Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 18 December 2017
EFITA newsletter / 807 - European Federation for Information Technology
in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2018
2018 Precision Farming Dealer Summit
8 - 9 January 2018 - LOUISVILLE (KY)
The only conference focused 100% on equipping you to run a more profitable
precision farming business. Two days of unlimited learning and networking
with the best minds in precision farming today.
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New Ag International: The World's Leading Magazine on High Tech Agriculture
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FAO / AIMS Newsletter no.69, December 2017
See: http://aims.fao.org/activity/newsletter/aims-newsletter-no69-december-2017
How Do Farm Hackers View Venture-Backed Agtech?
Dorn Cox is cofounder of Farm Hack, an online community of farmers founded in 2011, dedicated to sharing plans and advice for building and modifying farming tools and machinery. Cox is also the owner of a 250-acre certified organic farm in New Hampshire that sells more than 100 different products directly to 75 restaurants using an online ordering and logistics management system he built collectively with other farmers in his surrounding area.
The Farm Hack community is made up of mostly Midwestern, upper northeast, and West cost farmers, as well as some in Western Europe. We caught up with Cox to find out how farm hackers view venture-backed agtech and where the gaps are between agtech solutions currently in the marketplace and the small and medium-sized operations in the Farm Hack community.
See: https://agfundernews.com/how-do-farm-hackers-view-venture-backed-agtech.html
(The opposite approach of the above one!) John Deere Connected Support — Expert Alerts Earns Ag Engineering Award
John Deere Connected Support — Expert Alerts has been honored by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) with the AE50 Award for 2018. The AE50 award highlights the year’s most innovative designs in product engineering in the food and agriculture industry, as chosen by a panel of international engineering experts.
Expert Alerts utilizes JDLink machine connectivity and data analytics to predict service needs, reduce diagnostic time and minimize downtime. This results in higher levels of machine availability, improved machine performance and lower cost of operation. Unexpected machine downtime during critical busy times of year is a risk for producers and service providers, especially as farm sizes continue to increase and seasonal operating windows become tighter.
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See: https://www.precisionfarmingdealer.com/articles/3125-john-deere-connected-support-expert-alerts-earns-ag-engineering-award
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Ramping up service support by Willie Vogt
Claas takes high-tech approach to boost field service and parts support
See: http://www.farmindustrynews.com/equipment/ramping-service-support
Climate Smart Agriculture Sourcebook
The Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook draws together a wide range of knowledge and expertise on the concept of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) to better guide policy makers, programme managers, sectoral experts, academics, extensionists, as well as practitioners to make the agricultural sectors (crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry) more sustainable and productive, while responding to the challenges of climate change and food security.
The first edition was originally published in 2013 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) a few years after the concept of CSA was launched at the 2010 Hague Conference on Food Security, Agriculture and Climate Change. This new fully revised digital platform edition of the CSA Sourcebook reflects new scientific insights as well as valuable CSA implementation experience obtained since the publication of the first edition. Five new modules were added: Climate change adaptation and mitigation, Integrated production systems, Supporting rural producers with knowledge of Climate-Smart Agriculture, The role of Gender in Climate-Smart Agriculture, and The theory of change for the CSA approach: a guide to evidence-based implementation at the country level.
Furthermore, the 18 existing modules were completely revised, restructured and updated in the three main sections of the Sourcebook: Concept, Production and Resources, and Enabling Frameworks. Similar to the process of creating the 2013 first edition, this update involved inputs from across FAO’s technical units, as well as numerous external partners and experts.
On this digital platform, the Sourcebook will become a “living” document in which any section or module can be updated when needed to reflect the evolving scientific insights and practical experience in CSA. Suggestions for resources to include can be sent to climate-smart(a)fao.org.
See: http://www.fao.org/climate-smart-agriculture-sourcebook/en/
Drones: Farmers Are Looking for True Autonomy Now That the Hype is Over
As the hype fades and more growers test out drones on their own operations, what they really want from drone-focused technology is becoming clearer and raising the bar for startups in the field.
See: https://agfundernews.com/drones-farmers-autonomy.html
Seed drill depth control system for precision seeding
See: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168169917307834#.Wi9x_Yf7iSI.linkedin
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Nativity... (You will have the opportunity to tell this joke as long as you will enjoy Christmas and your life. Just change location and names… – GW)
The US Supreme Court has ruled that there cannot be a Live Nativity Scene on Capitol Hill this Christmas season.
This isn't for any religious reason. They simply have not been able to find Three Wise Men in the Nation's Capital.
A search for a Virgin also continues.
The role of the Little Jesus boy has been refused to Donald Trump as well as to Barack Obama for obvious reasons.
There was no problem, however, finding enough asses to fill the stable.
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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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