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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), 23 December, 2019

EFITA newsletter / 909 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment

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My best wishes for the New Year 2020 to all of you! Please note that I am thinking to stop editing and diseminating this newsletter within the next weeks or months...


Everything about the Versailles Palace
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Souvenir du vieux Paris (excellent video)
Old Paris


Good old days (????): Hay Harvest at Eragny, 1901 by Camille Pissarro



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Trimble to be full precision farming service provider

Trimble moves to becoming a full precision farming service provider. According to Hamish Wilkie automisation needs to approached as a complete farming process in order to make a farmer’s work more efficient and make his life easier.
See futurefarming.com


Sprayer drones making headway in Canada

Drones are used for spray applications in many countries, but are not yet commercially commonplace in Canada. However, interest in potential agronomic, health, and human resource advantages continue to drive investment from industry.
See futurefarming.com


Use of robots in greenhouse horticulture increasing

Research by AgriDirect shows that the use of robots among greenhouse growers in the Netherlands in 2019 has increased compared to last year. At the same time, 1 in 5 greenhouse Dutch growers indicate having a staff shortage more often. But is robotisation the short-term solution for staff shortages?
See futurefarming.com


NASA explores crop growth for space missions

NASA invests $ 750,000 in researching optimised crop growth for in-space and planetary exploration missions.
See futurefarming.com


John Deere brings 8RX smart tractor to South Africa

2020 will see John Deere launch the new 8RX tractor in South Africa. The 8RX integrates artificial intelligence, the Internet of things, and advanced automation to help farmers work more efficiently while also gathering data to make more informed decisions and increase future machine intelligence.
See futurefarming.com


Good old days (????): In the Dauphiné, 1885 by Henry Herbert La Thangue


Sequoia, Omidyar in first Indian agritech bet with $2.5m seed for ag trading platform Bijak

Bijak, a B2B platform for agricultural commodities, on Tuesday revealed its raise of over $2.5 million in seed funding.
See agfundernews.com


Best of 2019: AFN’s 10 best read

1. What is precision agriculture?
2. AgTech Landscape 2019: 1,600+ Startups Innovating on the Farm and in the ‘Messy Middle’
3. 7 Top Agtech Startups Defining the Future of Agriculture –
4. The Top 20 Innovative Food Startups in 2018
5. The Economics of Local Vertical and Greenhouse Farming Are Getting Competitive
6. Who are the Leading Insect Farming Startups?
7. Regenerative Agriculture is Getting More Mainstream But How Scalable is it?
8. Regenerative Agriculture is Having a Moment and 70 Investments Worth $47.5bn are in it
9. 80 Acres Farms Raises $40m to Complete ‘First Fully Automated Vertical Farm’
10. The second generation of vertical farming is approaching. Here’s why it’s important.
See agfundernews.com


xFarm’s Matteo Vanotti on not reinventing the farm data wheel
Vanotti launched xFarm three years ago with partners Salvatore Ferullo and Martino Poretti to help farmers collect data from their fields and activities, and use that data to inform operational and strategic decisions. The company is built on a software platform that culls information from a network of connected sensors and machinery.
See agfundernews.com


L'app intuitiva per l'agricoltura (IT)
See xfarm.ag


Canadian telecoms giant Telus acquires Decisive Farming

Decisive Farming sources data from a variety of places, including satellite imagery and other remote sensors. It also collaborates with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to integrate their equipment with Decisive Farming’s platform. Partners include John Deere, and Case New Holland. My Farm Manager also integrates market pricing feeds so that growers can track their margins in near real-time.
See agfundernews.com


Bushel wants to enhance, not disrupt, grain trading with $19.5m Series B

Countless agri-foodtech startups are hoping to disrupt the food system with new digital-focused innovations but for grain trading platform creator Bushel, making an existing system better through digital tools is a more promising venture.
See agfundernews.com


What the fork? I tasted the menu of the future in Singapore
See agfundernews.com

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Bayer asks U.S. appeals court to reverse $25 million Roundup verdict
See reuters.com


About autism (and Greta)
See threadreaderapp.com


Greta Thunberg tackled over 'overcrowded' train tweet by Deutsche Bahn

A rail operator casts doubt on the eco-activist's claim, highlighting the service she received at her "seat in first class".
See news.sky.com


UK: Economical impact of foreign students


The EU protects us…

>>> We will ‘react as one’, EU tells US over French digital tax dispute
The European Commission wants to settle the latest trade dispute with the US over the French digital tax “amicably”, but warned that the bloc will “react as one” if Washington slaps tariffs on Paris.
See euractiv.com

>>> EU and Japan join forces to counter US and Chinese initiatives
The EU and Japan signed on Friday (27 September) a holistic partnership to promote investment projects based on rules-based and sustainable principles, and to counter the risks posed by the US and China.
See euractiv.com


Ethanol could be a ‘bridge’ toward transport electrification, US farmers say

Until electrification of transport is fully in place, ethanol could be used as a “bridge” to make fuels cleaner, US farmers told EURACTIV.com on the sidelines of the COP25 in Madrid.
See euractiv.com/


German government seeks to boost dialogue with disgruntled farmers

[CAP reform] Following the ongoing protests by farmers in recent months, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner (CDU) were invited to attend an agricultural summit yesterday (2 December). They intend to reinforce dialogue with the agricultural sector, once again.
See euractiv.com


Good old days (????): The Blessing of the Wheat in Artois by Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton (1827 - 1906)


Natural Toxins In The Global Food Supply Threaten The Health Of Underprivileged Communities
See scienmag.com


Syngenta rounding up chemical options just in case glyphosate goes by Andrew Marshall

Syngenta is not making any specific promises, but it expects to release chemical alternatives to glyphosate if the popular broad spectrum herbicide is pulled off the market.

The seed and farm chemical giant's crop protection president, Jon Parr, says new non-selective product chemistry from his company could be available to farmers in five to seven years.
See farmonline.com.au


Philippines approves Golden Rice for direct use as food and feed, or for processing

After rigorous biosafety assessment, Golden Rice “has been found to be as safe as conventional rice" by the Philippine Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Industry. The biosafety permit, addressed to the Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), details the approval of GR2E Golden Rice for direct use as food and feed, or for processing (FFP).
See irri.org


Booker introduces bill that would reshape livestock farming

The bill was written in response to concerns heard by Booker and his staff from farmers and ranchers across the country, according to a senior Booker aide. As consolidation has reshaped the food system, and especially livestock production, producers say they are at a disadvantage in their dealings with massive meatpackers and they want a more level playing field.

Booker’s bill would attempt to address those concerns by making meatpackers legally and financially responsible for the environmental and quality-of-life problems of large-scale livestock production. And it would alter some mechanics of how livestock are raised and sold to strengthen producers’ hand in the marketplace.
See thefern.org



Bear

An atheist is walking through the countryside when he is ambushed by a huge grizzly bear.

"Oh God!" he screams "Help me!"

The bear stops in its tracks and a voice from the heavens rings out "All your life you've said you don't believe in me, slandered my name and now you want my help?"

"I realise that my request is rather bold," replies the atheist "but would it be possible for you to make this bear a Christian?"

"Of course it is!" replies God.

The bear closes its eyes and clasps its paws in prayer and says "Thank you Father for this meal I am about to receive..."


Just read in London a Xmas postcard being post-mailed to Santa Claus by a young boy with the message:

"SANTA, PLEASE DEFINE FOR ME 'GOOD' ?"

No doubt that I would like to know more about this definition for myself...


Good old days (????): The Song Of The Lark by Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton (1827 - 1906)


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