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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 24 March 2014 EFITA newsletter / 642 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment 5th CAPIGI conference: connecting the future 2 – 4 April - AMSTERDAM What links precision farming to the CAP? The 5th CAPIGI conference 2-4 April 2014 in Amsterdam provides the answer by looking at the recently published Delegated Acts (and more to come), the Climate Smart Agriculture and the Roadmap to a low-carbon economy, greening measures and other aspects of the European policies affecting the way we do farming in the future. With a focus on geospatial technologies, data and knowledge, CAPIGI brings together experts from governments, research, industry and the agricultural sector to discuss the added value of geospatial information in the field. >>> Keynotes by: - Mrs Elies Lemkes – President of the largest Dutch Farmers association ZLTO; - Corné Kempenaar – First Dutch professor of Precision Agriculture; - Peter Pickel – Chairman of ETP on Agro Engineering and Technologies; - Reinhard Blasi – Market Development at European Commission; - Mrs Anne van Doorn – Senior scientist and CAP expert at Wageningen UR; - Simon Kay – Senior Policy Officer at DG-CLIMA; Join the conference to meet other stakeholders in the agro-geo-informatics domain, to get inspired and informed, to see what business have to offer, to take part in initiatives and innovations and to express your views on how precision farm can be linked to the CAP. And also, come to CAPIGI for the PechaKucha, the new Social Media Competition, and the launchparty of the first Sentinel satellite as part of Copernicus! See: http://www.capigi.eu Precision Aerial Ag Show (PAAS), exposition for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) use in agriculture 9 - 10 July 2014 - Progress City USA, Decatur, Ill. UAVs are commonly called "drones." UAV manufacturers and suppliers and related equipment for agricultural application will demonstrate their products. University researchers, manufacturers, and farmers who have used UAVs will present key agricultural uses. See: http://www.paas2014.com/ XII World Congress on Computers in Agriculture and Natural Resources - WCCA 2014 27 – 30 July 2014 - San Pedro, San José, Costa Rica WCCA 2014 provides a forum for agriculture related professionals to exchange information on applications and developments in the use of Information Technologies. Deadline period to submit papers until: March 30th, 2014. See: http://wcca2014.org 
DuPont Pioneer launches whole-farm decision service Computer-based information system helps growers make decisions using predictive analytics and the help of an agronomist. Think of it as a supercomputer in your living room--and an agronomist on the couch. This month, DuPont Pioneer, the seed genetics business unit of DuPont, held a news conference announcing the unveil of its decision support service that crunches weather, farm and market data and pairs you up with a certified crop advisor to analyze the results. See: http://farmindustrynews.com/seed/dupont-pioneer-launches-whole-farm-decision-service Seed Makers Barrel Into Technology Business Big agricultural companies say the next revolution on the farm will come from feeding data gathered by tractors and other machinery into computers that tell farmers how to increase their output of crops like corn and soybeans. Monsanto Co., DuPont Co. and other companies are racing to roll out “prescriptive planting” technology to farmers across the U.S. who know from years of experience that tiny adjustments in planting depth or the distance between crop rows can make a big difference in revenue at harvest time. See: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304450904579369283869192124 UNIFARM project UNIFARM coordinates a user forum to present and defend the needs of farmers in the development of GNSS applications and services. It will also serve as a new dissemination channel to increase awareness. UNIFARM brings together precision... See: http://www.project-unifarm.eu/ The majority of farmers across Europe have heard about Precision Agriculture, being a key development for the future. And in fact it is through GNSS developments that Precision Agriculture became widely accepted and popular. The agricultural machine industry nowadays expects much from this development and integrates it within their mechanization and automation systems. Manufacturers indicate that Precision Agriculture contributes significantly to