In the News Cover Crop Tool Update Helps Illinois Farmers and Soil Health The free tool now includes enhanced weather forecasting and nitrogen estimation, leading to better-informed decisions in farming. January 26, 2022
Science Features NCSA Software Fits Many Research Toolboxes A global leader in open-source software development, NCSA ramps up its software directorate to do even more. October 20, 2021
Announcements NCSA Researcher Contribute to USDA-Funded Agrivoltaics Project Illinois researchers across disciplines have received $10 million to research agrivoltaic systems October 11, 2021
Publications Marginal Land for Growing Bioenergy Crops Less Than Estimated NCSA’s Blue Waters aids researchers in estimating marginal land available for bioenergy production. September 23, 2021
Announcements CDA Collaborates to Launch $25 Million CROPPS Initiative The multidisciplinary, National Science Foundation-funded collaboration aims to understand the communication of plants. September 9, 2021
Announcements Center for Digital Agriculture Contributes to Launch COALESCE Co-led by NCSA’s Girish Chowdhary, the COALESCE initiative will help make field management more efficient and tactical. April 29, 2021
Announcements NCSA Team Contributes to Cover Crop Decision Support Tool The Cover Crop Analyzer tool will use simulation to help farmers take the guesswork out of crop selection. March 1, 2021
Announcements NSF and NIFA Awards CDA $20M to Develop New AIFARMS Institute UIUC Center for Digital Agriculture wins $20M award from National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes program to accelerate AI research and agricultural Innovation through new AIFARMS Institute. August 26, 2020
Announcements Center for Digital Agriculture Announces 12 Seed Funding Recipients The funded projects will span nearly every facet of digital agriculture, from crop sciences to deep learning. August 20, 2020
Funding Blue Waters Professor Awarded $3.3 Million for DOE Project Kaiyu Guan, a Blue Waters professor at NCSA, and his research team have been awarded a grant to measure carbon emissions in bioenergy crops. January 23, 2020
Announcements University of Illinois Announces Center for Digital Agriculture The new center will combine campus’ areas of expertise in engineering and agriculture to cement Illinois’ position as an innovator in this emerging field of agricultural technology, and develop solutions to agricultural problems that use digital technology. October 8, 2019
Science Features Collaboration Creates New Way for Farmers to Estimate Commodity Payments An online calculator developed at the University of Illinois’ National Center for Supercomputing Applications for farmdoc helps farmers estimate payments from 2018 Farm Bill. September 18, 2019