AGRICULTURE

AI technology uses less herbicide to kill weeds

Vegetable growers use herbicides to kill weeds to prevent crop loss. Meanwhile, a University of Florida researcher is using artificial intelligence to reduce herbicide sprayed on crops. "We are building multiple AI-powered herbicide application units, each of which works in different ways,” said Nathan Boyd a UF/IFAS weed scientist and horticultural Read More

Farm Management

Intermittent irrigation can save strawberry growers as much as 67% on water, maintain yield

As we enter the state’s strawberry-growing season, establishing young strawberry plants in the field requires substantial water. New University of Florida research shows that growers can save as much as 67% -- or up to half a million gallons per acre per season by alternating sprinkler cycles on and off -- and get the same yield. The savings takes place during Read More