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Châtenay-Malabry (FR
- 92290), 27 April 2015
EFITA newsletter / 692 - 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
Rencontres de Agro EDI Europe
4 juin 2015 - PARIS
- La traçabilité des produits phytosanitaires et semences
- La mise en œuvre du projet SC TRACE en lien avec les nouvelles dispositions
réglementaires
Voir : http://agroedieurope.fr/ftp/telechargements/150330programmefinal3.pdf
ERANET ICT-AGRI action plan 2016: a consultation
1 July – POZNAN
In 2012 ICT-AGRI published a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA). The SRA
describes the main challenges, goals and solution domains of the application
of ICT and robotics in the agricultural sector. An objective of the current
second phase of ICT-AGRI is to produce annual Action Plans for the implementation
of this SRA with suggestions for specific actions to be taken.
The ICT-AGRI 2016 Action Plan will have a focus on ‘Farm Management and
Information Systems’, which is considered a main application area for
ICT and robotics in agriculture and will serve for the 2016 call for projects.
The farm management and information system (FMIS) is defined as the backbone
system for ICT and robotic solution domains. FMIS provides a common user
interface across solution domains as well as a repository for farm information
(fields, crops, buildings, facilities, inventories, animals, past operations,
goals, quality measures, etc.). FMIS also includes tools for communication
and information exchange with external bodies, e.g. providers, food chains
and government agencies.
An efficient FMIS is based on defined agronomic information that effectively
reflects agricultural production and its inherent decision-making processes.
Decision support systems (DSSs) provide information for economically and
environmentally appropriate farm management, and thus help the farmer
in his daily work. The necessary information exchange requires interoperability
between products from different vendors.
The FMIS of tomorrow will be a modular system. Farmers must be able to
choose which modules or services they want to use. Some of the services
will be available for free, whilst others will require subscriptions.
These services need to work together, integrate and interoperate as one
transparent FMIS. A desktop client could synchronize the online and desktop
databases in order to integrate all necessary services. The interoperability
of common software components, however, can only be achieved when research
institutions, end-users and manufacturers are prepared to work together
(to co-create or co-innovate). The involved parties must agree on certain
(open) standards (process models, information models and semantics, messages,
code lists, etc.) and overcome problems of information privacy and the
reluctance to share information, as well as social and cultural barriers.
>>> Programme
> ERANET ICT AGRI 2.0: update on main activities and results by Iver
Thysen
> EIP Focus groups and results of ‘Mainstreaming Precision Farming’
by Ana Cuadrado Galván and Kees Lokhorst
> Introduction of the draft Action plan 2016 FMIS by Jack Verhoosel
> Group discussion on topics from this action plan
> Wrap up workshop
Please register for the EFITA conference: http://www.efita2015.org
See: http://ict-agri.eu/
For workshop no extra registration is needed.
Contact: C. (Kees) LOKHORST
E-mail: kees.lokhorst(a)wur.nl
European Conference on Precision Agriculture
12-16 July 2015 – Volcani Center – Israel
See: http://www.ecpa2015.com/
InfoAg in
28-30 July 2015 - ST. LOUIS (MI)
See: http://infoag.org/
GeoUAV
1-2 October 2015, LA GRANDE MOTTE, France
The aim of the GeoUAV Workshop is to present advancements in the field
of UAV geospatial data acquisition for civil usages. Themes and topics
will include general purpose technological and data processing developments
as well as application domains such as agriculture, environment, civil
engineering, archeology, etc.
See: https://geouav.teledetection.fr/
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EFITA
2015
29 June 2015 - 2 July 2015
POZNAN (Poland)
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EFITA 2015: Sustainable Agriculture through ICT innovation
It is a great pleasure to invite you to attend EFITA/WCCA/CIGR
2015 Conference which will take place in Poznan, Poland from June
29 to July 2, 2015.
EFITA/WCCA/CIGR 2015 is a joint conference of three associations:
European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food
and the Environment (EFITA), International Network for Information
Technology in Agriculture – World Congress on Computers in Agriculture
(INFITA – WCCA) and International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering – Technical Section VII: Information Technology (CIGR
VII). All these associations deal with the use of ICT in the agri-food,
bioresource and biomass sectors. These, and not only, will also be
the leading topics during the conference sessions.
We hope that the Polish hospitality will make this conference truly
memorable, including social and networking activities that are aimed
at forging collaboration and exploring ideas through multidisciplinary
approaches. It is important that professionals meet up on a regular
basis to interact, network and exchange ideas and knowledge. It is
only by sharing ideas that we develop new ones that catalyze technological
advancement.
