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EFITA newsletter / 913 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment
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Dernière édition de "Du côté du web et de l'informatique agricole 03 / 2020" du 16 janvier 2020
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The future as we saw it in the past
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El Caballo y el Toro Jugando (excellent!!)
See te horse and the bull
Old good days (????): The little reapers, two children carrying hay
stooks, by Helen
Allingham (britannique, 1848 - 1926)
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International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture
Through the GFFA 2019 Final Communiqué, the 74 Agriculture Ministers and high level representatives from international organizations called FAO, in consultation with other international organizations to develop a concept for the establishment of an international Digital Council for Food and Agriculture (refer as Digital Council).
See fao.org
Old good days (????): Les faucheurs par Pekka Halonen
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GPS test: A choice between convenience or freedom
Future Farming took a seat behind 6 factory-fitted GPS guidance systems and put them to the test.
See futurefarming.com/
SwarmFarm and Green Atlas develop thinning robot for apple orchards
SwarmFarm Robotics and Green Atlas are developing robots for flower counting and thinning in apple orchards.
See futurefarming.com/
Naïo Technologies raises € 14 million to accelerate growth
With the € 14 million funding round, agricultural robot developer Naïo Technologies aims to prepare the robots for mass production.
See futurefarming.com/
Trials show drones increase soybean yields by 2.6%
4 AgTech companies collaborated on drone-based aerial application of micronutrients to increase soybean yield.
See futurefarming.com/
Arable Labs integrated in xarvio Field Manager
Arable Labs’ in-field measurements will be integrated into xarvio’s crop models and recommendations.
See futurefarming.com/
Sentera introduces 6X multispectral sensor
Sentera introduces the new 6X sensor for broad acre, specialty, and permanent crop insights.
See futurefarming.com/
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Robots, hemp, drastic weather: Farmers Edge’s Wade Barnes shares 2020 ag predictions
Since founding Farmers Edge in 2005, Wade Barnes has had a front-row seat to the evolution of agtech. Now operating in six countries with $103 million in venture funding, Forbes recently named the Canadian outfit as one of the 25 “Most Innovative AgTech Companies.” When it comes to what 2020 has in store for his industry, Barnes sees consolidation in his crystal ball.
>>> Here are Barnes six agriculture predictions for 2020
> Growers Will Need to Supply Data Directly as “Traceability” Becomes More Important.
> Crop Insurance and Financing Gets Personal in 2020.
> Robots! Robots! Robots!
> The Hemp “Green Rush Fever” Continues to Spread. 2020 will continue to see a dramatic increase in farmers shifting to hemp and CBD.
> Farmers Will Increasingly Seek New Data Sources for Yield Predictions.
> Drastic Weather Will Continue to Change the Rules in 2020.
See agfundernews.com
Is CropX’s acquisition of CropMetrics a signal of increasing consolidation in digital agtech in 2020? By Lauren Stine
Soil sensing and data analytics company CropX has acquired cloud-based precision irrigation provider CropMetrics. The terms of the deal were undisclosed.
See agfundernews.com
Amazon for ag? Agrofy closes $23m Series B in LatAm’s largest-ever agtech deal, By Louisa Burwood-Taylor
Argentina’s Agrofy has raised $23 million in Series B funding in the largest fundraising effort for a Latin American agtech startup on record. Agrofy is an online agribusiness marketplace matching buyers and sellers of a wide range of agricultural products ranging from machinery and crop inputs to farmland and financial services.
See agfundernews.com
Old good days (????): A harvest festival by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (britannique, 1836 - 1912)... for Gods only
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Milk 2.0: how the dairy industry plans to save milk
It’s been a rough few months for the American milk industry. By Danielle Wiener-Bronner (CNN Business)
See edairynews.com
From red seaweed to climate-smart cows: New Zealand leads the fight against methane
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In Nelson, at the top of the South Island, the Cawthron Institute has recently been awarded government funding to cultivate and research a red native seaweed known as Asparagopsis armata.
The agriculture minister, Damian O’Connor, has said if this seaweed is able to be mass produced, it could be a “game-changer for farmers here and around the world” as it has been proven to reduce stock methane emissions by as much as 80% when added as a feed supplement at quantities as low as 2%.
“The holy grail is going to be getting enough of the stuff,” Cawthron chief executive Prof Charles Eason told the Guardian. “It’s got a complicated life cycle. One of the barriers to getting this to market is growing enough of the stuff in ways that are cost effective to make it commercially viable.”
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As well as working towards manipulating the genes that control methane admissions, Oback is also focused on designing cattle that will thrive in a climate-altered future – animals that are more heat tolerant, hardy and productive.
The five-year programme is only three months in but is already targeting coat colour adaptation – creating cows that are lighter in colour, making them more heat-tolerant.
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See theguardian.com
Professions that have the most sex revealed - and it's good news for farmers (Oct. 2019)
A new survey by Lelo UK has revealed that farmers have the most sex, with over 33% claiming to have sex at least once a day.
And it seems that farmers’ daily sex sessions are paying off, with 67% ranking their performance in the bedroom as ‘incredible’.
At the other end of the scale, journalists appear to have the least sex (awkward for me writing this…), with one fifth claiming they only have sex once a month.
See mirror.co.uk
The Census
The census taker comes to the Goldman house.
“Does Louis Goldman live here?” he asks.
“No,” replies Goldman.
“Well, then, what is your name?”
“Louis Goldman.”
“Wait a minute–didn’t you just tell me that Goldman doesn’t live here?”
“Aha,” says Goldman. “You call this living?”
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