Crop Yield

Adjusting Crop Yield to a Standard Moisture Content

Michael J. Mulvaney and Pratap Devkota

Yield Mapping Hardware Components for Grains and Cotton Using On-the-Go Monitoring Systems

Rebecca Barocco, Won Suk Lee, and Garret Hortman

Methods to Evaluate Peanut Maturity for Optimal Seed Quality and Yield

Ethan Carter, Patrick Troy, Diane Rowland, Barry Tillman, Keith Wynn, Krystel Pierre, and Michael Mulvaney

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet. in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: Plant Systems

Artificial Intelligence (AI) For Crop Yield Forecasting

Clyde Fraisse, Yiannis Ampatzidis, Sandra Guzmán, Wonsuk Lee, Christopher Martinez, Sanjay Shukla, Aditya Singh, and Ziwen Yu

This publication aims to introduce readers to recent crop yield forecasting approaches based on artificial intelligence (AI) and to provide examples of how AI can potentially improve yield forecasting at the field and regional levels. Written by Clyde Fraisse, Yiannis Ampatzidis, Sandra Guzmán, Wonsuk Lee, Christopher Martinez, Sanjay Shukla, Aditya Singh, and Ziwen Yu, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, April 2022.

UF scientists study how to bring you ‘climate-smart coffee’

Brad Buck

Crave that cup of coffee in the morning? Globally, consumers drink more than 2.2 billion cups daily. Someone grows all that joe: More than 100 million farmers worldwide produce coffee. Coffee beans consumed across the globe come from two species: Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora, also known as Robusta (or Conilon) coffee. Historically, coffee drinkers […]

New tomato breeder at GCREC now sits in her mentor’s chair, plans to continue legacy of bringing best data to growers and flavorful fruit to consumers

Brad Buck

Jessica Chitwood-Brown grew up in rural Alma, Arkansas, where she rode horses, fished with her dad and played at the marina.  She also recalls participating in the Crawford County Fair, going to football games on Friday nights, horse shows, rodeos and “everything in between.”   “It was small-town life, you know?” said Chitwood-Brown, the new tomato […]

Peak strawberry season means more Florida-grown, flavorful fruit at the market

Brad Buck

We’re at the height of the Florida strawberry harvesting season – a time when the state’s growers are doing all they can to make sure consumers can choose from among the best of their favorite fruit at the market. “It has been an incredible Florida strawberry season in terms of flavor and quality,” said Kenneth […]