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Roberts, J
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Kim, Y
han, K
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Jang, S
Cerri, D.G
Gray, G.R
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Meng, J
Fang, H
Cheng, Z
Binch, A
Cooke, N
Fox, C.W
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Meng, J
Shang, J
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Qian, B
Jing, Q
Liakos, V
Vellidis, G
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Skerikova, M
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Chang, Y
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Chang, Y
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Nocera Santiago, G.N
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Ciampitti, I
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CARCEDO, A
Alahe, M
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Chang, Y
Won, K
Yang, X
Sher, M
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Chang, Y
Kemeshi, J.O
Gummi, S
Menendez III, H
Alahe, M
Gummi, S
Kemeshi, J.O
Chang, Y
Gummi, S
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Chang, Y
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Modeling and Geo-statistics
Precision Horticulture
Emerging Issues in Precision Agriculture (Energy, Biofuels, Climate Change)
Engineering Technologies and Advances
Spatial Variability in Crop, Soil and Natural Resources
Modeling and Geo-statistics
Profitability, Sustainability, and Adoption
Optimizing Farm-level use of Spatial Technologies
Sensor Application in Managing In-season Crop Variability
Remote Sensing Applications in Precision Agriculture
Engineering Technologies and Advances
Sensor Application in Managing In-season CropVariability
Precision Horticulture
Profitability, Sustainability and Adoption
Spatial Variability in Crop, Soil and Natural Resources
Precision Crop Protection
Emerging Issues in Precision Agriculture (Energy, Biofuels, Climate Change, Standards)
Engineering Technologies and Advances
Standards & Data Stewardship
Precision Agriculture and Climate Change
Agricultural Education
Engineering Technologies
Proximal and Remote Sensing of Soil and Crop (including Phenotyping)
Applications of Unmanned Aerial Systems
Drainage Optimization and Variable Rate Irrigation
Precision Horticulture
In-Season Nitrogen Management
Geospatial Data
Drainage Optimization and Variable Rate Irrigation
Drivers and Barriers to Adoption of Precision Ag Technologies or Digital Agriculture
Proximal and Remote Sensing of Soils and Crops (including Phenotyping)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Agriculture
Edge Computing and Cloud Solutions
Site-Specific Pasture Management
Precision Agriculture and Global Food Security
Robotics and Automation with Row and Horticultural Crops
Site-Specific Nutrient, Lime and Seed Management
Big Data, Data Mining and Deep Learning
Small Holders and Precision Agriculture
Geospatial Data
Country Representative Report
Data Analytics for Production Ag
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1. Application Of Algebra Hyper-curve Neural Network In Soil Nutrient Spatial Interpolation

Study on spatial variability of soil nutrient is the basis of soil nutrient management in precision agriculture. For study on application potential and characteristics of algebra hyper-curve neural network(AHNN) in delineating soil properties spatial variability and interpolation, total 956 soil samples were taken for alkaline hydrolytic nitrogen measurement from a 50 hectares field using 20m*20m grid sampling. The test data set consisted of 100 random samples extracting... L. Chen, C. Zhao, W. Huang, T. Chen, J. Wang

2. Vision Of Farm Of Tomorrow

... K. Charvat, P. Gnip

3. New Geospatial Technologies For Precision Farming

... K. Charvat, J. Cepicky, P. Gnip

4. Vlite Node – New Sensor Technology For Precision Farming

... K. Charvat, J. Jezek, M. Musil, Z. Krivanek, P. Gnip

5. Pa Adoption By A Korean Rice Farming Group: Case Study Of Pyeongtaek City

Research on precision agriculture (PA) has been conducted in Korea for about 10 years since 1999. Most of the research was focused on rice paddy fields that were flooded, flat, and small sized (e.g., 30 m x 100 m). Accomplishment during the period includes investigation on spatial variability in soil, crop growth, and yield properties, application of imported sensors and variable rate applicators, and development of Korean version of these sensors... S. Chung, H. Yoo, S. Hong

6. Using Soil Attributes To Model Sugar Cane Quality Parameters

The crop area of sugar cane production in Brazil has increased substantially in the last few years, especially to meet the global bioethanol demand. Such increasing production should take place not only in new sugar cane crop areas but mainly with the goal of improving the quality of raw material like sugar content (Pol). Hence, models that can describe the behaviour of the quality parameters of sugar cane may be important to understand the effects of the soil attributes on those parameters. The... F.A. Rodrigues jr., P.S. Magalhães, H.C. Franco, D.G. Cerri

