Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 21 November 2016


EFITA newsletter / 757 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment



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The situation as seen by "La Tribune de Genève" (Switzerland)

Translation from French Trust him He is a demagogue They never keep their promises A thought for today No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed, and love of power. - P.J. O'Rourke, writer (1947 -)

Stalin and Mao dreamed about it, Trump is trying to kill the American dream. Putin dreamed about it, Farage and Johnson, Le Pen and Orban as well as Iglesias... are trying to kill the European Union dream. But I hope that the American dream as well as the European one are greater than these poor people.

Trump emula a Ortega, Maduro y Putin: El presidente electo de Estados Unidos es ignorante, inculto y mentiroso
Óscar Arias Sánchez fue presidente de Costa Rica de 1986 a 1990 y de 2006 a 2010 y obtuvo el Premio Nobel de la Paz en 1987 por sus gestiones para la pacificación de Centroamérica)
Ver: http://internacional.elpais.com/
internacional/2016/11/10/america/1478797135_723369.html

Protesting is fun even when everything is OK

Isagri: A success story in ICT for Agriculture and Food Industry
> Turn over: 152M€
> Nb of employees : 1400
> CEO: Jean-Marie-Savalle (right) awarded Gold medal of the French Academy of Agriculture in 2016 with Guy Waksman, member of the French Academy of Agriculture

See: http://www.isagri.fr


Sowing innovation, harvesting prosperity: CTA’s Strategic Plan 2016–2020
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) is a joint international institution of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the European Union (EU).
CTA has organised its activities under two operational programmes:
> Policies, Markets, and Information & Communication Technologies (PMI)
> Knowledge Management and Communication (KMC)
The PMI and KMC programmes are supported by a unit devoted to promoting organisational learning and effective monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment (LME).
See: http://www.cta.int/en/
See: http://www.cta.int/en/about/our-strategy.html


Death Associated With Prolonged TV Viewing (and not related to GMO, pesticides or ICT – GW)
See: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26215832


AppsforAgri (NL)
Since 1st November 2016, AppsforAgri has acquired Nieveen & Bouma Agro Weather Services (NBAWS). In the past 10 years, NBAWS has developed numerous interactive tools and models for pest management and crop protection decisions. Due to a stronger demand, NBAWS has joined forces with AppforAgri. Using AppforAgri’s professional knowledge of IT and NBAWS’ indepth meteorological know-how, we will develop even more products and services for optimal and sustainable farming.

>> Nieveen & Bouma Agro Weather Services
NBAWS specialises in the effect of weather on crop protection and crop diseases. Founded in 2007, over 25 models for crop diseases have been established. Furthermore, they have developed a novel way to save on the application of crop protection products, called: SprayWeatherWise. With this tool users can plan crop protection activities around periods with the highest efficacy and get a better understanding about the way that crop protection products behave. Users of NBAWS data are: OCI Agro, Agrifirm, Adama, WeatherOnline Ltd, Newfarm Agriconsult and 365FarmNet.

Erno Bouma (CEO NBAWS) about the merge: “Because technical developments are going so fast, we have teamed up with a strong strategic partner. We can now focus on R&D and the development of our knowledge and innovative products for a sustainable agriculture.”

>> AppsforAgri

In recent years, AppsforAgri has grown rapidly in developing mobile and web application for international agro-companies, such as: Friesland Campina, Nutreco, Bayer en OCI. With our “iCrop” software we offer an innovative solution for agricultural advisory organisations. With this take-over we can now also offer knowledge and information to agricultural community regarding state-of –the-art apps, web services en sensors. Shortly, you will receive more information about our innovative new products and services.

Contact: Corné BRABER, Managing Director AppsforAgri
E-mail: Corne(a)appsforagri.com
See : http://www.appsforagri.com
E-mail: info(a)appsforagri.com

>>> View our portfolio, we are proud of it!
See: http://www.appsforagri.com/nl/cases


CLAAS and Trimble announce Trimble ready option for LEXION combines
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/combines/claas-and-trimble-announce-trimble-ready-option-lexion-combines


Trimble’s Agriculture Division
Trimble’s Agriculture Division provides solutions that solve complex technology challenges across the entire agricultural supply chain. These solutions enable farmers and advisors to allocate scarce resources to produce a safe, reliable food supply in a profitable and environmentally sustainable manner.
Covering all seasons, crops, terrains and farm sizes, Trimble solutions can be used on most equipment on the farm, regardless of manufacturer.
To enable better decision making, Trimble offers technology integration that allows farmers to collect, share, and manage information across their farm, while providing improved operating efficiencies in the agricultural value chain. Trimble solutions include guidance and steering, agronomy coaching, desktop and cloud-based data management, flow and application control, water management, harvest solutions and correction services.
See: http://www.trimble.com/agriculture/index.aspx


Taking to the skies
Farm shows had a few unmanned aerial vehicles for farmers to check out, we've rounded them up here.
See: http://farmindustrynews.com/aerial-imagery/taking-skies

Track N Go is the first ever ''wheel driven track system for pickup trucks''!
This innovative and unique system opens the market to an easier utilisation of track system in winter time.
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZruohbsDHQ
Link provided by Bernard AUXENFANS
E-mail: auxenfansb(a)gmail.com


In the plate, genetically improved final products are more interesting for consumers than GMO that are only useful for producers… ¿Pueden los transgénicos salvar el planeta? - Jordi Pérez Colomé
Ver: http://elpaissemanal.elpais.com/documentos/transgenicos/


Monsanto responds to NYT: Since 1996 when GMO started, soybean yields up 28%, corn up 32% in US
See: http://monsantoblog.com/2016/10/31/monsanto-responds-misleading-new-york-times-gmo-article/


Golf

A man goes golfing with his friend, Harry. He arrives home several hours late.

His wife asks, "What took you so long?"

He replies,"Oh, Ethel, it was a horrible afternoon! On the third hole Harry had a heart attack and died on the spot!"

Ethel says,"Oh, darling! It must have been awful for you!"

The husband replies, "It was hell! Fifteen holes of 'hit the ball, drag Harry, hit the ball, drag Harry...'"

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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
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