Agriculture may be a big-data domain, but many specific AI applications depend on relatively few observations. Making AI useful in these settings means combining limited data with existing agricultural knowledge […]
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From Roadside Surveys to Satellite-Based Maps: Mapping Tillage Practices in Eastern Washington
With support from a CSANR BIOAg grant, Amin Norouzi Kandelati improved a machine-learning framework combining satellite imagery, roadside field observations, crop-group, and other information to develop tillage mapping across eastern […]
Our Food, Our Farms, Our Washington
Last year, more than 85,000 people visited the “Our Food, Our Farms, Our Washington” exhibit in its first year at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup. The exhibit is expanding […]
Advancing farming with cutting-edge technologies
Precision agriculture is revolutionizing the way farmers grow crops, lowering costs, maximizing yields, optimizing the use of irrigation water, addressing farming labor challenges and securing the supply of safe, high-quality […]
Smart Farming with AI
Almost any conversation with a farmer will include the weather. Crops thrive or struggle based on rain, heat, or one of many other environmental shifts that affect plants. Fortunately for […]
New Members Elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences
The Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) announced today the election of 30 new members in recognition of their outstanding record of scientific and technical achievement and willingness to assist […]
Growing Intelligence: How Hybrid AI Models Are Transforming Agricultural Decision-making
In the Pacific Northwest, billions of dollars hinge on knowing when a grapevine will bloom. A research team from Oregon State University and Washington State University, funded by a National […]
Can AI Help Predict and Manage Drought? UC Merced Researchers Explain in New Book
AI and machine learning tools can combine historical climate records, current observations, satellite imagery and sensor data to assess and forecast drought “Drought is becoming harder to manage because conditions […]
Agriculture is changing. Here’s how technology is creating new jobs
High-tech opportunities in agriculture brings a new crop of professionals “My roots are in agriculture,” Ayala says. “Before college, I spent my summers working in orchards picking apples, cherries and […]
Automating the harvest: WSU works to ease labor shortages on the farm
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 […]