7. Remote Control System for Greenhouse Environment Using Mobile Devices

Protected crop production facilities such as greenhouse and plant factory have drawn interest and the area is increasing in Korea as well as in other countries in the world. Remote... S. Chung, K. Kim, H. Kim, J. Choi, Y. Zhang, S. Kang, K. han, S. Hur

8. Determination of Sensor Locations for Monitoring of Soil Water Content in Greenhouse

 Monitoring and control of environmental condition is highly important for optimum control of the conditions, especially in greenhouse and plant factor, and the condition... S. Chung, Y. Huh, J. Choi, D. Ryu, K. Kim, H. Kim, H. Kim

9. Evaluation of Photovoltaic Modules at Different Installation Angles and Times of the Day

Several electricity-consuming components for cooling and heating, illumination, ventilation, and irrigation are used to maintain proper environments of protected crop cultivation facilities. Photovoltaic system is considered as one of the most promising alternative power source for protected cultivation. Effects of environment,... S. Chung, J. Kong, Y. Huh, K. Bae, S. Hur, D. Lee, Y. Chae

10. Determination of Sensor Locations for Monitoring of Greenhouse Ambient Environment

In protected crop production facilities such as greenhouse and plant factory, f... S. Chung, K. Kim, Y. Huh, S. Hur, S. Ha, M. Ryu, H. kim, K. han

11. Spot- Application of Pre-Emergence Herbicide Using a Variable Rate Sprayer in Wild Blueberry

Wild blueberry producers apply herbicides uniformly to control grasses and weeds without considering the significant weed density variability and bare spots within fields. The repeated and excessive use of herbicides... Q. Zaman, Y. Chang, A. Farooque, A. Schumann, D. Percival, M. Cheema, T. Esau

12. Development of Sensing System Using Digital Photography Technique for Spot-Application of Herbicide in Wild Blueberry Fields

An automated sensing system, hardware and software, was developed for spot-application of herbicide with 6.1 m boom automated prototype sprayer.... Q. Zaman, T.J. Esau, A.A. Farooque, A.W. Schumann, D.C. Percival, Y.K. Chang

13. Implementation of a Controller Unit Based on the ISO 11783 Standard for Automatic Measurement of the Electrical Conductivity of the Soil

... L. M. rabello, R. R. d. pereira, W. C. lopes, R. Y. inamasu, R. V. de sousa

14. Variability in Soil Water Content and Sensor-Based Irrigation Scheduling for Protected Ginseng Production

Ginseng is one of important medicinal plants, especially in Asian countries including Korea. Korean ginseng is mostly grown in sun-block facility on ridges, and irrigation would be critical for better production. Conventionally no irrigation or timer-controlled irrigation based on experience was practiced, and variability of... J. Cho, B. Cho, S. Chung

15. Sensor Fusion on a Wild Blueberry Harvester for Fruit Yield, Plant Height and Topographic Features Mapping to Improve Crop Productivity

  Site-specific crop management can improve profitability and environmental risks of wild blueberry crop having large spatial variation in soil/plant characteristics, topographic features which may affect fruit yield. An integrated automated sensor fusion system including an ultrasonic sensor, a digital color camera, a slope sensor,... A.A. Farooque, Q.U. Zaman, D. Groulx, A.W. Schumann, T.J. Esau, Y.K. Chang

16. Evaluating Soil Nutrition Status With Remote Sensing Derived Land Productivity

Available nitrogen is the amount of this nutrient available to plants in the soil and the amount of nitrogen provided by fertilizers. Compared to total nitrogen, nitrogen availability is a more useful tool for determining how much fertilizer you need and when to apply it. Determining the level of nitrogen available in field soil is also a useful method to increase the efficiency of fertilizer. Most soil properties are time-consuming and costly to measure, and also change over time.... Z. Chen, J. Meng, X. You

