Register now for the Minnesota Conference on Precision Agriculture, June 5 in Saint Paul

How is precision agriculture changing in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics? That’s the theme of the 2025 Minnesota Conference of Precision Agriculture, happening Thursday, June 5 in Saint Paul. The conference will also be available online. Register now!

Registration

Registration is now available for the 2025 Minnesota Conference on Precision Agriculture (2025 MCPA). The early bird registration fee is $30 (deadline extended to May 25). The regular fee is $50 (after May 25). Student registration fee is $20. It will also be available online, and the registration fee to attend the virtual conference is $20. A light breakfast and buffet lunch are included if you attend in-person. The deadline for registration is June 2, 2025.

Register at: z.umn.edu/MCPA2025-register

Location

The conference will take place on Thursday, June 5, 2025 at the St. Paul Student Center on the U of M St. Paul Campus (2017 Buford Ave, St Paul, MN 55108; Google Maps).

More information

The theme of the 2025 MCPA conference is “Advancing Precision Agriculture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” It will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Precision Agriculture Center and explore how AI and robotics will transform precision agriculture, advances in precision management of seeding, nutrients, water, weeds, diseases, and dairy farms, on-farm research, demonstration and decision support tools to support adoption, and discuss research needs to further support the development and adoption of precision agriculture in Minnesota. In addition to research presentations, there will also be two panel discussions focusing on adoption, research needs, and AI and robotics for precision agriculture.

Learn more on the conference website. You can also sign up to receive up-to-date communications about conference details.

Oral presentations

• Precision Agriculture Center: 1995-2025 - David Mulla (Univ. of Minnesota)
• Precision Agriculture: An Early "Developer's" Perspective - Dean Fairchild (Previously with Mosaic/Cargill)
• The Role of AI in Revolutionizing Precision Agriculture - Raj Khosla (Kansas State Univ.)
• AI for Precision Agriculture Research at UMN - David Mulla (Univ. of Minnesota)
• AI, Robots and Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture and Phenotyping - Ce Yang (University of Minnesota)
• Advances in Precision Weed Management in Minnesota - Dimitris Zermas (Sentera)
• Advances in Precision Nitrogen Management - Yuxin Miao (University of Minnesota)
• Advances in Precision Irrigation - Vasudha Sharma (Univ. of Minnesota)
• A Brief Overview of Precision Dairy Farm Management in the U.S. - Marcia Endres (Univ. of Minnesota)
• Decision Support for Precision Crop Management at UMN - Bryan Runck (Univ. of Minnesota)

Poster presentation topics

• On-farm trials
• Variable rate seeding
• Precision nitrogen management of corn
• Precision irrigation
• Precision sulfur management
• On-farm application of biostimulants
• Integrated precision nitrogen and irrigation management
• Disease monitoring and management
• In-season crop yield predictions
• AI and robotics for precision agriculture
• Proximal and remote sensing

Conference sponsors

• U of M Department of Soil, Water & Climate
• U of M College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
• Minnesota Corn
• U of M Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
• Sentra
• Minnesota Area II Potato Research and Promotion Council 
• Agricultural Fertilizer Research & Education Council (AFREC)

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