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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 7 October 2013


EFITA newsletter / 621 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


Do you know Bordeaux (SW France)?
See: http://www.agence-fleurie.com/2013/09/visitez-bordeaux-la-gironde/


Midnight in Paris
See: http://www.youtube.com/embed/J3ExqFAO85o?rel=0
Link provided by Ehud GELB
E-mail: ehud.gelb(a)mail.huji.ac.il


The ascent (a drawing provided by Ehud Gelb)
See: http://www.informatique-agricole.org/gazette/blagues/The%20ascent.jpg


Ehud questionnaires' results
See: http://www.informatique-agricole.org/gazette/Efita_Documents/ICT 1999 - 2013 Questionnaire summary with Ossiach - updated (3).pdf
Contact: Ehud GELB
E-mail: ehud.gelb(a)mail.huji.ac.il


One-day Information Workshop and User forum on Satellite Navigation and Agricultural Engineering and Technologies (AET) in the context of European research and Technologies (AET)
8 November 2013 - HANOVER
This workshop will provide firsthand information from different directorates of the EC and about the latest AET activities. Further you will get an excellent opportunity to network with stakeholders of the agricultural engineering sector at European level.
It is very important for us to bring together a wide range of diverse stakeholders and experts from relevant industries, associations and research institutions to ensure also a broad range of different approaches and ideas. This will create a valuable input for a further development of a research agenda. Therefore we would like to invite you to participate actively and give your own input to our workshop during the discussion.
See: http://www.manufuture.org/manufacturing/?page_id=668
See: http://www.manufuture.org/manufacturing/wp-content/uploads/AET-WS5-Prog.pdf
See: http://www.project-unifarm.eu/
Contact: Jens FEHRMANN
E-Mail: fehrmann(a)ast.mw.tu-dresden.de


Colloque "Open Data en Agriculture : état des lieux et perspectives"
12 novembre 2013 – PARIS
Notre colloque aura lieu à Paris dans l'amphithéâtre de Agri-Naples, 43-45, rue de Naples - 75008 Paris, métro Europe ou Villiers.
Voir : http://www.modelia.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=63
Contact : Jean-Pierre CHANET et François BRUN
Mél : jean-pierre.chanet(a)irstea.fr, francois.brun(a)acta.asso.fr

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Precision Pays Podcast: The future of corn plantingprecisionpays.com
Over a year ago we talked about a new technology that would allow growers to plant offensive and defensive corn hybrids within the same field.
See: http://precisionpays.com/2013/09/precision-pays-podcast-the-future-of-corn-planting/


Another Reason To Choose No-Till
See: http://www.no-tillfarmer.com/pages/Spre/From-the-Desk-of-John-Dobberstein-Another-Reason-To-Choose-No-Till-10-2-13.php


LUCAS 2009 topsoil dataset is available in the European Soil Data Centre
The available dataset include data from 19,969 samples from 25 Member States. Samples have been analysed for the percentage of coarse fragments, particle size distribution (% clay, silt and sand content), pH (in CaCl2 and H2O), organic carbon (g/kg), carbonate content (g/kg), phosphorous content (mg/kg), total nitrogen content (g/kg), extractable potassium content (mg/kg), cation exchange capacity (cmol(+)/kg) and for most samples multispectral properties are available.
The data are freely available and can be downloaded after prior registration.
The report "LUCAS Topsoil Survey: methodology, data and results" provides a detailed insight into the design and methodology of the data collection and laboratory analysis.