17. Performance Evaluation Of Single And Multi-GNSS Receivers In Agricultural Field Conditions

Selection of appropriate receivers and utilization methods of positioning systems are important for better positioning in different applications of precision agriculture. Objective of this research was to evaluate the performance of single and multi-GNSS receivers at stationary and moving conditions in typical Korean agricultural sites such as open field, orchard area, and mountainous area A single-GNSS receiver (Model: R100; Hemisphere GNSS, Scottsdale, AZ, USA) and a multi-GNSS... Y. Kim, M. Song, S. Chung , M.S. Kabir, Y. Huh

18. Design And Construction Of An Ultrasonic Cutting Width Sensor For Full-Feed Type Mid-Sized Multi-Purpose Combines

Precision agriculture analyzes the spatial variability according to the characteristics of an optimum setting of agricultural materials. To raise the profitability of agriculture and to reduce the environmental impact, technological research and development of precision agriculture has been conducted. In Asian countries such as Japan... Y. Huh, S. Chung, Y. Chae, J. Lee, S. Kim, M. Choi, K. Jung

19. Basic Tests Of pH And EC Probes For Automatic Real Time Nutrient Control In Protected Crop Production

Research on greenhouse and plant factory has been actively conducting to provide a stable growth environment. In plant factory, EC concentration (EC) and acidity (pH) of nutrient have a significant impact on physiological and morphological of plant. Therefore, EC and pH are important element for automatic control of nutrient solution. In this study, performance pH and EC sensors was evaluated for the responsiveness, accuracy and displacement. This study includes development of environmental... Y. Choo, S. Chung, Y. Huh, Y. Kim, S. Jang, K. Jung

20. Introducing Precision Agriculture To High School Students In Australia

There is a growing need for tertiary qualified graduates in the Australian agricultural industry with only 7% of those employed in the sector holding a tertiary qualification compared to over 25% for the national workforce. With the need to greatly increase food and fibre production to feed and clothe a growing global population, and the adoption of precision agriculture technologies playing a huge part in this task, it is worrying that the demand for tertiary courses in agriculture in Australia... M.G. Trotter, A.M. Cosby

21. Study Of Spatio-Temporal Variation Of Soil Nutrients In Paddy Rice Planting Farm

It is significant to analysis the spatial and temporal variation of soil nutrients for precision agriculture especially in large-scale farms. For the data size of soil nutrients grows once after sampling which mostly by the frequency of one year or months, to discover the changing trends of exact nutrient would be instructive for the fertilization in the future. In this study, theories of GIS and geostatistics were used to characterize the spatial and temporal variability of soil... C. Wang, T. Chen, J. Dong, C. Li

22. Using A Decision Tree To Predict The Population Density Of Redheaded Cockchafer (Adoryphorus Couloni) In Dairy Fields

A native soil dwelling insect pest, the redheaded cockchafer (Adoryphorus couloni) (Burmeister) (RHC) is an important pest in the higher rainfall regions of south-eastern Australia. Due to the majority of its lifecycle spent underground feeding on the roots and soil organic matter the redheaded cockchafer is difficult to detect and control. The ability to predict the level of infestation and location of redheaded cockchafers in a field may give producers the option to use an endophyte containing... A. Cosby, G. Falzon, M. Trotter, J. Stanley, K. Powell, D. Schneider, D. Lamb

23. In-Season Decision Support Tools For Estimating Nitrogen Side-Dress Rates For Maize (Zea Mays L.)

Nitrogen fertilizer has been synthetically produced to nourish plants, increase yield and improve harvest quality. One of the way to increase NUE is called split application which is apply portion of N fertilizer from the beginning and apply another portion during vegetative stage (V4-V6). Improving accuracy of corn side dress N rate recommendations can improve profitability and reduce potential negative environmental impacts of over fertilization. The objective of this experiment... B. Chim

24. Field Tests and Improvement of Sensor and Control Interface Modules with Improved Compatibility for Greenhouses

Number of greenhouses has been increased in many countries to control the cultivation conditions and improve crop yield and quality. Recently, various sensors and control devices, and also wireless communication tools have been adopted for efficient monitoring and control of the greenhouse environments. However, there have been farmers’ demands for improved compatibility among the sensors and control devices. In the study, sensor and control interface modules with improved compatibility... K. Han, S. Chung

