Center for Digital Agriculture

The Center for Digital Agriculture is a multidisciplinary effort at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign between the Grainger College of Engineering, the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, dedicated to shaping the future of the agriculture industry. The center brings together researchers, educators, companies, and producers to innovate and transform technology to support and strengthen U.S agriculture system. The Artificial Intelligence for Future Agricultural Resilience, Management, and Sustainability (AIFARMS) national AI Institute for agriculture within CDA is funded by USDA-NIFA. The broad mission of AIFARMS is to develop foundational advances in AI and apply them to ensure that future agriculture is environmentally friendly, sustainable, affordable, and accessible to diverse farming communities. The CropWizard project within the AIFARMS Institute is researching and developing generative AI technologies that can benefit the agriculture community worldwide.