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Châtenay-Malabry (FR - 92290), March 2, 2020 EFITA newsletter / 919 - European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment To unsubscribe this newsletter, please contact me directely: guy.waksman(a)laposte.net if this link Unsubscribe does not work. Please note that I changed the presentation of the links that are embedded in the name of the web service. To correspond with me (GW), please use this address: guy.waksman(a)laposte.net To subscribe the efita newsletter (please ask your friends and colleagues to test this link) Efita Newsletters subscription Weekly newsletters about ICT in Agriculture in English and French Both newsletters have around 14000 subscribers. >>> Last weekly EFITA Newsletters in English (created in 1999) Efita Newsletters >>> Last weekly AFIA Newsletters in French (created 20 years ago in 1997) Afia Newsletters Around 15% of subscribers have a look on these newsletters. A rather normal rate… The archive for the last years are available on the AFIA web site. How did we see the future yesterday?
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Discover the testimonials of the @Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue executives on how they have been using drones and robots in emergency management around the world From hurricanes to missing people’s cases, they are able to optimize time, safety, costs, efficiency, mapping and automation thanks to ANAFI Thermal. See parrot.com Animal AgTech Innovation Summit March 16, San Francisco See animalagtech.com World AgriTech Innovation Summit March 17-18, San Francisco See worldagritechusa Future FoodTech March 19-20, San Francisco See futurefoodtechsf
From conference traveller to tree planter Gabriel Waksman (my brother – Guy W.) found a personal way to overcome his eco-anxiety and combat his carbon emissions — by planting native woodlands. See nature.com Good old days (?????): Ramasseuse de fagots et son enfant dans la neige par Jules Breton IoF2020 Meat Trial Update Our new meat trial update is out. In this edition, we cover the tracking and monitoring of cattle throughout their life span and the potential of ICT innovations for pig producers. We also feature the revolutionary business case development of smart feed silos to help farmers improve feed timing, cut cost and decrease labor in Use Case 5.5. In this newsletter we also present you with: - A foreword by Jarissa Maselyne, our Meat Trial Ecosystem Chair, - A collection of updates from other trials, - A series of upcoming events, Good old days (?????): Dans les champs par Jules Dupré Intello Labs, the computer visionaries of food quality control For most shoppers, it is easy to spot the squelchy, sad-looking tomatoes marooned on the back of the shelf. Subtle traits in color, feel, smell, or texture swiftly drive reactions like, “ah, well: they’re discounted and still edible; I guess I’ll still buy them,” or, “it’s definitely past its best, so I’ll find another batch somewhere else,” or even, “those tomatoes are so awful, you can’t even throw them at a medieval criminal languishing in the stocks; this is the last time I shop here.” .../... See agfundernews.com NetBeat’s Dynamic Crop Models algorithms that monitor plant development and provide relevant recommendations for more than 20 different crops Netafim’s Dynamic Crop Models™, part of the NetBeat™ offering, is a groundbreaking decision support system for growers, rich with over 50 years of unmatched agronomic knowledge and experience. See netafim.com
In-field sensor amalgamates growth metrics California company Arable tries to make weather, crop, and soil data more accessible and actionable. See futurefarming.com Kubota invests in robot manufacturer Abundant Robotics Through the investment Kubota intends to contribute to labor-saving and efficiency improvement. See futurefarming.com John Deere reduces fertiliser costs with ExactRate John Deere ExactRate precisely monitors and controls the application of liquid fertilizer during planting. See futurefarming.com Irrigation app to increase water-use efficiency A new mobile app and irrigation management system is to help cotton growers increase water-use efficiency. See futurefarming.com New technology to identify plant pathogen strains Scientists at Virginia Tech used genetic sequencing technologies to identify diseases in crops. See futurefarming.com Expert opinion: Why connecting AgTech systems is so hard We do need to be better at it and stop making it complicated, says Nathan Faleide. See futurefarming.com
Bayer chairman quits as Roundup settlement talks progress, by Ludwig Burger See reuters.com Intermarriage in the U.S. 50 Years After Loving v. Virginia In 2015, 17% of all U.S. newlyweds had a spouse of a different race or ethnicity, marking more than a fivefold increase since 1967, when 3% of newlyweds were intermarried, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. In that year, the U.S. Supreme Court in the Loving v. Virginia case ruled that marriage across racial lines was legal throughout the country. Until this ruling, interracial marriages were forbidden in many states. Good old days (?????): Pauvre Fauvette par Jules Bastien Lepage (1881), Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (Glasgow, UK) Rain in Chelm (Jewish joke) Two men of Chelm went out for a walk, when suddenly it began to rain. “Quick,” said one. “Open your umbrella.” “It won’t help,” said his friend. “My umbrella is full of holes.” “Then why did you bring it?” “I didn’t think it would rain!” 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 Afia The archives of this newsletter See Afia About the EFITA mailing list You can use the efita moderated list (> 15000 subscribers) to announce any event / product / web site / joke (!) related to IT in agriculture, environment, food industry and rural areas. If you want to subscribe a friend, please fill in his form. If you do not wish to receive our messages, please fill in the following form... |