25. FOODIE Data Model for Precision Agriculture

The agriculture sector is a unique sector due to its strategic importance for both citizens (consumers) and economy (regional and global), which ideally should make the whole sector a network of interacting organizations. The FOODIE project aims at building an open and interoperable agricultural specialized platform hub on the cloud for the management of spatial and non-spatial data relevant for farming production. The FOODIE service platform deals with including their thematic, spatial, and temporal... K. Charvat, T. Reznik, K. Charvat jr., V. Lukas, S. Horakova, M. Kepka

26. Quo Vadis Precision Farming

The agriculture sector is a unique sector due to its strategic importance for both citizens and economy which, ideally, should make the whole sector a network of interacting organizations. There is an increasing tension, the like of which is not experienced in any other sector, between the requirements to assure full safety and keep costs under control, but also assure the long-term strategic interests of Europe and worldwide. In that sense, agricultural production influences, and is influenced... K. Charvat, T. Reznik, V. Lukas, K. Charvat jr., S. Horakova, M. Splichal, M. Kepka

27. SMARTfarm Learning Hub: Next Generation Precision Agriculture Technologies for Agricultural Education

The industry demands on higher education agricultural students are rapidly changing. New precision agriculture technologies are revolutionizing the farming industry but the education sector is failing to keep pace. This paper reports on the development of a key resource, the SMARTfarm Learning Hub (www.smartfarmhub.com) that will increase the skill base of higher education students using a range of new agricultural technologies and innovations. The Hub is a world first; it links real industry... M. Trotter, S. Gregory, T. Trotter, T. Acuna, D. Swain, W. Fasso, J. Roberts, A. Zikan, A. Cosby

28. Post Processing Software for Grain Yield Monitoring System Suitable to Korean Full-feed Combines

Precision agriculture (PA) has been adopted in many countries and crop and country specific technologies have been implemented for different crops and agricultural practices. Although PA technologies have been developed mainly in countries such as USA, Europe, Australia, where field sizes are large, need of PA technologies has been also drawn in countries such as Japan and Korea, where field sizes are relatively small (about 1 ha). Although principles are similar, design concept and practical... K. Lee, S. Chung, J. Lee, S. Kim, Y. Kim, M. Choi

29. Evaluation of a Sensor and Control Interface Module for Monitoring of Greenhouse Environment

Protected horticulture in greenhouses and plant factories has been increased in many countries due to the advantages of year-round production in controlled environment for improved productivity and quality. For protected horticulture, environmental conditions are monitored and controlled through wired and wireless devices. Various devices are used for monitoring and control of spatial and temporal variability in crop growth environmental conditions. Recently, various sensors and control devices,... N. Sung, S. Chung, Y. Kim, K. Han, J. Choi, J. Kim, Y. Cho, S. Jang

30. Technological Improvement on Sugar Cane Yield Monitor

This paper presents the technological improvement on sugar cane yield monitor. The system designed employs load cells as an instrument for weighing billets, set up on the side conveyor of the harvester before the sugar cane billets are dropped into a field transport wagon. This data, along with the information gathered by GPS installed on the harvester, enabled the elaboration of a digital yield map using GIS. In order to improve the yield monitor a re-design of the first prototype was accomplished.... D.G. Cerri, G.R. Gray, P.S. Magalhães

31. Understanding Temporal and Spatial Variation of Soil Available Nutrients with Satellite Remote Sensing

Soil available nutrients are the key determinants in crop growth, field stable output and ecological balance. The soil nutrients loss and surplus can strongly influence the stability of field ecological environment and cause unnecessary pollution. Hence, optimizing the status of soil available nutrients status has significant ecological and economic significance. With the advancement of mechanized farming and control technologies, soil available nutrients can be optimize by variable rate fertilization.... J. Meng, H. Fang, Z. Cheng

32. Rumex and Urtica Detection in Grassland by UAV

Previous work (Binch & Fox, 2017) used autonomous ground robotic platforms to successfully detect Urtica (nettle) and Rumex (dock) weeds in grassland, to improve farm productivity and the environment through precision herbicide spraying. It assumed that ground robots swathe entire fields to both detect and spray weeds, but this is a slow process as the slow ground platform must drive over every square meter of the field even where there are no weeds. The present study examines a complimentary... A. Binch, N. Cooke, C.W. Fox

33. Developing an Integrated Approach for Estimation of Soil Available Nutrient Content Using the Modified WOFOST Model and Time-Series Multispectral UAV Observations

