Agriculture isn’t just rows of citrus groves and fields of strawberries — it’s Florida’s second-largest economic powerhouse, trailing only tourism. With more than 133,000 jobs riding on its success, farming fuels communities across the Sunshine State.
To protect crop yields and the environment, the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is leveraging technology driven by artificial intelligence by building a 40,000-square-foot AI hub at the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center in Hillsborough County. The Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture will serve as a world-class research, Extension and development facility.
Read more about Scientists at New AI Center Aim To Help Florida Farmers and Protect the Environment.
