EFITA Newsletter / 752

Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 3 october 2016

EFITA newsletter / 752 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment

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¿Por qué somos tan pesimistas? Gerver Torres (El Pais)
Los datos demuestran que, en comparación con épocas pasadas, vivimos mejor que nunca. Pero la inclinación del cerebro humano es prestar más atención a las noticias negativas y ponerse en alerta. Ser conscientes de ello ayuda a corregirlo.
Sin embargo, al ser conscientes de esa tendencia casi natural a ser precavidos y hasta pesimistas, podemos matizarla o corregirla. Primero, apelando siempre a los datos más objetivos sobre la evolución de la humanidad en los múltiples campos donde ella se produce, y segundo, entendiendo que para acometer un acto de creación no necesariamente tenemos que ser absolutamente negativos y devaluar todo aquello sobre lo cual vamos a construir. Podemos adoptar siempre la actitud del que reconoce los avances logrados y plantea nuevas metas y posibilidades. Una disposición más optimista nos mantendrá al final más alegres, más felices, al tiempo que nos hará más eficientes y productivos.
Ver: http://elpaissemanal.elpais.com/confidencias/por-que-somos-tan-pesimistas/

The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity (Steven Pinker)
See: http://www.ed.ac.uk/arts-humanities-soc-sci/news-events/lectures/gifford-lectures/archive/series-2012-2013/pinker

The conclusion in English from the two above links (GW): I am deeply convinced that a reasonable optimism is necessary. Optmistic people are more funny, more happy, more efficient and productive… Does that surprise you?

Transforming agriculture to address climate change and other global challenges (FAO)
See: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/435876/icode/

Irrigation products and Cat goes consumer - Sep 26, 2016
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/farm-equipment/irrigation-products-and-cat-goes-consumer

Monsanto announces $1.6 million investment in system to help ag quantify greenhouse gas reductions
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/farm-equipment/monsanto-announces-16-million-investment-system-help-ag-quantify-greenhouse-gas-reduc

Agrimetrics
The UK Government's Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, published in July 2013, is accelerating growth in the Agri-Tech sector, with funding for four new Centres for Agricultural Innovation that advances the development, adoption and exploitation of new technologies in the agri-food sector.
See: http://www.agrimetrics.co.uk/

365FarmNet - the innovative software solution for your entire agricultural holding
With 365FarmNet, the free field mapping service, you can manage the whole of your agricultural business from manufacturers to every branch of the industry from home or when you are out and about.
You will find all the information on your business clearly set out in a single programme, from cultivation planning to harvest, from field to stable, from documentation to operating analysis.
See: https://www.365farmnet.com/en/

Let the robot clean the dairy barn floor
Keeping ahead of dairy manure for cows in freestall barns isn't easy, but a clean barn floor means cleaner hooves, tails and udders; and better health for the long term. Lely is helping the process with the development of the Discovery 120 Collector, a robot designed for solid floors that can take manure away rather than scraping it to the side.
Lely has a long history of robots that work in slatted floors to clean the barn. With this new machine, manure is collected and then released above a dumping location. The Discovery 120 Collector uses water to thin the manure and a vacuum pump to collect the slurry in a manure tank.
Water from the unit is sprayed from the front and back. Spraying from the front results in better manure intake, and from the back to leave behind a wed floor for better grip. The water is tanked independently and is stored in two water bags in the manure tank. As the manure tank gets filled the volume of the water bags decreases, creating more space for the manure.
This robot also knows where it's going by using built-in sensors. It navigates independently without the need for cables or other devices to get the job done. The first machines will be available from January 2017 in Benelux, France, Germany and Switzerland. The device will be available in other countries later in the year. You can learn more at lely.com/collector.
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/farm-equipment/electric-steering-new-compact-tractor-robot-barn-cleaner
Voir : https://www.lely.com/fr/batiment/batiment-et-soins/discovery-collector/

Greenpeace founder pushes hard for Golden Rice by Willie Vogt
Patrick Moore is frustrated by the anti-science rhetoric used to hinder development of crops that offer human health benefits. His focus is now on Golden Rice.
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/biotech-traits/greenpeace-founder-pushes-hard-golden-rice

Deal perfekt: Bayer übernimmt Monsanto
Sehen: http://seppi.over-blog.com/2016/09/le-deal-parfait-bayer-rachete-monsanto.html

Dạy Bóng Bàn Vợt Dọc ( = Table tennis ? – video viewed 36 millions times)
Voir : https://www.facebook.com/daybongbanvotdoc/videos/336546530013167/

A man takes his Rotteweiller to the vet

'My dog's cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him?'

'Well,' says the vet, 'let's have a look at him'

So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then checks his teeth.

Finally, he says, 'I'm going to have to put him down.'

'What? Because he's cross-eyed?'

'No, because he's really heavy'

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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".
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