Washington and Oregon University researchers collaborate on orchard robots for many tasks Every year, apple fruit thinning overlaps with cherry harvest, posing tough labor management decisions. Northwest engineering researchers are […]
Category: AI
AI Taking Root in Growing Number of Agriculture Programs
A Growing Investment Technology has always co-existed with agriculture, but, over the last few years, there has been a concerted cross-pollination. In 2020, the National Science Foundation launched its National […]
WSU’s AgAID Institute attends White House event on AI
The “AI Aspirations: R&D for Public Missions” event held in Washington, D.C. in early June brought together leading experts from across the federal government as well as from universities and industry. The […]
Promise and Pitfalls: Cultivating understanding of agricultural artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is filtering your spam, gatekeeping your newsfeed, chatting with you online, and underpinning many of your regular activities. Many vaunt the potential of AI in agriculture to […]
Temperature Inversion Forecasts Available for AgWeatherNet Mesonet Tower Stations
AgWeatherNet (AWN) has rolled out 24-hour temperature inversion forecasts for 21 Mesonet tower stations. These stations (Figure 1) measure air temperature (Tair) at two distinct heights, i.e., 6.6 ft (2 […]
Is it important to monitor bud tissue temperature for spring frost management in sweet cherry?
Temperature is used to predict lethal temperatures for sweet cherry buds, but it can differ from the actual bud tissue temperature. We compared different types of sensors to quantify bud […]
A vineyard wired for wine
Washington State University’s sensor-laden Chardonnay block collects data for AI scientists and offers demonstrations for growers. Automating vineyard irrigation requires a network of sensors, solar panels, wires and data loggers […]
What Drones Have to Offer Agriculture
Bernardita Sallato, WSU Tree Fruit Extension Specialist and co-lead of Extension for WSU AgAID Institute and Lav Khot, WSU associate professor and Director of Ag WeatherNet organized a Drone Field […]
