Purdue hosts national IoT4Ag retreat focused on the future of precision agriculture

Purdue University welcomed university researchers, students, industry leaders and the grower community to the 2026 Annual Retreat of the Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture (IoT4Ag) from May 19-21 at the Beck Agricultural Center in West Lafayette and at regional farms in Indiana. The Annual Retreat followed the student-led IoT4Ag Bootcamp which focused on student and postdoc innovation, workforce preparation and professional development workshops.

At the Annual Retreat, faculty and students from partner institutions — University of Pennsylvania, University of California Merced, the University of Florida and Purdue University — shared research updates, strengthened collaborations and deployed technologies for the upcoming growing season at Purdue’s Agronomy Center for Research & Education (ACRE). All participants learned from invited presentations, activities and visits to Ag Alumni Seed and Beck’s Hybrids, and discussed new ideas for technologies and systems innovation, deployment, integration, translation and adoption, and for education to improve agricultural efficiency and sustainability.