By Laura Wormuth
The 2nd annual Precision Agriculture Technology Conference, hosted by the University of Maryland Extension (UME) Agriculture and Food Systems program in partnership with UME’s Precision Agriculture Lab, will feature Dr. John Fulton, professor in the Food, Agriculture, and Biological Engineering department at The Ohio State University, as the keynote speaker.
Fulton, the former president of the International Society of Precision Agriculture, assists in the integration of technologies into the industry and has recently been exploring the use of A.I. to enhance productivity and streamline the food supply chain. He will speak on the topic of scouting and field assessment at the conference, which begins at 9 a.m. on February 26, 2026 at the Crowne Plaza in Annapolis.
Alongside Fulton, other distinguished speakers include Dr. Xin (Rex) Sun, inaugural endowed chair and Director of the Peltier Institute for the Advancement of Agricultural Technology at North Dakota State University, speaking on “AI, Remote Sensing, and Robotics for Site-Specific Weed Control Application,” and Dr. Stephanie Lansing, University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources professor who will share her innovative solutions in livestock and poultry waste technologies.
Dr. Christine Chang, research plant physiologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture Research Service, will also speak on crop production in her topic “Crop Stress Monitoring Systems for Row Crops, Greenhouse, and Controlled Environment Agriculture.”
Source : umd.edu