Automation is already in widespread use among field crops such as wheat and other grains, with GPS-guided tractors that can till and harvest with little human interaction. But there is […]
Author: Paola Pesantez Cabrera
Pinpoint forecasting among the tools WSU brings to agriculture
WSU is playing a vital role in connecting big data with modern farming — marrying the strength of high-tech research with the public-service mandate of a land-grant institution to help […]
Mountain snow and water forecasting tool developed by WSU researchers
A new tool developed by Washington State University researchers could someday provide daily or weekly forecasts of water availability in the mountains similar to a weather forecast that agencies could […]
Engineers in the field: Washington state bets on AI to help save the future of farming
A new initiative called Growing with AI will bring together the state’s tech giants and diverse farming community to tackle the industry’s most pressing challenges. Ananth Kalyanaraman, a computer science professor at […]
Technology turns farming into a career young workers like
Daily tasks are increasingly accomplished with software and AI instead of bare hands Jordan Jobe: “Kids in high school recognize immediately the impacts that drones, machine learning tools, and robotics […]
Advancing AI in Agriculture through Large-Scale Collaborative Research
AgAID: AI Institute for Transforming Agricultural Workforce and Decision Support The AgAID Institute was established in 2021 with the goal of advancing AI for specialty crop agriculture. The U.S. specialty […]
WSU and the Washington State Fair team up to celebrate agriculture
Washington State University’s agricultural research and other contributions to the Pacific Northwest’s growth and development are in the spotlight this month at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup. “Our Food, […]
Heat and water highlight Smart Orchard field day
Heat and water dominated the conversations as roughly 125 people descended on the Smart Orchard for a field day July 25 near Mattawa, Washington. Researchers and companies presented results from […]
Students use AI to learn about the future of farming
Students at the 95th annual Washington Future Farmers of America State Convention and Expo held earlier this month on the Washington State University campus learned about computer science, robotics, and technological […]
WSU researcher joins Sen. Cantwell for press conference on impact of proposed cuts to NSF
Washington State University researcher Ananth Kalyanaraman was among a panel of top U.S. scientists Tuesday expressing concern over the impact of federal cuts to the National Science Foundation on studies that […]
