Digital Agriculture
Purdue partnering on 5G research to improve ag automation
Thursday, October 10th, 2019
By Brian Wallheimer Purdue University scientists are collaborating with colleagues at North Carolina State University and others on fifth-generation (5G) and beyond wireless network research that holds promise for improved farm machinery automation. The National Science Foundation and an industry consortium awarded $24 million to a partnership led by North Carolina State University to build…
Read MoreWant to keep a cow happy? AI, robotics could hold the answer
Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 • University News Story
Even cows have emotions and a happy cow is a better milk producer than one under stress. But how do dairy farmers read an individual bovine animal not known for its facial expression amongst a herd of up to 10,000?
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Digital Agriculture: Why the Future is Now
Thursday, August 15th, 2019 • University News Story
Many see digital agriculture as the future of the industry. At Purdue University’s College of Agriculture, however, the future is unfolding now, in different patterns and paces across campus.
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With digital agriculture, some improvements are automatic
Thursday, March 14th, 2019
By Chad Campbell Jian Jin, Assistant Professor of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, knows to make progress, one must continuously move forward. The mindset is reflected in his life, and in the plants in his automated greenhouse. Jin first found success in the phenotyping industry, designing imaging systems for plant screening. After finishing a milestone facility construction project…
Read MoreSuccessful Farming names Purdue-based Solinftec a 2019 ag tech startup to watch
Thursday, January 24th, 2019 • University News Story
Solinftec, a digital agriculture company that recently established U.S. headquarters at the Purdue Research Park and is already working with American farmers, has been named by Successful Farming as one of eight ag tech startups worth watching in 2019.
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