Châtenay-Malabry (FR
- 92290), 30 November 2015
EFITA newsletter / 718 - European Federation for Information Technology
in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
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The North face of Eiger mountain (the highest face in the Alps: 1600
m) in 2h22 the 16th of November 2015 by Ueli Steck (fantastic!)
See: http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=43215
And…
See: http://blog.scarpa.com/ueli-steck-first-i-climb-then-i-talk/
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjRGHGV_MVI
Next
Efita
Congress
2 - 5 July 2017
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Montpellier
- France at SupAgro Ag University
See:
https://www.supagro.fr/
See: http://www.agrotic.org/blog/
Contact
: Jean-Pierre CHANET, Bruno TISSEYRE
Mél : jean-pierre.chanet(a)irstea.fr, tisseyre(a)supagro.inra.fr
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Mainstreaming precision farming: How to organise the data capture
and processing to mainstream the application of precision farming for
an optimisation of inputs and yield? (an update of the information already
mentioned in the efita newsletter nb. 701)
The final report of this Focus Group has been published.
Tasks:
- Identifying and assessing the different systems and use of data handling
in precision arable farming and precision livestock farming.
- Looking at where compatibility issues need to be resolved as well
as potential solutions.
- Collecting existing or potential solutions to processing large volumes
of data from different types of precision farming sensors as well as
existing or potential solutions to integrating these data into user-friendly
farm management support systems.
- Collecting existing or potential solutions to integrating precision
farming systems into small and medium-sized holdings.
- Listing fail factors that limit the use of the identified techniques/systems
by farmers and summarise how to address these factors as well as explore
the role of innovation and knowledge transfer in addressing these fail
factors.
See: https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/en/content/mainstreaming-precision-farming
Data and weed control
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/ag-technology-solution-center/data-and-weed-control
Farmers Business Network
See: https://www.farmersbusinessnetwork.com/
FarmLink
See: http://www.farmlink.com/
FarmersEdge
See: http://www.farmersedge.ca
Robot wars
Student engineers were challenged to develop robots that can measure
key features of a soybean plant for a 2015 competition.
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/precision-farming/robot-wars
Smart combine at work
Adaptive machine control settings are closing the gap on human error.
In this example, Claas has a system in the Lexion combine that can turn
any operator into a pro
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/combines/smart-combine-work
Defining what it
means to be productive
Global hunger and food security expert Dr. Margaret Zeigler talks
about the technology needed to meet world food demand.
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/precision-farming/insider-defining-what-it-means-be-productive
European Soil Data Centre Newsletter No. 83 (November 2015)
See: http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/public_path/newsletter/201511.pdf
Wrapping up Agritechnica coverage
In this final gallery from the big European show we cover a wide range
from a unique way to move carts through the field to a robot weed puncher
(we are not kidding).
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/farm-equipment/wrapping-agritechnica-coverage
Agriculture Linked to DNA Changes in Ancient Europe
Geneticists at Harvard have found that the rise of agriculture some
8,500 years ago led to widespread changes, affecting height and skin color…
(...)
One day, they may be able to track historic changes in the human genome
across the globe over tens of thousands of years.
(...)
See: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/science/agriculture-linked-to-dna-changes-in-ancient-europe.html
Agricultural Health Study
See: http://www.aghealth.nih.gov
An
Italian Mama
Mrs. Ravioli comes to visit her son Anthony for dinner.
He lives with a female roommate, Maria.
During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help but notice how
pretty Anthony's roommate is.
Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started
to wonder if there was more between Anthony and his roommate than met
the eye.
Reading his mom's thoughts, Anthony volunteered, "I know what you
must be thinking, but I assure you, Maria and I are just roommates.''
About a week later, Maria came to Anthony saying, "Ever since your
mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the silver sugar bowl.
You don't suppose she took it, do you?"
"Well, I doubt it, but I'll email her, just to be sure." So
he sat down and wrote an email:
Dear Mama,
I'm not saying that you "did" take the sugar bowl from my house;
I'm not saying that you "did not" take it. But the fact remains
that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner.
Your Loving Son,
Anthony
A few days later, Anthony received a response email from his Mama which
read:
Dear son,
I'm not saying that you "do" sleep with Maria, and I'm not saying
that you "do not" sleep with her. But the fact remains that
if she was sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the sugar bowl
by now.
Your Loving Mama
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Jokes, Quotes and Anecdotes... an Anatomy of Wit
Mick Harkin, ex Secretary of EFITA, who has kept us amused with his
Friday Jokes over the years, has published a book on Amazon entitled "Jokes,
Quotes and Anecdotes... an Anatomy of Wit".
See: http://www.jokesquotesandanecdotes.com
Contact: Mick HARKIN
E-mail: mickjharkin(a)gmail.com
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