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IIPA Seminar Series – April 25 – Dr. Ali Moghimi

          Speaker:  Ali Moghimi Title:  “Drone-based Aerial Imagery: Opportunities and Challenges in Digital Agriculture” Date:  Thursday, April 25th Time:   12:00 – 12:30 PM Join Zoom Meeting (Meeting ID: 935 4907 5811; Passcode: 611893)

IIPA Seminar Series – March 29 – Dr. Beshoy Morkos

Date:  Friday, March 29th Time:   12:00 – 12:30 PM  Join Zoom Meeting (Meeting ID: 956 5162 5142; Passcode: 864324)    Speaker:  Beshoy Morkos Title:  “Bringing Industry 4.0 to Agriculture – A study of Pecan Cracking and Shelling Processes“

Tracking Poultry Locomotion with AI Technology

Poultry locomotion is an important indicator of animal health, welfare, and productivity. Traditional methodologies such as manual observation or the use of wearable devices, encounter significant challenges, including potential stress induction and behavioral alteration in animals. For instance, locomotion speed can be used to predict poultry gait score (an indicator of animal walking status) or …

2024 Georgia Precision Poultry Farming Conference

The UGA Poultry Science Department and Extension team will host the 2024 Georgia Precision Poultry Farming Conference virtually on May 1. The event is free for students and the conference will be recorded for sharing with registered participants. Register Online More Information This year’s conference will be the fourth annual Georgia Precision Poultry Farming Conference. …

Variable-Rate Fertilizer Application Considerations

It’s not hard to miss large fertilizer spreaders on the roads or in the fields at this time of the year which means the current crop season is officially here, and that the lime and fertilizer applications will be in full swing from now until planting. These large self-propelled spinner-spreaders have become more common over …

IIPA Announces 2024 Seed Grants Program Funding Recipients

Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2024 IIPA Seed Grants: Title:  SSIF:  A Deep Generative Model for Remote Sensing Image Spatial-Spectral Super-Resolution for Precision Agriculture PI:  Gengchen Mai, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Athens Campus Title: Harnessing Deep Learning Algorithms for Ultrasound Image Analysis to Support Reproductive Management Decisions in Cattle PI:  Todd Callaway, …

IIPA Seminar Series – January 30 – Mehmet Kurum

              Date:  Tuesday, January 30th Time:   12:00 – 12:30 PM Join Zoom Meeting (Meeting ID:  Meeting ID: 942 1051 5640; Passcode: 375080) Speaker:   Mehmet Kurum Title:  “Unveiling the Potential of GNSS Transmissometry (GNSS-T) for Remote Sensing of Forest Canopy Water Content: Challenges and Pathways to ‘Radio Realistic’ Forest Scene Generation”

Automatic Methods for Monitoring Broiler Chickens’ Body Weight

Broiler body weight monitoring is critical for evaluating the growth and performance of a flock. The obtained bodyweight and uniformity of the flock are indicators of daily growth rate, feed-to-meat conversion ratio, health conditions, and marketing day prediction. The traditional protocol is to manually sample and weigh a certain ratio of a flock one by …

IIPA Seed Grant Projects Presentation – December 8 – Peduzzi & Sun

              Date:  Friday, December 8th Time:   2:00 – 2:50 PM Join Zoom Meeting (Meeting ID:  917 3524 6945) Speakers:   Alicia Peduzzi Title:  “Smart Forest Harvesting Operations: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Management and Logistics” Seminar Time:  2:00 – 2:25 PM Haijian Sun Title:  “A Precision Tracking and Tracing System in Food …

Detecting Broiler Chickens with an Innovated Deep Learning Model

Introduction For commercial broiler production, about 20,000 – 30,000 birds are raised in each confined house, which has caused growing public concerns on animal welfare. Currently, daily evaluation of broiler wellbeing and growth is conducted manually, which is labor intensive and subjective to human errors. Therefore, there is a need for an automatic tool to …