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Châtenay-Malabry (FR
- 92290), 16 November 2015
EFITA newsletter / 716 - European Federation for Information Technology
in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
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One century of
fitness efforts
DelPro™ for VMS
herd management software
DeLaval DelPro™ for VMS builds on the international success of this
integrated dairy management software. It offers even more efficiency
and profitability for your dairy farm; and DeLaval system controller
SC provides DelPro with robustness, performance and reliability. With
DeLaval DelPro collecting, analysing and monitoring information from
the VMS, the feed stations, feed wagons, activity meter, and so on,
the system provides you with the information you need to make effective
management decisions for animal health, feeding, reproduction and milking.
See: http://www.delaval.ca/-/Product-Information1/Management/Systems/Dairy-management-DelPro/DelPro-for-VMS-herd-management-software/
Herd Navigator™ features / De Laval
- Automatic milk sampling during milking, and analysis of specific
milk indicators.
- It analyses four parameters specific for mastitis, reproduction, metabolic
disorders, and feed protein balance.
- Identifies cows in need of special attention – for reproduction, health,
feeding or animal welfare.
- It recommends action plans to improve the cow’s condition.
- It enables fast action before a cow shows any clinical signs of disease.
- Automatic heat detection finds even silent heats, with the “gold standard”
indicator progesterone.
- It improves efficiency in daily tasks, and reduces time and effort
in routine work.
See: http://www.delaval.ca/-/Product-Information1/Management/Systems/Herd-navigator/
Agritechnica: Europe's biggest farm show offers plenty
We captured some initial products and other fun from the first preview
day for Agritechnica 2015.
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/farm-equipment/europes-biggest-farm-show-offers-plenty
Agritechnica: Another round of tech and ideas
In this gallery installment, our second from Agritechnica, we run
through some new tools from Claas, check out a new planter prototype
idea and dig into some other tech tools as well.
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/combines/agritechnica-another-round-tech-and-ideas
New products for precision farming by Jodie Wehrspann
With all of the news about precision farming, it is easy to get
lost in the headlines of product offerings. Over the summer we received
dozens of news release on new apps, modems, management information systems
and cloud-based data sharing centers.
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/blog/precision-farming-roundup-new-products-2016
The elegance of a robot
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/blog/elegance-robot
Excellent blog in English, Spanish and French
See: http://culturagriculture.blogspot.fr/search/label/1-%20English
Present methods for desalination provide water that is too expensive
for farming.
The USA has a particular problem in the West, but the Pacific Ocean
is right next door. What is needed is a low cost system for desalination.
New ideas for desalination… Some 25 years ago a group studying the physics
of water presented an idea that looked very interesting. We built a small
system to test this concept and it worked very well.
If you would like to see a short paper on our results please contact me
via e-mail, hoenig@ece.arizona.edu.
Prof. Stuart A. Hoenig, Emeritus
Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept.
PO Box 210104
University of Arizona
E-mail: hoeing(a)ece.arizona.edu
How mergers damage the economy
See: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/opinion/sunday/how-mergers-damage-the-economy.html?_r=0
My
wife did ...
A man walks in a Bank gets in line and when it was his turn he pulls out
a gun... and robs the Bank!
But, just to make sure that he leaves no witnesses... he turns around
and asks the next customer in line: “Did you see me rob this Bank?”
The customer replies: “Yes!”.
The bank robber raises his gun, points it at the customer and “bang”,
shoots him in the head and kills him.
He quickly moves to the next customer in line and says to the man: "Did
you see me rob this bank?"
The man calmly responds: "No ... I didn't ... but my wife did!".
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After the Paris
attacks, the free and happy city and people that I love so much...
A comment in the NYT of the paper "Paris Attacks Kill More Than
100, Police Say; Border Controls Tightened"
Blackpoodles Santa Barbara 1 day ago
France embodies everything religious zealots everywhere hate: enjoyment
of life here on earth in a myriad little ways: a fragrant cup of coffee
and buttery croissant in the morning, beautiful women in short dresses
smiling freely on the street, the smell of warm bread, a bottle of wine
shared with friends, a dab of perfume, children paying in the Luxembourg
Gardens, the right not to believe in any god, not to worry about calories,
to flirt and smoke and enjoy sex outside of marriage, to take vacations,
to read any book you want, to go to school for free, to play, to laugh,
to argue, to make fun of prelates and politicians alike, to leave worrying
about the afterlife to the dead.
No country does life on earth better than the French.
Paris, we love you. We cry for you. You are mourning tonight, and we with
you. We know you will laugh again, and sing again, and make love, and
heal, because loving life is your essence. The forces of darkness will
ebb. They will lose. They always do.
See: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2015/11/14/world/europe/deadly-attack-in-paris/s/20151114_PARIS_HP-slide-GX2Y.html
If you can read
French (by one of our best cartoonists)
And its conclusion:
Friends from the whole world thank you for #prayforparis, but we don't
need more religion! Our faith goes to music! kisses! life! champagne and
joy! #parisisaboutlife
"For centuries, lovers of death have tried to make us lose life's
flavor," he wrote. "They never succeed."
See: http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2015/11/14/joann-sfar-dessins-attaques-paris_n_8562520.html
See: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2015/11/14/hebdo-cartoonist-eulogizes-paris.html
The Paris motto : Fluctuat nec mergitur
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluctuat_nec_mergitur
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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: mickjharkin(a)gmail.com
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