by Doug Mayo | Feb 24, 2023
This week’s featured video shares an innovation for crop irrigation. Rain 360 is an autonomous (self-driving) irrigation unit that can apply up to 1/2″ of water per week in a 160-acre field, 3/4″ per week in a 100-acre field, or 1″ per week in...
by external | Feb 17, 2023
Dr. Steve Li, Auburn University Weed Scientist, is inviting all growers to the Auburn University/Alabama Cooperative Extension Service Spray Drone End User Conference. The conference will be virtual (via Zoom) on March 18-19, starting at 8:00 AM Central time....
by external | Jan 13, 2023
AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala.—As farmers prepare for the upcoming growing seasons, the dawning of a new year is a reminder of the new things to come. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System is planning two precision agriculture workshops in February. These workshops...
by external | Dec 10, 2021
Ziwen Yu, Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department The future of agriculture depends on the adoption of new technologies that gather, transfer, manage, and analyze data to make better decisions on all aspects in agriculture. These...
by John Doyle Atkins | Dec 11, 2020
The 54th Annual Santa Rosa County Farm Tour will be held virtually this year. The video tour is available for free on the UF/IFAS Extension Santa Rosa County Facebook page, the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners YouTube channel, or at the end of this...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 14, 2018
This week’s featured video was produced by ecoRobotix to show how their autonomous robots control weeds in crop fields with micro-doses of herbicides. Their self-propelled robots are solar powered, and use a plant-recognition camera to guide targeted, and...