Soil available nutrient (SAN) plays an important role in crop growth, yield formation, and plant-soil-atmosphere system exchange. Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) are recognized as three primary nutrients in crop production. Accurate and timely information on SAN conditions at key crop growth stages is important for developing beneficial management practices. While traditional field sampling can obtain reliable information for limited number of sites, it is infeasible for spatially... Z. Cheng, J. Meng, J. Shang, J. Liu, B. Qian, Q. Jing

34. Management Zone Delineation for Irrigation Based on Sentinel-2 Satellite Images and Field Properties

This paper presents a case study of the first application of the dynamic Variable Rate Irrigation (VRI) System developed by the University of Georgia to cotton. The system consists of the EZZone management zone software, the University of Georgia Smart Sensor Array (UGA SSA) and an irrigation scheduling decision support tool. An experiment was conducted in 2017 in a cotton field to evaluate the performance of the system in cotton. The field was divided into four parallel strips. All four strips... V. Liakos, G. Vellidis, L. Lacerda, W. Porter, M. Tucker, C. Cox

35. Sensor Comparison for Yield Monitoring Systems of Small-Sized Potato Harvesters

Yield monitoring of potato in real time during harvesting would be useful for farmers, providing instant yield and income information. In the study, potentials of candidate sensors were evaluated with different yield measurement techniques for yield monitoring system of small-sized potato harvesters. Mass-based (i.e., load cell) and volume-based (i.e., CCD camera) sensors were selected and tested under laboratory conditions. For mass-based sensing, an impact plate instrumented with load cells... K.M. Swe, Y. Kim, D. Jeong, S. Lee, S. Chung, M.S. Kabir

36. Variability Analysis of Temperature and Humidity for Control Optimization of a Hybrid Dehumidifier with a Heating Module for Greenhouses

Protected horticulture using greenhouses and also recently plant factories is becoming more popular, especially for high-value crops such as paprika, tomato, strawberry, due to year-round production of high yield and better quality crops under controlled environment. Temperature and humidity are most important ambient environmental factors for not only optimum crop growth but also disease control. This study was conducted to analyze vertical and spatial variability of temperature and humidity... Y. Seo, W. Lee, Y. Kim, S. Chung, S. Jang, I. Bae

37. Machine Monitoring As a Smartfarming Concept Tool

Current development trends are associated with the digitization of production processes and the interconnection of individual information layers from multiple sources into common databases, contexts and functionalities. In order to automatic data collection  of machine operating data, the farm tractors were equipped with monitoring units ITineris for continuous collection and transmission of information from tractors CAN Bus. All data sets are completed with GPS location data. Acreage... M. Kroulik, V. Brant, P. Zabransky, J. Chyba, V. Krcek, M. Skerikova

38. Practical Prescription of Variable Rate Fertilization Maps Using Remote Sensing Based Yield Potential

This paper describes a practical approach for the prescription of variable rate fertilization maps using remote sensing data (RS) based on satellite platforms, Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 constellation. The methodology has been developed and evaluated in Albacete, Spain, in the framework of the project FATIMA (http://fatima-h2020.eu/). The global approach considers the prescription of N management prior to the growing season, based on a spatially distributed N balance. Although the diagnosis of N... A. Osann, I. Campos, M. Calera, C. Plaza, V. Bodas, A. Calera, J. Villodre, J. Campoy, S. Sanchez, N. Jimenez, H. Lopez

39. Map Whiteboard As Collaboration Tool for Smart Farming Advisory Services

Precision agriculture, a branch of smart farming, holds great promise for modernization of European agriculture both in terms of environmental sustainability and economic outlook.  The vast data archives made available through Copernicus and related infrastructures, combined with a low entry threshold into the domain of AI-technologies has made it possible, if not outright easy, to make meaningful predictions that divides  individual agricultural fields into zones where variable rates... K. Charvat, R. Berzins, R. Bergheim, F. Zadrazil, J. Macura, D. Langovskis, H. Snevajs, H. Kubickova, S. Horakova, K. Charvat jr.