increase labour and economic efficiency and improves the environmental performance of farming. Furthermore governments acknowledge Precision Agriculture as a key technology. The technology allows farmers to reduce inputs while maintaining acceptable income levels. However within the UNIFARM project we believe that more can be done on further promoting the uptake of GNSS and increasing awareness among policymakers and potential users. Within one of the work packages we looked specifically at targeting a number European policies that could benefit from the uptake of GNSS (reaching policy goals) but also foster the uptake of GNSS related technology by users. After analysing a number of European policies we decided to target three policies: 1. The Common Agricultural Policy; 2. The European Space Policy; 3. The Internet of Things part of Future Internet. For each of these policies advice was given on how to stimulate the uptake of GNSS. In total five recommendations were made. Policy advice 1: Facilitate the use of farmer generated GNSS-based geographic data as a source for accountability and mapping within the context of the CAP. Policy advice 2: Proclaim precision agriculture as a way of resource efficient farming and accept that as an option for greening. Policy advice 3: Stimulate the use of location as a key identifier and as an important attribute in IoT. Policy advice 4: Set up a GNSS-signal directly useable for the agricultural sector. Policy advice 5: Increase public awareness and manage expectations of policy makers concerning the capabilities of Galileo. See: http://we.tl/nsxgxCdpg3 60% of Dutch arable farmers use GNSS on tractors See: http://www.project-unifarm.eu/News/Newsarticle/tabid/225/ArticleId/42/60-of-Dutch-arable-farmers-use-GNSS-on-tractors.aspx 55% of Dutch farmers use precision ag tools See: http://www.project-unifarm.eu/News/Newsarticle/tabid/225/ArticleId/78/Survey-55-of-farmers-use-precision-ag-tools.aspx Gallery: California show offers wide range of tools, tech Tulare, Calif., becomes the veritable ag center of the universe every February as more than 100,000 people trek to the World Ag Expo. The show boasts 2.6 million square feet of exhibit area and 260 acres of show grounds. And Team FIN Member Daryl Bridenbaugh was there. Voir : http://farmindustrynews.com/farm-equipment/california-show-offers-wide-range-tools-tech New UAS from Trimble for aerial scouting Trimble announced in late January that it is adding a new Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to its line of products for agriculture. The Trimble UX5 will be available for growers to use for aerial imaging and mapping in order to monitor crop health throughout the growing season. See: http://farmindustrynews.com/precision-farming/new-uas-trimble-aerial-scouting Wearing your next computer? Google launches Android Wear, Samsung has its own take on the smartphone watch and Apple is apparently tinkering with a few things as well. See: http://farmindustrynews.com/blog/wearing-your-next-computer Horsemeat scandal: Health Commissioner Borg threatens more action pending results of new tests See: http://www.vieuws.eu/ food-agriculture/horsemeat-scandal-health-commissioner-borg-threatens-more-action-pending-results-of-new-tests/ Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn argues that innovation is best way out of economic crisis See: http://www.vieuws.eu/ eu-institutions/innovation-is-best-way-out-of-economic-crisis-argues-commissioner-maire-geoghegan-quinn/ Wheat crops at higher risk of disease due to climate change See: http://www.farming.co.uk/news/article/9583 Plan4business Press Release Code Camp 2014 See: http://www.plan4business.eu/cgi-bin/download.pl?f=219.pdf Robots Replacing Humans: Our Automated World See: http://fr.slideshare.net/b2bSEO/robots-replacing-humans-automation
Joys of men v. women: Words A husband read an article to his wife about how many words women use a day... 30,000 to a man's 15,000. The wife replied, 'The reason has to be because we have to repeat everything to men... The husband then turned to his wife and asked, 'What?' The distribution of this efita newsletter is sponsored by vitisphere.com Please, contribute to the content of your efita newsletter, and advertise your events, new publications, new products and new project in this newsletter. Contact: Guy WAKSMAN E-mail: guy.waksman(a)laposte.net To read this newsletter on our web site See: http://www.informatique-agricole.org/gazette/efita/efita_140324_642.htm
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