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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 16 June 2014 EFITA newsletter / 652 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment To correspond with me (GW), please use this address: guy.waksman(a)laposte.net Whenever the world makes you cynical, stop & think of these men President OBAMA on the 70th anniversary of #DDay See: http://youtu.be/ewcQ9hCP9rM Voir : http://www.elysee.fr/DDAY70/ Smart Farming 18-19 June 2014 – PARIS See: http://www.smartagrimatics.eu Ma remark (GW): I will try to say hello this week to my old friends and ex-colleagues involved in SmartAgrimatics.
Planting for Profit, and Greater Good Jason Aramburu, who developed a sensor and smartphone app to help plants thrive, looks to use them to fight drought and food shortages See: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/08/business/planting-for-profit-and-greater-good.html?ref=science&_r=2 Videos: Viewing farming from a new angle for 2014 Growers are spending cash on unmanned aerial vehicles and high-end video cameras and they're documenting their work. Watch these 8 videos from this year's growing season to see farming from a new angle. See: http://farmindustrynews.com/blog/viewing-farming-new-angle-2014 See: http://farmindustrynews.com/blog/viewing-farming-new-angle-2014?page=2 Gallery: Day 1 of Shell Rotella SuperRigs The 32nd annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs competition was held at the zMAX Dragway, which is part of Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., from May 15-17 for the biggest SuperRigs ever. With a theme of “Go Big,” the event hosted big rigs, over $25,000 in cash and prizes, access to two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, live concerts and more. See: http://farmindustrynews.com/truckspickups/day-1-shell-rotella-superrigs Drought Monitor Reflects Improvement Across Midwest (profarmer.com) For the contiguous 48 states, the U.S. Drought Monitor shows 54% drought-free, compared to 52% last week. Drought improvement was seen across the Midwest, South, West and High Plains regions, as an active weather system moved from the Central... See: http://www.profarmer.com/news-analysis/more/midwest-crop-tour/drought-monitor-reflects-improvement-across-midwest PlantLab (NL) We are living in interesting times. This is an understatement as far as cultivation in greenhouses is concerned. We will outline three developments that after 10,000 years of land cultivation on the plains of the earth’ could completely change the face of crop growing. See: http://www.plantlab.nl/4.0/ Find a job in UK Agriculture See: http://agriculture-jobs.co.uk/ DairyICT Project: ICT in large and small dairy systems See: http://www.dairyict.org/research.html FarmFUSE Project: Fusion of multi-source and multi-sensor information on soil and crop for optimized crop production See: http://www.farmfuse.eu/ USER-PA: Usability of environmentally sound and reliable techniques in precision agriculture See: http://www.fisaonline.de/index.php?act=projects&p_id=6888&lang=en ITApic: Application of information technologies in precision apiculture See: http://www.itapic.eu/ ICT in French Agriculture (by Isagri) L’agriculture est un secteur de pointe qui utilise les dernières technologies. Du guidage Rtk aux cartes de modulations retrouvez toutes les informations sur des technologies qui font progresser l’agriculture. See: http://www.terre-net.fr/nouvelles-technologies/t352 See: http://www.isagri.com/Ressources/Pages/Accueil.aspx See: http://www.isagri.com/frontoffice/about-isagri/key-figures-247.aspx
The impact of innovation on the Australian dairy industry See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uTSHwikGms The other side of corporate farming Corporate agriculture may sometimes be perceived as a threat to family farming in Australia, but often over-looked are the benefits it can provide to young farmers starting out in the industry, writes Senior Consultant Kate Leahy. See: http://www.coxinall.com.au/the-other-side-of-corporate-farming/ Debunking Anti-Wind Myth of 14000 Abandoned Wind Turbines in California (but I do not like too much the Wind Turbines anyway!) See: http://www.wind-works.org/cms/index.php?id=340&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1679&cHash=a6ffbf36a98ab3ba82069d2486ebd7ae See: http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/abandoned-turbines-another-madigan-wind-energy-myth-debunked-76570 Against climate change denial See : http://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php My remark (GW): There is no need to believe in climate change to think we should spare fossile energy sources.
How To Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity in retirement? 1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars... watch 'em Slow Down! 2. On all your check stubs, write 'For Marijuana'! 3. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face. 4. When The Money Comes Out of The ATM, Scream 'I Won! I Won!' 5. When Leaving the Zoo, start Running towards the Car Park, Yelling 'Run For Your Lives! They're Loose!' 6. Tell Your Children over dinner: “Due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go…”. 7. Go to a large Department store’s fitting room, drop your drawers to your ankles and yell out: “There is no paper in here!”. 8. Pick up a box of condoms at the pharmacy, go to the counter and ask where the fitting room is. Send This E-mail To Someone To Make Them Smile. It's called 'therapy' ! 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. Without your support, it will not survive! 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_140616_652.htm
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