecurity Research, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, HiPerGator, Horticultural Sciences, Jack Rechcigl, Jacob Braun, Kevin Wang, Natalia Peres, Nathan Boyd, Office Of The National Cyber Director, Plant Breeding, Plant Pathology, Precision-ag, White House

Nuevo Centro de Inteligencia Artificial del GCREC fomentará la agricultura

by Luz Bahder
October 27, 2022

La agricultura es una parte integral de la economía de Florida, ya que contribuye directamente con más de $10 mil millones anuales en ingresos por ventas y provee más de 133.000 puestos de trabajo. Pero los agricultores enfrentan numerosos ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Blog Community, EVENTS, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Agricultura, Centro De Inteligencia Artificial Aplicada A La Agricultura, Espanol, GCREC, IA, Inteligencia Artificial, J. Scott Angle, Jack Rechcigl, Robotica, Spanish

MEDIA ALERT: Come to Florida Ag Expo; learn about hops, other emerging crops and artificial intelligence

by Brad Buck
October 27, 2022

WHAT: Tour a hops yard. Find out how artificial intelligence helps farmers. Discover how UF/IFAS will help growers use fewer nutrients. Find out how plant breeding can help growers avoid diseases – all at this year’s Florida Ag Expo. The ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: #aiatuf, Artificial Intelligence, Blackberries, Florida Ag Expo, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hops, Jack Rechcigl, Plant Breeding, Plant Disease, Precision Agriculture, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Weeds

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

UF/IFAS appoints visionary leader as director of Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

by Lourdes Mederos
July 8, 2021

DAVIE, Fla. – Jack Rechcigl has been appointed center director of the University of Florida’s Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center (UF/IFAS FLREC), one of 12 research and education centers at the Institute of Food and Agriculture ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: FLREC, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Jack Rechcigl, UF IFAS News, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS FLREC, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research Education Center

UF/IFAS appoints interim director of Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center to support team’s urban initiatives, successes

by Lourdes Mederos
May 13, 2020

DAVIE, Fla. – Jack Rechcigl has been appointed as interim Center Director of the UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center (UF/IFAS FLREC) On May 12, Rechcigl stepped in to oversee the operations and research at the UF/IFAS ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Blueberries, CALS, Covid-19, Davie, FL, Florida Agriculture Expo, FLREC, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hops, Jack Rechcigl, Robin Giblin-Davis, Strawberries, UF IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, UF/IFAS Center For Aquatic And Invasive Plants, UF/IFAS FLREC, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research Education Center, Urban Environment, Wildlife Ecology

Hemp, Hops and More Crops Highlight Florida Ag Expo

by Brad Buck
October 23, 2019

BALM, Fla. --- Farmers, nursery managers and others can get a glimpse of the latest and greatest UF/IFAS research into tomatoes, strawberries, hemp, hops and ornamental plants at the annual Florida Ag Expo at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops
Tags: Florida Ag Expo, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hemp, Hops, Jack Rechcigl, Specialty Crops, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Zachary Brym

UF/IFAS Gulf Coast REC to Benefit from Water Boost

by Brad Buck
June 25, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Thanks to the collective efforts of Tampa Electric Company and the Southwest Florida Water Management District, researchers at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC) now have significantly more water ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Jack Rechcigl, Jerry Fankhauser, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Tampa Electric Company, Water

Hops are Hopping at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

by Brad Buck
May 9, 2019

WHO: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences faculty, staff, administrators and friends of UF/IFAS. WHAT: Come to the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC) and learn the latest in UF/IFAS hops ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture
Tags: Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hops, Hops Field Day, Jack Rechcigl, Microbreweries, Shinsuke Agehara

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