Tech Tuesday: AI Transparency in Agriculture (WCJB TV20)
In this week’s Tech Tuesday, graduate student Anna Hampton explains how her research at the University of Florida uses machine learning and remote sensing to better understand how AI systems make decisions in agricultural applications.
New UF/IFAS Office Aims To Create More Businesses, Commercial Products From Agricultural Research (UF News)
UF/IFAS launches the Office of Strategic Partnerships & Innovation to accelerate public-private partnerships, faculty entrepreneurship and commercialization of agricultural research.
Harnessing AI With Drone Imagery To Detect Costly Celery Disease Before Symptoms Surface (UF News)
UF researchers are launching a grant-funded project using AI with drone imagery to detect costly celery disease before symptoms appear, helping growers prevent major crop losses and reduce costs.
UF/IFAS Awards $524K to Research Teams To Drive Agricultural Innovation (UF/IFAS)
UF researchers were selected as recipients of the 2026 SEEDIT funding program, supporting innovative research to address emerging agricultural challenges.
With Startup, Researchers Plan To Help Growers Feed More People, Preserve Environment (UF News)
UF startup EZ Ag Innovations, founded by UF researchers Nathan Boyd and Arnold Schumann, is using AI-powered precision-spraying technology to help farmers reduce chemical use, lower costs, and improve sustainability in agriculture.
Seeding Exploration
UF researchers Rob Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul are advancing space agriculture by successfully growing plants in lunar soil, a breakthrough that supports the future of human space exploration.
AI in Florida Agriculture Will Improve Farming, Create Careers and Put Better Food on Your Table
The University of Florida is pioneering new artificial intelligence programs to help Florida farmers become more productive, leveraging cutting-edge technology to provide more nutritious and affordable food.”
Southern land-grant universities create AI centers to encourage faster, accurate solutions to practical problems
UF plans to build a huge AI hub at GCREC in Balm to expedite the ability of AI technology to solve agricultural and environmental problems.
UF/IFAS Scientists Uncover Root Causes Threatening Guava, Passion Fruit and Dragon Fruit in South Florida
University of Florida scientists have identified the root causes threatening the health and productivity of some of Florida’s most beloved tropical fruits: dragon fruit, guava and passion fruit.
Where Will Artificial Intelligence Take the Produce Industry?
Yiannis Ampatzidis, a University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering, calls AI the fourth agri-revolution. Ampatzidis, who studies precision agriculture and mechanization for crop production, has seen firsthand the importance — and potential — of AI.