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7 Factors That Could Make or Break Digital Farming .../... Finally, digital farming must be economical and scalable, and the platform must create and deliver value for all stakeholders. Economics, scalability, and value creation ensure that the platform and its presented capability will be used and profitably integrated. The genie is out of the bottle, and these concepts are a part of digital farming and are leading an agricultural revolution. See: http://www.precisionag.com/service-providers/business-management/7-factors-that-could-make-or-break-digital-farming/ Nigeria: ”Knowledge and perception of farmers on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in Ife-Central Local Government Area of Osun State: Implications for rural development” in Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development (JAERD). See: http://academicjournals.org/journal/JAERD/article-abstract/30FD8EB56129 Information about this paper provided by Ehud GELB Mail: ehud.gelb(a)mail.huji.ac.il Garford’s Robo-pilot for row-crop tractor guidance An alternative to GNSS satellite-based guidance for tractors working in row crops has been developed from a precision hoeing system to further increase accuracy and reduce operator fatigue when carrying out row-crop operations. See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Machinery/Articles/2018/4/Garfords-Robo-pilot-for-row-crop-tractor-guidance-271950E/ How to distinguish maize from soybean on satellite images A new technique to distinguish maize and soybean fields on satellite images has been developed. See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Machinery/Articles/2018/4/How-to-distinguish-maize-from-soybean-on-satellite-images-273541E/ Sometimes ‘ready-to-use’ proves less ready than expected The Dutch National Experimental Ground for Precision Farming (NPPL) is gaining momentum. The government initiative to boost precision farming with expert support for 6 practical arable farmers is starting to bear fruit. Or rather – it is becoming clear here and there why precision farming fails to break through in to the farmer’s day to day practise. See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Smart-farmers/Articles/2018/4/Sometimes-ready-to-use-proves-less-ready-than-expected-277692E/
How a high-tech robot is running a UK cheese cave Despite having been in the cheesemaking business for 20 years, Richard Calver says he’s still got plenty to learn. See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Machinery/Articles/2018/3/How-a-high-tech-robot-is-running-a-UK-cheese-cave-3066WP/ Western Australia rural telecoms fund Farms and other agricultural businesses in Western Australia can apply for match-funding grants to improve digital technologies helpful to their enterprises. See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Tools-data/Articles/2018/3/Western-Australia-rural-telecoms-fund-257680E/ How Will Grower-Owned Digital Ag Tools Change the Game? by Emma Cosgrove A telecom executive and a grower cooperative and IBM are coming together to create a new set of digital ag tools. The Grower Information Services Cooperative (GiSC) is a farmer-owned cooperative storage system for data that offers cloud-based data capture software. The telecom exec is Ronald LeMay, who along with being the former CEO of FarmLink, GoGo Inflight Internet Services, Japan Telecom, and Sprint PCS, is also the founder of Main Street Data. See: https://agfundernews.com/grower-owned-digital-ag-tools.html PrecisionHawk Partners with FAA on Blueprint for Flying Beyond Visual Line of Sight by louisa Burwood-Taylor The potential for drones to revolutionize the agriculture industry reached fever pitch in 2015 when startups selling drone hardware, services and imagery analysis software to the industry raised $326 million from venture capital investors. That was a 189% increase on 2014, according to AgFunder data. See: https://agfundernews.com/drones-agriculture-precisionhawk-partners-faa.html
Top 10 Most Intelligent Animals See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQMP74-XziI Bee Vectoring Technology See: http://www.beevt.com/about/bee-vectoring-technology/ See: https://youtu.be/K2UfwhnyWzU Two elderly gentlemen... Two elderly gentlemen... from a retirement centre were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turns to the other and says: 'Slim, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?' Slim says, 'I feel just like a new-born baby.' ‘Really!? Like a new-born baby!?' 'Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.'
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