See: http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/projects/Lucas/Data.html
Contact: Panos PANAGOS
E-mail: panos.panagos(a)jrc.ec.europa.eu


European Soil Portal
See: http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/utilities/newsletter/201310.pdf


Precision Ag Explained. These are my thoughts and experiences using Precision Agriculture: How does your Wifi stack up?
See: http://htsag.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/how-does-your-wifi-stack-up/


The end of web development (as we know it) -> Internet of everything
See: http://fr.slideshare.net/TechnicalMachine/tessel-the-end-of-web-development-as-we-know-it


Brussels Briefing on ICT: Connected Continent proposal, Net Neutrality, NSA / SWIFT scandal & Data Protection Regulation
See: http://www.vieuws.eu/brussels-briefings/brussels-briefing-ict-all-you-need-to-know-for-the-month-of-october-2013/


Rice research sheds new light on GM traits in 'superweeds'
Rice containing an overactive gene that makes it resistant to a common herbicide can pass that genetic trait to weedy rice, prompting powerful growth even without a weed-killer to trigger the modification benefit, new research shows.
Previously, scientists have found that when a genetically modified trait passes from a crop plant to a closely related weed, the weed gains the crop’s engineered benefit – resistance to pests, for example – only in the presence of the offending insects.
A new study, conducted by scientists at Ohio State University, has uncovered a surprising example of gene flow from crops to weeds that makes weeds more vigorous even without an environmental trigger. The suspected reason: This modification method enhances a plant’s own growth control mechanism, essentially making it grow faster – an attractive trait in crops but a recipe for potential problems with weedy relatives that could out-compete the crop.
“Our next question is whether this method of enhancing plant growth could be developed for any crop. We want to know whether growers could get higher yields in the crop and then, if it happened to cross with a related weed, whether it might make the weed more prolific as well,” said Allison Snow, professor of evolution, ecology and organismal biology at Ohio State and a lead author of the paper.
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Snow has a history in this area of research. She has found that genes from crop plants can persist in related weeds over many generations. In 2002, she led a study that was the first to show that a gene artificially inserted into crop plants to fend off pests could migrate to weeds in a natural environment and make the weeds stronger. She also has served on national panels that monitor and make recommendations about the release of genetically engineered species into the environment.
She is interested in identifying new possible outcomes of the growth of crop-weed hybrids that contain genetic modifications, but she doesn’t take sides about possible risks and benefits of genetically modified crops.
“It’s not always the end of the world if a weed starts to become a lot more common after acquiring a new trait – there may be effective ways to manage that weed,” Snow said. “You just can’t make sweeping generalizations about genetic engineering, and knowledge from ecological studies like ours can help inform risk assessment and biosafety oversight.”
See: http://www.farming.co.uk/news/article/8944

EFITA 2013
24-27 June 2013 - TURIN


EFITA 2013: Sustainable Agriculture through ICT innovation

> Scientific program
See: http://www.efita2013.org/
web/documentos/programa_efita13.pdf

> Poster session
See:
http://www.efita2013.org/
web/documentos/posterlist.pdf

> The acts of the EFITA2013 congress
See:
http://www.informatique-agricole.org/Efita_2013/final%20pdf%20EFITA/EFITAFullpapers.pdf


See: http://www.efita2013.org

Contact: Prof. Remigio BERRUTO
E-mail: remigio.berruto(a)unito.it

Don't Pee on the Golf Course --- Even if you are not a golfer, this is funny. Enjoy!

A little old lady was walking down the street dragging two large plastic garbage bags behind her. One of the bags was ripped and every once in a while a $20 fell out onto the sidewalk.

Noticing this, a policeman stopped her, and said, "Ma'am, there are $20 bills falling out of that bag."

"Oh, really? Darn it!" said the little old lady. "I'd better go back and see if I can find them. Thanks for telling me officer.

"Well, now, not so fast," said the cop. Where did you get all that money? You didn't steal it, did you?"

"Oh, no, no", said the old lady. "You see, my back yard is right next to a Golf course. A lot of Golfers come and pee through a knot hole in my fence, right into my flower garden. It used to really tick me off. Kills the flowers, you know. Then I thought, 'why not make the best of it?" "So, now, I stand behind the fence by the knot hole, real quiet, with my hedge clippers. Every time some guy sticks his thing through my fence, I surprise him, grab hold of it and say, O.K., buddy! Give me $20, or off it comes."

"Well, that seems only fair," said the cop, laughing. "OK. Good luck!" "Oh, by the way, what's in the other bag?"

"Not everybody pays."


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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: harkin(a)iol.ie


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