Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 17 December 2018
EFITA newsletter / 856 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
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Farmer builds an app
For this farmer, the answer to his grain marketing plan — and its execution — was to build his own app. Here’s how he did it and how it might work for you.
See prairiefarmer.com
See graincoat.com
Sprayer drones show potential in ag
Companies Biosorb Inc., Nardo Agribotics and Rantizo see a future for low-volume applications of herbicide and fungicide enabled by drones.
See prairiefarmer.com
Facebook gave data on user’s friends to certain companies – documents
Facebook Inc offered some companies, including Netflix and Airbnb, access to data about users’ friends it did not make available to most other apps in 2015, according to documents released by a British lawmaker who said the social media company dodged questions about privacy practices and market dominance.
Voir euractiv.com
E pur si muove... About Galileo geopositioning system
Galileo has grand aspirations. By the end of 2020, the hope is that the system will reach full operational capacity, attempting to obtain a record precision rate of 20cm.
If Galileo were to meet this target, it would become the most precise satellite navigation system in the world.
Voir euractiv.com
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Shared local knowledge, by Jim Ruen
Wisconsin farmer-led group works together to produce and share quality local research
See cornandsoybeandigest.com
Data drives field changes, by Lynn Betts
A farm switch to strip till, split N and variable rates helped N efficiency
See cornandsoybeandigest.com
Marketing Discipline and Focus: Part 2, by Dr. David Kohl
The reality of lower prices that have resulted from supply and demand imbalances, a strong dollar, and trade issues have made the “new normal” into the “old normal” in terms of marketing.
See cornandsoybeandigest.com
Precision Farming: Sowing the seeds of a new agricultural revolution
The adoption of precision farming techniques is allowing the EU to increase its agricultural output whilst ensuring the sustainability of the European agri-food sector. Consequently, the EU has been supporting cutting-edge research and innovation into a number of exciting solutions that will truly harness all of the opportunities from what promises to be a truly 21st century agricultural revolution.
See cordis.europa.eu
Benefits and impact of digital technologies
Digitisation raises questions that will need to be addressed in the future. What will be the impact on farm profitability, for instance? How will digitisation affect employment? Can it be a means to reconnect consumers with farmers? What is the environmental impact? Or which types of farming will or will not benefit?
The European Commission and the EIP-AGRI network are fully aware of the potentially disruptive impact digitisation might have. This is why issues like data ownership, data use and re-use have been addressed in dedicated workshops and seminars to find answers.
Already many organisations have measured the impact and benefits of digitisation. Share your stories with us through this form.
See ec.europa.eu
Data drives field changes by Lynn Betts
A farm switch to strip till, split N and variable rates helped N efficiency
See cornandsoybeandigest.com
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Farming: A problem that cannot be solved
Even after seven years on the farm, I clearly know less now than I did in 2012.
I’ve conceded that I’ll never actually solve the “farming problem.” It really isn’t a problem that can be solved. After next harvest, I will have more questions than I did this year. There will be different problems, prices and goals. But I will have the confidence that certain practices can help me continue doing what I love for another season.
See farmfutures.com
"Two Hearts, One Harvest" blog by Mike and Sheilah Reskovac
See americanagriculturist.com
Some EU leaders are the “origin of fake news”, says Juncker
Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker condemned Hungary’s leader Viktor Orbán on Friday (14 December), accusing him of spreading fake news in relation to the UK’s decision to withdraw from the EU. The comments came as EU leaders banded together to combat the spread of disinformation in the run up to the 2019 European elections.
See euractiv.com
France and Germany aim to keep digital tax alive with new proposal
France and Germany sought on Monday (3 December) to salvage a proposed EU tax on big digital firms by narrowing the focus to cover only companies’ online advertising revenue, a European source said.
See euractiv.com
Adventures in combines and potty training
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An old man, a boy and a donkey
An old man, a boy and a donkey were going into town. The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked.
As they went along they passed some people who remarked, "What a shame, the old man has to walk, whilst the boy is riding." The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changed over.
Later they passed some other people who remarked, "What a shame that he’s making that little boy walk." So they decided it’s maybe better that they both walk.
Soon they passed some more people who remarked, "Those two must be really stupid to walk when they have a decent donkey to ride." So they decided that both of them would ride the donkey.
Then they passed some people who shamed them by saying, "How awful to put such a heavy load on that poor donkey."
The boy and the man then started to pity the donkey, and in the end they decided to carry the donkey
As they were crossing the bridge into town, they lost their grip on the donkey, and the donkey fell into the river and drowned.
The moral of the story is that if you try to please everyone, you might as well kiss your ass goodbye.
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