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John Reid receives prestigious engineering award

Recognition graphic featuring a headshot of John F. Reid on the left and text announcing him as the 2026 Cyrus Hall McCormick–Jerome Increase Case Gold Medal Recipient from ASABE. The graphic identifies Reid as Executive Director of the Center for Digital Agriculture and Research Professor in the University of Illinois Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

CDA Executive Director John Reid received the prestigious 2026 Cyrus Hall McCormick-Jerome Increase Case Gold Medal awarded by ASABE. Read more in this feature story by the UI College of ACES.

John Reid earns gold

Recognition graphic featuring a headshot of John F. Reid on the left and text announcing him as the 2026 Cyrus Hall McCormick–Jerome Increase Case Gold Medal Recipient from ASABE. The graphic identifies Reid as Executive Director of the Center for Digital Agriculture and Research Professor in the University of Illinois Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

John Reid reflects on his journey from rural Virginia to pioneering autonomous agricultural systems and advancing innovation at John Deere after receiving the 2026 Cyrus Hall McCormick–Jerome Increase Case Gold Medal.

AIFARMS Associate Director Madhu Khanna Named 2025 AAAS Fellow

Portrait graphic of Madhu Khanna, a woman with shoulder-length dark hair and glasses, wearing a red blazer. Text reads “2025 AAAS Fellow” with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) logo. Additional text identifies her as Alvin H. Baum Family Chair and Director of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE), and ACES Distinguished Professor in Environmental Economics at the University of Illinois.

CDA Affiliate and AIFARMS Associate Director Madhu Khanna has been named a 2025 AAAS Fellow for her contributions to social and economic sciences. Her work at AIFARMS advances understanding of how policy and economics shape adoption of sustainable, AI-driven agricultural technologies.