Hoping to see you all in Poznan,
See: http://www.efita2015.org
Jerzy
WERES
E-mail: weres(a)up.poznan.pl
Chair of the EFITA/WCCA/CIGR 2015 Committee
prof. Wojciech Mueller
POLSITA President
dr. Janina Rudowicz-Nawrocka
Secretary of the EFITA/WCCA/CIGR 2015 Committee
E-mail: jrn(a)up.poznan.pl |
The Research Group in AgroICT & Precision Agriculture (GRAP / Spain)
> Presentation section: http://www.grap.udl.cat/en/presentation/index.html
> Research section: http://www.grap.udl.cat/en/research/index.html
> Publications section: http://www.grap.udl.cat/en/publications/index.html
> Media section: http://www.grap.udl.cat/en/news/index.html
Using technology for efficient farm practices (Willie Vogt / Farm Industry
News)
Illinois producer uses technology to bring information from field
to office for maximum efficiency.
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/electronics/using-technology-efficient-farm-practices
Mobile apps to use on the farm this spring
> Extreme Beans: One calculator calculates optimal seeding rate. You
choose region, cost per 140,000 seeds and the price you pay per bushel
sold. The calculator offers the seeding rate for max return, 99% return
and 95% return.
The other calculator in the app offers input breakeven costs. In this
calculator, you input the average price of your soybean sales per bushel,
then estimate costs of seed, nutrients, seed treatments, inoculant, fungicide,
fertilizer, insecticide and other products. The results calculate the
bushels required to pay for the extra inputs used.
> Fertilizer Cost Application: Fertilizer cost calculator estimates
the value of nitrogen per unit of phosphorus source, along with the cost
per unit of P2O5 with our without nitrogen value. All costs are based
on user-entered cost per bulk.
> TankMix: Calculate the amount of product needed to treat a specific
field area, or calculate for tank size. You can also calculate amount
of water needed or amount of product to get a specific volume-to-volume
ratio.
> Corn planting calculator: Users select desired population, cost per
acre, seed counts and spacing. The app then calculates the cost per acre
for that crop.
> SpraySelect: Select the right nozzle for your spraying application
with this app from TeeJet. Input ground speed, spacing and target rate
to see the proper nozzle for your application.
> FarmLogs: See rain on fields, track field operations and get crop
history on the go.
> Planting population calculator: This calculator helps determine plant
population and stands for your fields.
> Growing Degree Days: Track growing degree days on your farm.
> Refuge calculator: To follow refuge guidelines, use this calculator.
Select your county, choose your seed and input acres, bags of seed, etc.
There are also diagrams for refuge locations.
> Farm at Hand: his cloud-based app lets farmers track field details
and operations (including planting, spraying, etc.), equipment, crops
in storage, contracts and deliveries.
> Mix Tank: This app features a mix guide, mix sheets, spray logs.
There is weather information with wind speed and direction available at
an extra charge. The database includes herbicides, fungicides, insecticides,
adjuvents and foliar nutrition.
> Fertilizer Removal by Crop: When planning fertilizer applications,
check this app. Select your crop and yield goal, and it will show the
amount of nutrients needed for the desired yield. You can save the results
and email them, too.
> Corn N Rate Calculator
This app helps farmers select a nitrogen rate to improve profitability.
Along with a calculator to find the maximum return to nitrogen, there
are guidelines and nitrogen credits. Calculations can be emailed.
See: http://cornandsoybeandigest.com/corn/mobile-apps-use-farm-spring
REVISED LIVING WILL FORM
I,…NAME and SURNAME………………………………………………………., BEING OF SOUND MIND AND BODY,
DO NOT WISH TO BE KEPT ALIVE INDEFINITELY BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS.
Under no circumstances should my fate be put in the hands of pinhead partisan
politicians who couldn’t pass ninth grade biology if their lives depended
on it, or lawyers/doctors/hospitals interested in simply running up the
bills.
If a reasonable amount of time passes, and I fail to ask for at least one
of the following: an Old Fashion, a Martini, a Single Malt Scotch, a glass
of Red Wine, a Steak, Fried Chicken, who’s the good-looking woman on Fox
News, where’s the remote, who won the PGA Tour tournament, who is leading
in NASCAR points, a bowl of ice cream, Sex or Chocolate: it should be presumed
that I won’t ever get better.
When such a determination is reached, I hereby instruct my appointed person
and attending physicians to pull the plug, reel in the tubes, and call it
a day. At this point, it is time to call the Bag Pipers to come do their
thing at my funeral, and ask all of my friends to raise their glasses to
toast the good times we have had.
Signature: ………………………..
Date: ……………………………….
P.S. I also hear that in Ireland they have a Nursing Home with a Pub. The
patients are happier, and they have a lot more visitors. Some of them don’t
even need embalming when their time comes. If anyone knows the name of this
happy place, PLEASE pass it on!
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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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