Historical Evolution of Selective Breeding and Genetic Traits For many centuries, farmers and ranchers have made careful selections from their crops and herds based on desirable qualities. The selected individuals are then bred to produce a ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
The Power of Machine Learning Today, agricultural engineering includes the wide range of technologies and disciplines that must be employed to meet the challenges of a new century. A hundred years ago, agricultural engineers were developing ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
The Impact of Water Movement Water is always going someplace. Rivers and rain – these are obviously water in motion, but even in a lake, as placid as it may seem, water is on the move, exiting through rivers and creeks and up into the air. ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Understanding the Scope of Climate Change Action Climate change is widely discussed these days, perhaps to the point that many people, while concerned, wonder what an individual can do about such a large-scale problem. The fact is that addressing ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
It has been a hundred years or more since most Americans lived on a farm. That number dropped steadily during the 20th century until now, when it’s about two percent. Today, most people live in urban and suburban areas and have no connection ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Farm Management, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
It is an everyday miracle that plants, powered by sunlight, convert vast amounts of inorganic matter into living tissues. That miracle is the foundation of most life on earth. The success of the human species is owed in many ways to our ability ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
If you think about it, watering the yard with sprinklers is one of the rare situations in which the product is sprayed away from the target in order to apply it. Sprinklers do this in order to distribute the water over large areas and let water ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Water. We wash the dishes, draw a bath, and run the washing machine, but thanks to a public utility system that delivers a seemingly endless supply of fresh, clean water to our indoor taps and outdoor hoses, we rarely have to think about how ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Agricultural and Biological Engineering Assistant Professor Yiannis Ampatzidis and his team received the UF Invention of the Year award from the UF Innovate | Tech Licensing for his cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) based application, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Technology advances have enabled the development and implementation of remote sensing technologies for plant, weed, pest, and disease identification and management. This provides an opportunity to develop intelligent agricultural systems ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research