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How archaeology can improve crop input decisions Archaeology could have a role in helping to explain some of the in-field variations detected by drones and satellites, thereby helping farmers make better crop input decisions. See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Tools-data/Articles/2000/1/How-archaeology-can-improve-crop-input-decisions-3590WP/ Pushing for more accessible data by Matt McIntosh Feel overwhelmed by data? If so, you’re more than likely not alone. For farmers and Canada’s rural community in general, data overload can have a direct impact on the adoption of more efficient agriculture techniques – and our understanding of how practical improvements can be made on-farm. See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Tools-data/Articles/2018/4/Pushing-for-more-accessible-data-268274E/ Farming: There's an App for That More farmers are going high tech, maximizing yields of crops by tapping GPS, data analytics, and apps—tools known as precision agriculture. See: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/future-of-food/food-future-precision-agriculture/ New cloud-based crop monitoring platform from EOS Cloud-based (monitoring) systems developed by start-ups are emerging faster and faster nowadays. Californian start-up EOS introduced its Crop Monitoring platform aimed at input suppliers, farmers, commodity traders, crop insurance companies, and all members of the Agriculture supply chain. See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Tools-data/Articles/2018/4/New-cloud-based-crop-monitoring-platform-from-EOS-270080E/ Grain temperature recording with Lishman MiniTemp Blue Bluetooth and mobile device app technology are combined to make it easier for growers and bulk store managers to record grain temperature and make decisions on crop cooling ventilation. See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Tools-data/Articles/2018/4/Grain-temperature-recording-with-Lishman-MiniTemp-Blue-270001E/
Weather data: The next holy grail? Capturing unaffectable variables in plant growth and quality is likely to get a lot easier and a lot less expensive thanks to startups, scale ups and the Internet of Things (IoT). Especially since Lemken and CNH Industrial are starting to (re)sell weather stations. Se: https://www.futurefarming.com/Tools-data/Articles/2018/6/Weather-data-The-next-holy-grail-295966E/ The Precision Ag Corner in New Ag International >>> Remote Crop Sensing, Proximal Crop Sensing See: https://newaginternational.r.worldssl.net/images/flipbooks/PA-NovDec2017-LR-20N.pdf >>> Coloured maps in Precision Agriculture See: https://newaginternational.r.worldssl.net/images/PrecisionAg_March2018.pdf >>> Sensors at work! See: https://newaginternational.r.worldssl.net/images/flipbooks/PrecisionAgCorner-Eng-SepOct.pdf Build a Digital Strategy for Your Farm by Dr. John Fulton See: http://www.cornandsoybeandigest.com/data/tips-build-digital-farm-strategy Digitization that provides safe and transparent mobile solution to Indian farmers SourceTrace Systems specializes in agriculture software mobile applications for developing economies with a primary focus on sustainable agriculture and empowerment of smallholder farmers. SourceTrace farmer centric mobile applications help manage the agriculture value chain all the way to the last mile to enable smallholder farmers participate in global markets. SourceTrace mobile applications are scalable from small co-operatives, farmer producer companies to large agribusiness corporations and government agencies working in the sustainable development sector. SourceTrace mobile applications provide complete visibility from field to market and tracks the value chain at the source – even in remote, low bandwidth environments. eService Everywhere (ESE™) helps to capture all interactions at the touchpoints of the smallholder farmers at the field level for enhanced traceability and improved accountability of the value chain. SourceTrace Systems ESE™ platform sets the industry standard for mobile applications in remote and low-bandwidth environments by successfully deploying in three continents. Real time information allows management to increase operational efficiencies and reduce costs and contributes to “smart” agriculture and incentivizes smallholder farmer organizations to embrace technology and increase their production. See: http://www.sourcetrace.com
Indian Council of Food and Agriculture See: http://icfa.org.in/ Crop Scouting: Part 1 - Tips and Tools See: http://cornandsoybeandigest.com/weeds/crop-scouting-part-1-tips-and-tools Crop Scouting: Part II - Scout for insects early See: http://cornandsoybeandigest.com/insects/crop-scouting-part-ii-scout-insects-early Dutch manufacturer works on small electric tractor The Dutch manufacturer of a large electro hybrid carrier tractor called Multi Tool Trac, confirmed it is working on a smaller autonomous model. See: https://www.futurefarming.com/Machinery/Articles/2018/6/Dutch-manufacturer-works-on-small-electric-tractor-292521E/ Malaysian Palm Oil Council See: http://www.mpoc.eu/ Technology is getting crispr by Daniel Kelley See: http://globalfarmernetwork.org/2018/04/technology-is-getting-crispr/ See: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-file-manager/file/582df76221b559de0536a2c2
Fears mount over WhatsApp's role in spreading fake news App blamed for circulating false information in India, Brazil, Kenya and now the UK See: https://theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/17/fears-mount-over-whatsapp-role-in-spreading-fake-news Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? In this elegant assessment of the human condition in the third millennium, cognitive scientist and public intellectual Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, which play to our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data: In seventy-five jaw-dropping graphs, Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise, not just in the West, but worldwide. This progress is not the result of some cosmic force. It is a gift of the Enlightenment: the conviction that reason and science can enhance human flourishing. Far from being a naïve hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. The Enlightenment project swims against currents of human nature--tribalism, authoritarianism, demonization, magical thinking--which demagogues are all too willing to exploit. Many commentators, committed to political, religious, or romantic ideologies, fight a rearguard action against it. The result is a corrosive fatalism and a willingness to wreck the precious institutions of liberal democracy and global cooperation. With intellectual depth and literary flair, Enlightenment Now makes the case for reason, science, and humanism: the ideals we need to confront our problems and continue our progress. See: https://amazon.com/dp/0525427570/ref=rdr_ext_tmb USDA Announces Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Preliminary Pest Risk Assessment for GE Citrus Tristeza Virus Permit See: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAAPHIS/bulletins/1ef3c47 The Neonic Ban: A Scientific Fraud Becomes Enshrined In EU Regulatory Law, by Henry I. Miller See: http://www.science20.com/henry_i_miller/the_neonic_ban_a_scientific_fraud_becomes_enshrined_in_eu_regulatory_law-232399 Final agreement between North Korea and the USA The distribution of this efita newsletter is sponsored by vitisphere.com Please, contribute to the content of your efita newsletter, and advertise your events, new publications, new products and new project in this newsletter. Without your support, it will not survive! Contact: Guy WAKSMAN E-mail: guy.waksman(a)laposte.net To read this newsletter on our web site See: http://www.informatique-agricole.org/gazette/efita/efita_180625_832.htm
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