by Alli Sweigard | Oct 30, 2025 | Company News, News
This month, the UC Merced Experimental Smart Farm (ESF) team proudly represented the university at the Mariposa Agrinature Tour, hosted by Casto Oaks Winery and UC Cooperative Extension. The event brought together farmers, ranchers, educators, artists, and families to...
by Alli Sweigard | Oct 30, 2025 | Company News, News
A team of F3 undergraduate engineers are partnering with UCANR scientists and Semillero de Ideas to prototype ideas for on-farm innovations designed by farmworkers. Semillero de ideas is a nonprofit organization based in the Yakima Valley of Washington, where many...
by Alli Sweigard | Oct 30, 2025 | Company News, News
The Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) is hosting this year’s Small Farm Tech Expo at UC Merced — a full-day, hands-on event designed for small-scale farmers and ranchers, community organizers, researchers, and innovators shaping the next wave of small-farm...
by Alli Sweigard | Oct 29, 2025 | Company News, News
A UC Merced delegation recently traveled to Chile as part of an international collaboration through the AgAID AI Institute, a USDA-NIFA–funded initiative led by Washington State University. UC Merced serves as a key subawardee on the project, with Dr. Josh Viers as...
by Alli Sweigard | Oct 3, 2025 | Company News, News
UC Merced is building the first building at the Experimental Smart Farm, established in 2022. With the addition of a new AgTech barn, part of a $9.2 million award to the Merced AgTech Alliance to strengthen agricultural research, facilities, and workforce development...
by Alli Sweigard | Oct 3, 2025 | Company News, News
UC Merced and the Almond Board of California have signed a five-year partnership to advance research in automation, sustainability, and the development of new almond varieties, while also creating hands-on opportunities for students and faculty. The collaboration will...
