WHAT IS DIGITAL AGRICULTURE?

It’s the use of digital devices to gather, process and analyze spatial (object) or temporal (time) data. This data can then guide targeted actions to improve agricultural efficiency, productivity and sustainability.

Digital devices put data from our fields and facilities at our fingertips. Only by harnessing data’s power — and training others to do the same — can it create a sustainable agricultural future. At Purdue University, digital agriculture and data science leverages increasingly innovative technology with our world-renowned know-how to improve agricultural efficiency, productivity and sustainability.

PEOPLE RESOURCES Education

Contact

Dennis Buckmaster
Dean's Fellow for Digital Agriculture 
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
digitalag@purdue.edu

Melinda Smith
Project Manager for Digital Agriculture
smit2732@purdue.edu

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Different varieties of rice growing in a field
Machine-learning model demonstrates effect of public breeding on rice yields in climate change

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Open Ag Technologies and Systems Group (OATS)

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)

Purdue Extension and Purdue Agriculture are leading Indiana’s way in technology outreach through the agricultural use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

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