40. SmartAgriHubs FIE20 - Groundwater and Meteo Sensors and Earth Observation for Precision Agriculture

The solution developed under the SmartAgriHubs project in the scope of the Flagship Innovation Experiment FIE20 Groundwater and meteo sensors is an expert system to support farmers in decision-making process and planning process of field interventions. This FIE20 solution integrates various data sources and different analytical processes in a complete system and provides users an easy-to-use web map application as a common user interface. The FIE20 system integrates components developed during... K. Charvat, M. Kepka, R. Berzins, F. Zadrazil, D. Langovskis, M. Musil

41. R2B2 Project: Design and Construction of a Low-cost and Efficient Autonomous UGV For Row Crop Monitoring

Driving the adoption of agricultural technological advancements like Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) by small-scale farmers (SSFs) is a major concern for researchers and agricultural organizations. They aim for the adoption of precision farming (PF) by SSFs to increase crop yield to meet the increasing demand for food due to population growth. In the United States, the cost of purchasing and maintaining rugged UGVs capable of precision agricultural operations stands as a barrier to the adoption... J.O. Kemeshi, S. Gummi, Y. Chang

42. Botanix Explorer (BX1): Precision Plant Phenotyping Robot Detecting Stomatal Openings for Precision Irrigation and Drought Tolerance Experiments

Under drought conditions, the kidney-shaped organs on the epidermal surface of plants, called stomata, are crucial to plant health. During transpiration, the stomata, which resemble pores, open and close. When the rate of photosynthesis is balanced, plants can withstand droughts by decreasing their stomatal transpiration. Drought-stressed plants are characterized by a higher number of open stomata. Measuring the pore aperture ratio is essential for precisely quantifying the degree of stomatal... S. Gummi, J.O. Kemeshi, Y. Chang

43. Comparing Global Shutter and Rolling Shutter Cameras for Image Data Collection in Motion on a UGV

In a bid to drive the adoption of precision farming (PF) technology by reducing the cost of developing an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV), during the Reduction-To-Below-Two grand (R2B2) project we compared Arducam’s AR0234, a global shutter camera (GSC) to their IMX462, a rolling shutter camera (RSC). Since the cost of the AR0234 is approximately three times the price of the IMX462, the comparison was done to determine the possibility of using the latter for image data collection in place... J.O. Kemeshi, Y. Chang, P.K. Yadav, M. Alahe

44. Algorithm to Estimate Sorghum Grain Number from Panicles Using Images Collected with a Smartphone at Field-scale

An estimation of on-farm yield before harvest is important to assist farmers on deciding additional input use, time to harvest, and options for end uses of the harvestable product. However, obtaining a rapid assessment of on-farm yield can be challenging, even more for sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) crop due to the complexity for accounting for the grain number at field-scale. One alternative to reduce labor is to develop a rapid assessment method employing computer vision and artificial intelligence... G.N. Nocera santiago, P. Cisdeli magalhães, I. Ciampitti, L. Marziotte

45. Securing Agricultural Data with Encryption Algorithms on Embedded GPU Based Edge Computing Devices

Smart Agriculture (SA) has captured the interest of both the agricultural business and the scientific community in recent years. Overall, SA aims to help the agricultural and food industry to avoid crop failures, loss of revenues as well as help farmers use inputs (such as fertilizers and pesticides) more efficiently by utilizing Internet of Things (IoT) devices and computing systems. However, rapid digitization and reliance on data-driven technologies create new security threats that can defeat... M. Alahe, J.O. Kemeshi, Y. Chang, K. Won, X. Yang, M. Sher

46. Design of an Automatic Travelling Electric Fence System for Sustainable Grazing Management

Fences are used in Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) to prevent herbivores from overgrazing and under grazing forages. While effective in controlling animal entry and exit, traditional fences are not flexible enough to meet the needs of both foraging animals and plants in terms of both nutrient availability and physiological demands. An electric fencing system is a form of traditional fencing that employs an electric charge to create a barrier and dissuade animals or people from crossing it. Even... M. Alahe, Y. Chang, J.O. Kemeshi, S. Gummi, H. Menendez iii

47. Securing Agricultural Imaging Data in Smart Agriculture: a Blockchain-based Approach to Mitigate Cybersecurity Threats and Future Innovations

