Center for Digital Agriculture
CDA Director John Reid joined a panel of experts in June to report on “Catalyzing U.S. AgTech Innovation: Opportunities for the Federal Government” at a Congressional briefing supported by representative Nikki Budzinski (IL-13).
Mohamad Alipour, CDA affiliate and U. of I. professor, joined WCIA’s Amanda Brennan in the studio to talk about a CDA-PRI-funded research project using drones to help farmers.
Learn more about Kyeaira Faustin's experience in the CDA REU program in this article written by the College of ACES at the U. of I.
Attending SRI 2025? Check out this list of CDA/AIFARMS-related activities happening at SRI 2025.
We’re helping researchers, educators, farmers, and industries keep pace with the ways technology is transforming how we feed and support a growing global population.
We’re researching everything from the nature of the data itself—its collection, storage, transmission, and analysis—to how the data might be used to optimize areas from precision agriculture to food manufacturing to water use and treatment.