The University of Georgia is enhancing its AI research capabilities with a $2.4 million upgrade to its High-Performance Computing cluster. This summer, the Georgia Advanced Computing Resource Center will add 26 new Graphical Processing Unit compute nodes and three high-RAM nodes to the Sapelo2 cluster.
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, …
Four 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 …
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 …
Emily 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 …
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) and Grand Farm, a leading innovator in agricultural technology, announced a collaboration to create a robust regional agricultural innovation ecosystem.
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
