AIFARMS Benchmark Papers on MIRAGE and AgMMU Accepted to NeurIPS 2025
AIFARMS’ MIRAGE and AgMMU datasets, accepted to NeurIPS 2025, advance agricultural AI through real-world user expert data. AgMMU targets factual and visual understanding, while MIRAGE enables multimodal, expert-level reasoning, together setting new benchmarks for agricultural decision-making and evaluation.
CropWizard: Growing from Illinois Chat to Cultivate AI for Agriculture
CropWizard is one of the first significant research applications built entirely on the Illinois Chat platform, a new campus-developed artificial intelligence software tool by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign community. While Illinois Chat was designed to give faculty, students, and researchers a secure way to build their […]
Satellites and Drones Are Unlocking Benefits ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’ in Michigan
The New York Times interviewed AIFARMS’ Bruno Basso on how technology is helping farmers use land and fertilizer more strategically.
Sorghum Could Help Feed the World — if we Can Unlock its Genetic Code
Check out this article from Seed World US featuring AIFARMS PI Alex Lipka and graduate student Talissa Floriani and their work on exploring the potential of sorghum to help address global food security challenges.
Join CDA and AIFARMS at SRI 2025 in Chicago!
Attending SRI 2025? Check out this list of CDA/AIFARMS-related activities happening at SRI 2025.
CRA Hosts Computing Futures Showcase on Capitol Hill
Researchers, policymakers, and Capitol Hill staff gathered in Washington to explore innovations powered by long-term federal investment. AIFARMS leaders showcased CropWizard, the generative AI tool that supports agricultural decision-making using multimodal data and LLM-powered systems.
How AI can help farmers produce more food with fewer resources
CDA Science Co-Director and AIFARMS PI Vikram Adve shares his insights and expertise on AI for agriculture alongside fellow experts in this USA Today article.
U. of I. Center for Digital Ag Announces New Generative AI Benchmarking Consortium – AI AgriBench
In collaboration with Bayer Crop Science, KissanAI, and the Extension Foundation, AI AgriBench aims to build confidence in question-answering systems for digital crop production.
AIFARMS Researchers Meet with Policymakers and Campus Leaders to Showcase Project Highlights
In this article, we recap the visit and highlight three innovations that represent the exciting work taking place at CDA and AIFARMS.
AIFARMS Researchers Showcase Groundbreaking AgTech and AI Innovations
U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski and the ITI Institute joined top researchers and policymakers to see how AI is reshaping agriculture to address key challenges in food security, sustainability, and workforce development.