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EFITA newsletter / 851 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
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Next INSPIRE Hack will start soon
We are looking for participant and new ideas mainly. But we are looking also for people willing help us with preparation, supporters and sponsors. Join our effort and help us to build capacity Worldwide.
See plan4all.eu
FIRA. International Forum of Agricultural Robotics
11 - 12 December 2018 -Toulouse - FRANCE
The FIRA International Forum of Agricultural Robotics unites a wide range of agricultural players in order to exchange ideas and collaborate towards the future of agriculture. We aim to establish a community that brings about change through agricultural innovation.
Because it's essential to unite all the driving forces in our field. FIRA appeals to all agricultural players to contribute to the forum’s organization and promotion to meet its goals in terms of innovation, vision and collaboration.
See FIRA
Precision Ag : The VISION Conference
14-16 January 2019 - Seattle, WA
The PrecisionAg® VISION Conference 2019 returns this January in Seattle, WA, and promises to be an unprecedented event full of remarkable insight.
The VISION Conference leverages decades of market experience in precision agriculture to provide attendees with a look forward into the numerous changes in precision and digital farming that are likely to transform agribusiness over the next three to five years.
From variable rate application, to sensors and imagery, to IoT, to robotics, and blockchain – developments in digital farming and precision agriculture have the potential to either deeply disrupt or positively transform agribusinesses in the coming years, or both! Advancements are coming quickly and occurring every day. Market growth, driven by notable improvements to in-field technology, data management, and improved logistical efficiencies to the food channel post-farmgate, is exponential.
Now in its third year, The VISION Conference is the only event in the world that leverages Meister Media Worldwide’s decades of agriculture and horticulture market experience and North America’s global leadership in precision agriculture to bring attendees a clear-eyed and market-tested look at the changes that are likely to transform their businesses in the next 3-5 years. A critical window, this 3- to 5-year span is near enough to be actionable, far enough to be strategic – parlaying insights that are grounded in reality to help improve the future of today’s agribusinesses.
Engage with those at the forefront of global digital agriculture – a full spectrum of progressive agriculture leaders from row and specialty crop growers and their precision service providers, to technology and equipment companies, crop input manufacturers, food companies, and trade associations.
See thevisionconference.com
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2019 Farm Futures Business Summit
24-25 Januray 2019 - Iowa City, Iowa
Farm Progress is the largest, most diversified agriculture information business in North America. We serve over two million farm and ranch decision-makers by providing the information resources they need—news, analysis, events, data, reports, research—to run successful operations.
See farmfuturessummit.com
2019 Efita International Conference
27-29 June - RHODES - Greece
The topics for the EFITA 2019 conference are detailed below within topic groups.
Topic group 1: “Sensors”
This topic group refers to the development or optimization of sensors and electronics for agricultural applications, such as field scouting and crop parameters monitoring. Particular sub-topics could be:
- New sensors (optical, reflectance, etc.)
- Wireless sensor networks
- Image processing
Agricultural robots are also within this topic, focusing on automation and control technologies to optimise robotic applications in agriculture. Particular sub-topics could be:
- Scouting Robots
- Action Robots
- Machine embedded ICT tools
Topic group 2: “Data”
This topic group is related to all technologies and software that cure data mining, data warehousing, visualisation, knowledge extraction, big data management. Particular sub-topics could be:
- Big data management
- Data mining for agricultural information systems
- Data visualisation
- Data and Knowledge Management for extension services (with real examples)
Other subjects within this topic are interoperability, semantics and knowledge management, such as:
- Metadata and data standards in agriculture
- Thesaurus management, Knowledge management
- Ontologies for agriculture
- Knowledge bases and Knowledge repository services
- Web of Data, Linked Open Data
Topic group 3: “Decision”
This topic group is about modelling for simulation, prediction, crop management, design of ICT-intensive farming systems. Proposed sub-topics are:
- Modelling and Simulation for agricultural production and farming systems
- Weather prediction models for sustainable agricultural production
- Multi-Agent systems
Other “Decision” scientific work is about remote sensing, GIS technologies and spatial management of resources. It includes sub-topics such as:
- Remote Sensing and GIS applications
- Planning tools
- Environmental information systems and Environmental management systems
- ICT applications for natural resources management, including forestry
- ICT applications for sustainable biomass production and use
Finally, ICT applications regarding economical, organizational and business implications in agriculture are also used for business decision making. Such ICT tools are divided in:
- Decision Support Systems for Agriculture
- ICT applications for food chain and logistics
- Traceability tools
- ICT and business
- Rural economies and ICT policies for rural development
Topic group 4: “Action”
This topic group is mainly about design of ICT applications for agriculture and sustainability focusing on precision and knowledge intensive agriculture. It includes sub-topics such as:
- Computer tools for farming
- Models of farming activity
- Scientific computing applied to crop management
-Expert systems in agriculture
This topic group is also about web technologies and networking of actors all along the value chain of agriculture. It includes sub-topics such as:
- On line farm services
- Web applications (clients, devices, server-side)
- Cloud computing applications
- Social Networking, collaborative tools and crowdsourcing
- Tools for e-agribusiness
See efita2019
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This is Farming...
