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 […]
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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 […]
AgAID Hackathon aims to use AI to benefit the agriculture industry
Nearly 70 students from Washington State University worked continually for 48 hours as part of the second AgAID Digital AgAthon, an event designed to apply artificial intelligence to real-world agricultural […]
Flight school for future ag drone flyers
With a little giggling and some friendly trash talk, middle school students paired up to navigate unmanned aerial vehicles through obstacle courses at Washington State University’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and […]
State of Success: National Washington Day
To celebrate National Washington Day on May 10, USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is highlighting the innovative NIFA-funded research conducted by Washington State University (WSU). With backing […]
WSU college studies A.I. in farming
Washington State University’s College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Science received a $20 million federal grant in 2021 from USDA to develop artificial intelligence (AI) tools and approaches to […]