Smart agriculture (SA) is a new technology that combines the Internet of Things (IoT) with a variety of smart devices, such as drones, unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), and computer systems. The integration of technology improvements in SA has led to an increase in cybersecurity concerns, specifically pertaining to the protection of sensitive agricultural image data. It’s necessary to better understand SA network systems; establish stronger network structures; identify different types and... M. Alahe, S. Gummi, J.O. Kemeshi, Y. Chang

48. Voronoi-based Ant Colony Optimization Approach: Autonomous Robotic Swarm Navigation for Crop Disease Detection

The early detection of agricultural diseases is essential for sustaining food production and economic viability over the long term. To improve disease detection in agriculture, this paper presents an innovative computational approach that utilizes the Voronoi-based Ant Colony Optimization (V-ACO) algorithm with Swarm Robotics (SR). Inspired by the social behaviors observed in insect colonies such as honeybees and ants, SR offers new opportunities for precision farming. SR utilizes the coordinated... S. Gummi, M. Alahe, Y. Chang, C. Pack

49. Within-field Spatial Variability in Optimal Sulfur Rates for Corn in Minnesota: Implications for Precision Sulfur Management

The ongoing decline in sulfur (S) atmospheric depositions and high yield crop production have resulted in S deficiency and the need for S fertilizer applications in corn cropping systems. Many farmers are applying S fertilizers uniformly across their fields. Little has been reported on the within-field spatial variability in optimal S rates and the potential benefits of variable rate S applications. The objectives of this study were to 1) assess within-field variability of optimal S rates (OSR),... R.P. Negrini, Y. Miao, K. Mizuta, K. Stueve, D. Kaiser, J.A. Coulter

50. An Open Database of Crop Yield Response to Fertilizer Application for Senegal

Food security is one of the major global challenges today.  Africa is one of the continents with the largest gaps in terms of challenges for food security. In Senegal, about 60% of the population resides in rural areas and the cropping systems are characterized as a low productivity system, low input and in reduced areas, smallholder subsistence systems. Increasing crop productivity would have a positive impact on food security in this country. One of the main factors limiting crop productivity... F. Gomez, A. Carcedo, A. Diatta, L. Nagarajan, V. Prasad, Z. Stewart, S. Zingore, I. Ciampitti, P. Djighaly

51. Exploring Crop Suitability in Senegal Across Global Warming Scenarios: an In-silico Approach

Food production systems in Africa are fragile and vulnerable to climate change. In this context, rising temperatures are the primary cause of the anticipated negative climate change impacts on crop yields. Future yield reductions poses a challenging setting for smallholders to attain self-sufficiency, but new opportunities for managing the risk via implementationof decisions towards mitigate these negative effects from an economic, nutritional, and productive standpoint. Therefore, the objectives... A. Carcedo, I. Ciampitti

52. Using Remote Sensing to Quantify Biomass in Alfalfa

Satellite images are a useful decision support tool to optimize management practices at on-farm scale. Based on this, the development of predictive tools to estimate pasture biomass can be a promising framework to determine the best cutting time, maximizing biomass without compromising yield parameters. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to develop a regression model that allows estimating a value of biomass to give as a recommendation to farmers. To collaborate in their decision... M.F. Lucero, A. Zajdband, C. Hernandez, I. Ciampitti, A. Carcedo

53. Trends in Agricultural Technology Advancements: Insights from US Patent Analysis

Meeting the demand for food, fiber, and fuel production while addressing environmental concerns and enhancing societal benefits underscores the need to transition to conservation approaches and sustainable intensification pathways in current agricultural cropping systems. Technological advances in agriculture offer promising opportunities to facilitate this transition. Following this rationale, this study aims to analyze prevailing trends in agricultural technology advancements. Active patents... P.B. Cano, A. Carcedo, F. Gomez, C. Hernandez, V. Gimenez, I. Ciampitti

54. Ground-based Imagery Data Collection of Cotton Using a Robotic Platform

In modern agriculture, technological advancements are pivotal in optimizing crop production and resource management. Integrating robotics and image processing techniques allows the efficient collection, analysis, and storage of high-resolution images crucial for monitoring crop health, identifying pest infestations, assessing growth stages, making precise management decisions and predicting yield potential. The objective of this project is to utilize the Farm-NG Amiga robot to develop an image... O. Fernandez, M. Bhandari, J.L. Landivar-scoot, M. Eldefrawy, L. Zhao, J. Landivar