Craig MacEachern
Assistant Professor
Forestry and Environmental Management
Forestry/Geology 208B
Fredericton
Academic interests
- Digital and precision agriculture
- Agricultural modelling and decision support
- Agricultural mechanization and automation
- Variable rate technologies
- Machine learning and computer vision
Education
- PhD in Agricultural Sciences from Dalhousie University
- MSc in Agriculture from Dalhousie University
- B. Tech in Applied Science from Dalhousie University
Biography
Craig joined the faculty in 2026 as an Assistant Professor and Research Chair in Digital Agriculture. His research focuses on practical digital tools for agriculture, including machine learning, computer vision, automation, remote sensing, and data-driven decision support.
His work is applied and industry-oriented, with an emphasis on helping growers convert field, weather, sensor, drone, and imagery data into timely management decisions. His recent projects have focused on image-based crop and insect monitoring, agricultural machinery automation, variable rate technologies, and pest and disease forecasting for Atlantic Canadian agricultural production systems.
