Southern Scientists Use Artificial Intelligence To Reduce Costs, Labor on Farms

Scientists throughout the South are using artificial intelligence (AI) to help growers save labor costs and time, spray with precision, detect diseases, control food quality, maintain animal health and help grow wheat.  

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences invention assesses plant stress from ground, air 

Among the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) scientists helping growers save time and money is Yiannis Ampatzidis, an associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering. Ampatzidis invented Agroview, a technology that uses images from drones, satellites, and the ground.  

Agroview assesses plant stress, and it counts and categorizes plants based on their height and canopy area. The technology also estimates plant-nutrient content. It can reduce data collection, analysis time and cost by up to 90% compared to manual data collection, Ampatzidis said. 

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