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IIPA “Represents” at the International Conference on Precision Agriculture

traceyv on July 25, 2024

IIPA member faculty and graduate students attended the International Conference on Precision Agriculture which took place in Manhattan, Kansas from July 21 – 24, 2024.

Four students received outstanding graduate student awards and two students placed 1st and 2nd in the poster competition.

Pictured (l-r): George Vellidis, Guoyu Lu, Sara Maktabi, Luan Oliveira, Lorena Lacerda, Leo Bastos, Binita Ghimire, Ramaraja Ramasamy, Cole Byers, Marcelo Barbosa, Sandesh Shrestha, Ravi Meena (partially hidden), Anish Bhattarai, Amrinder Jakhar, Emily Bedwell, Thiago Barboza, and Ramana Pidaparti

IIPA Grad Students Triumph at ICPA

traceyv on July 23, 2024

2024 ICPA-outstanding-grad-studentsFour Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture graduate students were named “Outstanding Graduate Students” at the 16th International Conference on Precision Agriculture held in Manhattan, Kansas.

Congratulations to Binita Ghimire (advised by Dr. Lorena Lacerda, UGA-Athens), Emily Bedwell (advised by Dr. George Vellidis, UGA-Tifton), Cole Byers (advised by Dr. Simerjeet Virk, UGA-Tifton), and Amrinder Jakhar (advised by Dr. Leo Bastos, UGA-Athens) for this achievement!

The 16th International Conference on Precision Agriculture highlights significant research and its applications in precision agriculture and showcase emerging technologies and information management for agriculture.

Segment Anything Model for Precision Poultry Monitoring

traceyv on June 24, 2024

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) advancements have greatly influenced the agricultural industry, particularly with the emergence of large foundation models. One such model, the Segment Anything Model (SAM) developed by Meta AI Research, has revolutionized object segmentation tasks. SAM has a revolutionary object segmentation utility by employing a cutting-edge foundation model. SAM demonstrates extraordinary […]
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Graduate Student Emily Bedwell to Attend International Soil Moisture School

traceyv on June 14, 2024

e-bedwell-international-soilEmily Bedwell, a graduate student advised by Dr. George Vellidis, has been selected to participate in the International Soil Moisture School in Budapest, Hungary on July 14-17, 2024.

The school is intended for Ph.D. scholars, postdocs, and early career scientists interested in learning how to collect and utilize soil moisture resources from in situ and microwave satellite sensors.

Bedwell is one of only three graduate students in the United States awarded a Fulbright scholarship that will cover all her travel expenses.

Congratulations on this honor, Emily!

Tracking Poultry Bumblefoot Issues with Deep Learning

traceyv on June 1, 2024

Bumblefoot (pododermatitis, footpad dermatitis, or foot rot) is the term used to describe a common bacterial infection and chronic inflammatory reaction in a chicken. It is clinically characterized by swelling, abrasion, hyperkeratosis, and ulceration of the digital pad, planta metatarsal region, or both. Bumblefoot compromises the foot’s internal tissues, including the mesoderm, tendons, and bones, […]
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UGA Holds a Successful 2024 Georgia Precision Poultry Farming Conference

traceyv on May 11, 2024

The Poultry Science Extension team at UGA held our 4th annual Georgia Precision Poultry Farming Conference virtually on May 1st, 2024. This year’s conference received about 380 registrations (e.g., poultry farmers, producers, service company managers, researchers, and students) from over 20 countries. We greatly appreciate the wonderful talk from each speaker and the support from […]
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UGA-Tifton Integrative Precision Agriculture Research, Education and Demonstration Laboratory

traceyv on May 7, 2024

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With the global population expected to increase from 8 billion to 9.7 billion by 2050, agricultural researchers and producers are faced with the looming challenges of how to feed a growing world.

A key tool in the effort to propel Georgia’s No. 1 industry into the future is the expanding field of integrative precision agriculture (IPA).

At the University of Georgia Tifton campus, the new Tifton Integrative Precision Agriculture Research, Education and Demonstration Laboratory will be the first of its kind in the Southeast to provide state-of-the-art collaborative spaces, top-of-the-line autonomous equipment and job training for the next generation of agricultural leaders.

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Planting Calculations

traceyv on April 25, 2024

Below are some useful formulas to determine seeding rate, seed spacing, number of seeds per foot or assess emerged plant population based on stand counts in certain length of the row. Alternatively, the tables provided below can be used to determine seeding rate based on seed spacing or assess plant population based on number of […]
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