Pause and reflect on this moment. It might be bigger than you expect. Here is the time when technology is about to reveal its true potential to drive farm profits.
GrainBridge represents a joint venture that will bring the resources of ADM and Cargill together to give farmers access to powerful insights at a single outlet. It will have the power to convert data, free of charge to the farmer, into information that will help farmers maximize their profits and will represent a massive step in helping eliminate emotion, stress and hesitation as part of the grain marketing experience.
See abettergrainfuture.com
October Ag economy barometer
See cornandsoybeandigest.com
https://www.cornandsoybeandigest.com/soil-health/5-stories-not-miss-soil-sampling-irrigation-and-ag-barometer/gallery?slide=2
See ag.purdue.edu
Farmers Business Network Selects 6 Agtech Startups for Innovation Showcase
AgHelp, a farm and agriculture recruitment platform addressing the acute agriculture labor shortage by connecting agricultural employers, farm workers, and worker support agencies more efficiently and cost-effectively than farm employers’ current methods.
AgNext, robotic soil sampling technology to help farmers optimize yields and input costs. The SmartCore leverages advanced GPS to collect and package soil samples.
Augean Robotics, a farm robotics startup whose first robot, the Burro, can follow workers, carry cargo, sensors, or autonomy implements around autonomously. Augean is currently working with fresh fruit farmers.
Centaur Ag, a post-harvest grain storage monitoring startup offering a digital software-as-a-service platform using connected sensors.
FeedX, a digital full stack of feed, FeedX is an agribusiness marketplace selling feed.
Kiwi Technologies, a drone startup providing crop protection application services and a network of drone pilots.
See agfundernews.com
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‘We'll have space bots with lasers, killing plants’: the rise of the robot farmer (with the contribution and a photo of my friend Simon Blackmore)
Tiny automated machines could soon take care of the entire growing process. Fewer chemicals, more efficient – where’s the downside?
See theguardian.com
Greek plan to digitise agriculture wins EU approval
In an effort to break from its austerity-driven past and improve the economy’s competitiveness, the Greek government will soon present its national strategy for the digitisation of the agricultural sector.
See euractiv.com
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Into the Brexit Labyrinth, by Jacek Rostowski
After a year and a half of negotiations with the European Union, the British government is no closer to a divorce agreement than it was when it invoked Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty in March 2017. Sooner or later, Britons will have to choose between self-destruction and no Brexit at all.
See project-syndicate.org
Denkmalsturm der Nazibesatzer in Frankreich : Rache am Erbfeind (WW1 in Der Spiegel - 1)
Afrikanische Soldaten halfen im Ersten Weltkrieg, den Vormarsch der Deutschen zu stoppen. Die Nazis demontierten ein Denkmal für die "Schwarze Armee". Es verschwand spurlos aus Reims, ein Doktorand löste das Rätsel.
Sehen spiegel.de
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"Wir jungen Männer sahen plötzlich aus wie Monster" (WW1 in Der Spiegel – 1)
Am 11. November 1918 schwiegen endlich die Waffen. Vorbei war der Weltkrieg nicht: Millionen Verstümmelte kämpften ein Leben lang mit den Folgen. Sie hatten im Gemetzel ihr Ich eingebüßt.
Sehen spiegel.de
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When Insults Had Class
These glorious insults are from an era in the English language before they were reduced to four-letter words:
1. The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:
She said, "If you were my husband, I'd give you poisoned Tea."
He answered, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."
2. A member of Parliament to Prime Minister Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
"That depends, Sir", said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."
3. He had delusions of adequacy -Walter Kerr
4. He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. -Winston Churchill
5. I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. - Clarence Darrow
6. He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary. -William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
7. Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it. -Moses Hadas
8. I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. - Mark Twain
9. He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends. - Oscar Wilde
10. I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... if you have one. -George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchil
- Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one. - Winston Churchill, in response.
11. I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here. - Kip Adota
12. He is a self-made man and worships his creator. - John Bright
13. I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial. - Irvin S. Cob
14. He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." - Samuel Johnson
15. He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating
16. In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily. - Charles, Count Talleyrand
17. He loves nature in spite of what it did to him. - Forrest Tucker
18. Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it? - Mark Twain
19. His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork. - Mae West
20. Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go. Oscar Wilde
21. He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination. -
Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
22. He has Van Gogh's ear for music. - Billy Wilder
23. I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it. - Groucho Marx
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