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A 30 ton robot scans a field of sorghum at the Maricopa Agricultural Center.

Dec. 10, 2025

Linking genes to growth in sorghum

A new DOE grant helps U of A researchers understand how sorghum thrives under extreme conditions.

Community members peer through microscopes at common pests

UArizona Partnership with Tribal Communities Knocks Out Pests, Not the Environment

Oct. 29, 2021

A 30-ton robot scans a field in central Arizona at the Maricopa Agricultural Center.

This 30-Ton Robot Could Help Scientists Produce the Crops of the Future

Aug. 13, 2020

Arizona has what ARID Center researchers call “the climate of tomorrow, today.” Scientists are using a 30-ton robotic field scanner in the state to study plant genetics and hopefully develop stress-resilient crops.

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(From left) Samantha Heward, graduate student manager at the Controlled Environment Agriculture Center Teaching Greenhouse, Karen Francis-Begay, Stacy Tollefson, CEAC Teaching Greenhouse manager, Tilak Mahato, CEAC research associate, and undergraduate student Daniel Harmon collect donated produce for the Navajo Nation. (Photo by Murat Kacira/Biosystems Engineering)

CALES Controlled Environment Agriculture Center donates 900 pounds of produce to Navajo Nation

May 15, 2020

V Bar V superintendent Keith “Bopper” Cannon guides a calf into a corral.

UArizona Beef Herd Undergoes Comprehensive Genetic Testing

Oct. 29, 2019