Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 18 June 2018
EFITA newsletter / 831 - European Federation for Information Technology
in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
2018 Farm Progress Show
28 – 30 August 2018 - BOONE, Iowa
Nation's largest outdoor farm show! 600+ exhibitors - latest ag technology,
products, services, field demonstrations…
See: https://www.farmprogressshow.com
Digital animal farming theme at EuroTier 2018
13 - 16 November 2018 - Hanover/Germany
See: https://www.eurotier.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/#!/news/digital-animal-farming-theme-at-eurotier-2018_5a966180
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And intellectuals who call themselves "progressive" really hate progress (Steven Pinker – TED conference)
See: https://ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_is_the_world_getting_better_or_worse_a_look_at_the_numbers#t-1096142
2018 meteorology in the North of Europe
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Connecterra Raises €4.2m Series A for AI-powered Dairy Tech
Connecterra’s Intelligent Dairy Farmers Assistant “Ida” is an artificial intelligence-powered service that uses data collected from dairy cows to offer meaningful insights and recommendations. Ida’s mission is to help farmers’ run the worlds most efficient dairy farm.
See: https://agfundernews.com/breaking-connecterra-raises-e4-2m-series-ai-powered-dairy-tech.html
See: https://www.connecterra.io/
OpenPD
Plant pest and disease identification is critical and normally a slow process. OpenPD is a mobile app that provides an on-the-field and on-the-fly system for fast identification of plant pests and diseases. It is easy to use, based on open community and peer learning, supported by European funded ICT frameworks and our development.
See: http://www.openpd.eu/en/home/
Blockchain: A Disruption waiting to happen in Agricultural Supply Chains
AgriBusinesses, both towards input and output side of the agriculture ecosystem, are getting interested in data science in general and blockchain in particular.
See: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blockchain-disruption-waiting-happen-agricultural-supply-pareek/
The Science, and Art, of Hyperspectral Image Analysis
Automation is being touted as the wave of the future for analyzing geospatial imagery. But not all data types are created, or can be treated, equally. Hyperspectral analysis has come a long way...
See: http://www.harrisgeospatial.com/Company/News/News-Detail/TabId/3024/ArtMID/11139/ArticleID/23460/The-Science-and-Art-of-Hyperspectral-Image-Analysis.aspx
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Quickly Assess UAV Data Collects in the Field with PrecisionPass™
Data collected by UAVs has become invaluable to projects of all scopes and sizes. However, as the number of UAVs collecting data has increased, so have problems related to the quality of the data collected.
See: http://www.harrisgeospatial.com/SoftwareTechnology/PrecisionPass.aspx
Harris Geospatial Solutions...
...has more than 30 years of experience developing scientifically proven solutions using cutting-edge technology. Today, organizations across industries use our in-depth knowledge of advanced geospatial analytics, machine learning, and remotely sensed data to make better decisions.
See: http://www.harrisgeospatial.com/
Collaboration, Health and the Future Farmer: Key Lessons on the Future of Ag
The food and agriculture industry is changing, and it’s happening faster than many realize. At our event two weeks ago, we covered several topics including agricultural exports, the convergence of food and health, the rise of alternative proteins, and the potential of indoor farming. These are my five key takeaways from the discussions of the week.
See: https://agfundernews.com/collaboration-health-future-farmer-key-lessons-future-ag.html
Forget Self-Driving Tractors; Agriculture’s AI Should be Modeled on Iron Man, by Joseph Byrum
Many elements of agricultural AI are already available but, as with autonomous vehicles, we’re still in the early stages. It will take time to refine augmented intelligence systems for agriculture so that they are readily accessible and fit in the pocket. Such a tool could never be as cool as an armored suit that can fly, but the ability to outperform the competition through science is the only superpower most farmers will ever need.
See: https://agfundernews.com/forget-self-driving-tractors-agricultures-ai-modeled-iron-man.html
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AgriProtein Raises $105m for Insect Farms by Louisa Burwood-Taylor
AgriProtein, the insect farming business, has raised $105 million in equity and debt into its UK holding company from a large, overseas listed corporate financial institution that could not be disclosed.
See: https://agfundernews.com/breaking-agriprotein-raises-105m-insect-farms.html
See: http://www.agriprotein.com
Indigo Ag Makes Bid to Become Agtech Marketplace, Launches Ag Data Platform
Indigo Agriculture, the agtech startup best known for plant microbiome technology — and raising a
cool $400 million in four years — is making a bid to become an agtech product distributor and digital platform.
See: https://agfundernews.com/indigo-ag-makes-bid-to-become-agtech-marketplace.html
The Future of Venture Capital at Bayer-Monsanto: It’s Complicated
See: https://agfundernews.com/the-future-of-venture-capital-at-bayer-monsanto.html
Global inequality increased for 2 centuries and is now falling
This chart shows the distribution of annual income among all world citizens. To make incomes comparable across countries and time, daily income is measured in constant International Dollars (int-$).
The distribution of incomes is shown at 3 points in time.
- In 1800 the majority of the world lived in poverty, with incomes similar to the poorest countries in Africa today. Our data entry on global poverty shows that in 1820 between 85% and 95% of the world lived in absolute poverty.
- By 1975, 175 years later, the world had changed substantially—it was much more unequal. As we can see in the chart below, the world income distribution became 'bimodal': it had the shape of a camel. The world was divided into a poor developing world and a 10-times richer developed world.
- Over the following 3 decades, the world income distribution again changed dramatically. The poorer countries, especially in South-East Asia, started catching up. The two-humped camel shape changed into a one-humped 'dromedary' shape. World income inequality declined, and the distribution shifted to the right. Compared to 1975, the world has become richer and less unequal.
See: https://ourworldindata.org/income-inequality
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A bit risqué, but funny so read at your own peril...
After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply for Social Security.
The woman behind the counter asked me for my driver's license to verify my age.
I looked in my pockets and realized I had left my wallet at home. I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I would have to go home and come back later.
The woman said, 'Unbutton your shirt'.
So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver hair.
She said, 'That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me' and she processed my Social Security application.
When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the Social Security office.
She said, 'You should have dropped your pants. You might have gotten disability too.'
And then the fight started
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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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