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IIPA graduate students received several honors/awards at the 2024 ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting held in San Antonio, Texas.

• Emily Bedwell (advisor: George Vellidis)
  1st Place – Evapotranspiration Measurement and Modeling Community, Agronomy Society of America, Ph.D. Oral Competition
• Ashbin Bhat (advisor: John Snider)
  2nd Place – Precision Agriculture Systems Community, Agronomy Society of America, M.S. Poster Competition.
• Anish Bhattarai (advisor: Leo Bastos)
  1st Place – Precision Agriculture Systems Community, Agronomy Society of America, M.S. Oral Competition
• Anish Bhattarai (advisor: Leo Bastos)
  1st Place – Sensor Based Nutrient Management Community, Agronomy Society of America, Graduate Student Poster Competition
• Emily Bedwell (advisor: George Vellidis)
  1st Place – Evapotranspiration Measurement and Modeling Community, Agronomy Society of America, Ph.D. Oral Competition
• Jasia Jannat (advisor: George Vellidis)
  2nd Place – Precision Agriculture Systems Community, Agronomy Society of America, Ph.D. Oral Competition
• Sara Maktabi (advisor: George Vellidis)
  3nd Place – Precision Agriculture Systems Community, Agronomy Society of America, Ph.D. Oral Competition
• Nushrat Niva (Advisor: Lorena Lacerda)
  3nd Place – Airborne and Satellite Remote Sensing Community, Agronomy Society of America, Graduate Student Oral Competition

In partnership with Wiregrass Georgia Technical College and Southern Regional Technical College, both of which have multiple campuses throughout the southern part of the state, students who complete required coursework at these institutions can transfer to CAES to complete bachelor’s degrees in one of three majors — agribusiness, agricultural education, and agriscience and environmental systems.

Startups in the agricultural technology sector face significant barriers on the path to establishment, including access to training and capital. These barriers are heightened for underrepresented entrepreneurs seeking to start new companies.

Before your favorite produce arrives at the grocery store, it must be carefully harvested and maintained across long stretches of time. A recent University of Georgia review suggests new temperature measuring technologies could make that process much simpler, amid growing agricultural challenges fueled by fluctuating climates.

The Vidalia onion. Beloved across the country — so much so that it garnered a $200 million farm gate value in 2022 — but only grown in 20 counties surrounding the town of Vidalia in southeast Georgia, where special soil properties produce a sweet onion that is even sweeter.

The Transformation of Digital Agriculture in U.S. Farming

Dr. John Fulton
Professor
Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Ohio State University, Columbus

Date:  Monday, November 4^th, 2024
Time:   12:00 – 12:30 PM

Join Zoom Meeting  (Meeting ID: 918 9016 2512;  Passcode: 164324)

A Precision Ag Field day will take place on the front lawn of Driftmier Engineering Center, located on D.W Brooks Drive/Agriculture Drive, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on October 16^th.  The rain date is October 17^th.

The field day will include displays of state-of-the-art equipment used in precision agriculture, equipment under development by UGA graduate students and faculty, and an opportunity to meet members of the new student Precision Ag Club as well as the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers student chapter.  The Fountain Wars student club will conduct a demonstration.

For more information, please contact Dr. George Vellidis.

A $10 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences was awarded to the University of Georgia’s GenAI center, a research and development space aimed at establishing best practices for generative artificial intelligence use in middle school science classrooms.

Cage-free poultry systems—indoor aviaries that house colonies of up to thousands of birds—offer an improved level of animal welfare for egg-laying hens. They are free to walk, scratch, forage, spread their wings, and perch—all vital natural behaviors.

Applications of UAV-Borne Hyperspectral Imaging in Crop Nutrient Assessments and Precision Breeding

Dr. Aditya Singh
Assistant Professor
Geospatial Sciences
Texas A&M

Date:  Monday, October 7^th, 2024
Time:   12:00 – 12:30 PM

Join Zoom Meeting  (Meeting ID: 996 3653 7305;  Passcode: 619940)