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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 23 June 2014 EFITA newsletter / 653 - 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 Swiss drums See: http://vimeo.com/20408504 Open Data Hackathon 15-17 September - Latvia University of Agriculture, JELGAVA, Latvia The purpose of the OPEN DATA HACKATHON: - To identify available open and linked open data sources in agriculture, forestry, environment and transport. - To exchange experience between teams and projects developing platforms for open and linked open data. - To establish links between open and linked open data producers, SMEs and free-lance developers. - To support development of new apps based on open data in agriculture, forestry, environment and transport and their commercial exploitation. See: http://isaf2014.info/?page_id=106 U.S. Agriculture Embraces a Wide Range of Sophisticated New Technologies U.S. farmers have a new “killer app” in the war against crop-destroying pests. This one takes advantage of two key technologies – the Internet and smartphones… See: http://worldagnetwork.com/u-s-agriculture-embraces-a-wide-range-of-sophisticated-new-technologies/ Smart Garden Sensor (1) - Aa small gadget for farmers and gardeners See: http://agfundernews.com/edyn-sensor-gardens-small-farms-launches-kickstarter.html Smart Garden Sensor (2) - 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 Smart Agrimatics presentations available on website See: http://www.smartagrimatics.eu/Conference-Information/Programme
Top 10 tillage and planter trends of the year (see Variable rate planting) See: http://farmindustrynews.com/farm-equipment/top-10-tillage-and-planter-trends-year China will profit from feeding the world’s appetite – FT "The countries of the world must do more to make sure that their growing populations will have enough food.However, an unmet need is an investor’s opportunity. And investors everywhere will prosper if they can help the people of the world meet one of the most basic needs of all." See: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/fac53f00-f606-11e3-83d3-00144feabdc0.html Not only hunger, but malnutrition, too See: http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/not-only-hunger-malnutrition-too-302817 Find a job in UK Agriculture See: http://agriculture-jobs.co.uk/ 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 Vilsack Announces Farm Bill Funding for Bioenergy Research, Converting to Biomass Fuel Systems See: http://www.usda.gov/ wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2014/06/0122.xml&contentidonly=true Moms for Pseudoscience – Roundup Edition See: http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/moms-for-pseudoscience-roundup-edition/ Small Talk: Celebrating regional talent and innovation will help to foster growth, says chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses See: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/sme/small-talk-celebrating-regional-talent-and-innovation-will-help-to-foster-growth-says-chairman-of-the-federation-of-small-businesses-9468683.html Syngenta defends Paraquat especially (in a no-till system) See: http://www.stockjournal.com.au/news/agriculture/cropping/general-news/syngenta-defends-paraquat/2699938.aspx Why Google Flu is a failure: the hubris of big data See: http://genome.fieldofscience.com/2014/03/why-google-flu-is-failure-hubris-of-big.html
Biology class exam Students in an advanced Biology class were taking their mid-term exam. The last question was, 'Name seven advantages of Mother's Milk.' The question was worth 70 points or none at all. One student, in particular, was hard put to think of seven advantages. However, he wrote: 1) It is perfect formula for the child. 2) It provides immunity against several diseases. 3) It is always the right temperature. 4) It is inexpensive. 5) It bonds the child to mother, and vice versa. 6) It is always available as needed. And then ... the student was stuck. Finally, in desperation, just before the bell rang indicating the end of the test, he wrote: 7) It comes in two attractive containers and it’s high enough off the ground where the cat can't get it. He got an A.
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