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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources relating to the implementation of egovernment in agriculture.
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- USDA plans internal app store in 2012
- By Joseph Marks. NextGov, 7 December 2011. "The Agriculture Department is developing a mobile application it believes will cut in half the travel required of its Natural Resources Conservation Service employees working on projects to reduce chemical runoff at farms, an Agriculture official said Wednesday..."
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- Cows under the cloud
- ITEurope, 30 September 2010. "Remi Caron's Netherlands company Sparked has developed an innovative new product that helps farmers track the health of its livestock. But he has hit some real problems getting it used elsewhere in Europe because of legal and privacy issues. The basic idea is easy enough..... Sensors are implanted in a cow's ear. They measure vital signs of the cattle. Using combinations of the vital signs measured, a farmer can make multiple separate diagnoses of cattle health and activity. All the collected information is transmitted wirelessly to a server. The data is then used by the farmer to determine the health of individual cows as well as the herd. Much is also learned about fluctuations in diet, a cow's response to environmental factors, and herd behaviour..."
Added: 29 August 2011;
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- Victoria GIS project to give farmers Precision Agriculture Techniques
- By Clarice Africa. FutureGov, 13 June 2011. "In an interview with FutureGov Asia Pacific, Jacqueline LeLievre, project manager of the 'Positioning Regional Victoria' project, talks about how the project has helped Victoria's farmers achieve cost savings and improve their productivity yields..."
Added: 14 June 2011;
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- Australian Agricultural Census available online for 2011
- Australian Bureau of Statistics. "The 2011 Agricultural Census will be despatched to approximately 175,000 agricultural businesses across Australia in June 2011. The ABS recognises that Australians are increasingly moving towards using the Internet for many of their day to day tasks and now expect government services to be available electronically. For the first time, this year's Agricultural Census form can be completed online and the ABS is encouraging as many agricultural respondents to make use of this electronic option to provide their information. You can access the Agricultural Census online option once you receive your paper form in June 2011..."
Added: 14 June 2011;
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- Striking a balance: reducing burdens; increasing responsibility; earning recognition - in pdf format (1479kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). A report on better regulation in farming and food businesses, May 2011. The report of the Independent Farming Regulation Task Force. "... In June 2010, as part of the Coalition Government’s Growth Agenda, James Paice, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, established the Farming Regulation Task Force. He asked us to advise the Government on a new approach to regulation in England that looks through the eyes of a farmer or foodprocessor..."
Added: 19 May 2011;
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- Report calls on Defra to go 'digital by default'
- Farmers want an end to red tape and more online public services, says independent review, by Gill Hitchcock. Guardian Professional, Thursday 19 May 2011. Many farmers feel burdened by official form filling and paper work and would rather complete documents online, according to a report on the regulation of farming and food production..."
Added: 19 May 2011;
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- USDA Moves 120,000 Users to Microsoft's Cloud
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is moving its e-mail, document sharing, and other collaboration tools to Microsoft's cloud infrastructure to save money and improve efficiency. Microsoft, Redmond, Washington. — December 8, 2010 — "The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that it is moving its on-premises e-mail and productivity applications to Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure, becoming the first cabinet-level federal agency to embrace the cloud..."
Added: 9 December 2010;
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- Animal ID scheme pushed despite FedFarm scepticism
- Project to go ahead, despite suggestions of old tech being used, By Stephen Bell - Wellington. Computerworld, Friday, 25 June, 2010. "The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has issued a notice of intended procurement for the design, development, integration, testing and support of the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) project.."
Added: 28 June 2010;
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- Sheep Industry to gain from Electronic Tagging
- Media Release, From the Minister for Agriculture, Wednesday, 26 May 2010. "The scanning of electronic National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) tags for sheep will be trialled in Victorian saleyards in coming weeks. Agriculture Minister Joe Helper said electronic NLIS (Sheep) scanners would be installed at the Bendigo and Horsham Livestock Exchanges this week and trials will start soon..."
Added: 28 May 2010;
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- USDA releases draft open-gov plan
- Agency seeks public comment, but there's just slightly more than a week before it's due, By Doug Beizer. Federal Computer Week, March 29, 2010. "The Agriculture Department published a draft version of its open-government plan Monday that details how the agency plans to become more open and transparent to the public, according to USDA officials..."
Added: 31 March 2010;
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- Feds look for their avatars in 3-D
- The government eyes a virtual world of its own, By Ben Bain. Federal Computer Week, February 17, 2010. "Many agencies have staked out so-called islands on the virtual world Second Life, but now the government wants software to build and host a virtual world of its own for collaboration, training, simulation, and analysis..."
Added: 18 February 2010;
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- Defra tenders for sheep tracking database
- The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will pay £6m over five years for an animal movements reporting service. Kable, Thursday 4 February 2010. "The electronic identification (EID) database will be used to track sheep and will link to an animal movement licensing system..."
Added: 10 February 2010;
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- 'Old technology' for $23m cattle tracing scheme
- Low frequency RFID plan challenged, By Claire McEntee - The Dominion Post. Computerworld, Monday, 14 December, 2009. "Farmers and technology experts are questioning plans to use "outdated" and "expensive" low-frequency radio technology in a controversial $23.3 million scheme to tag and trace New Zealand cattle. Cabinet will decide the fate of the National Animal Identification and Tracing (Nait) scheme in the new year after reviewing the final business case..."
Added: 14 December 2009;
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- USDA cultivates social media campaigns through planning
- Web 2.0 tools used for tour of rural revitalization projects, By Doug Beizer. Federal Computer Week, October 16, 2009. "Social media played a key role in sharing information and getting feedback from the public during a nationwide Agriculture Department tour designed to find new ways to revitalize rural communities, according to Amanda Eamich, USDA’s director for new media..."
Added: 19 October 2009;
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- USDA uses social media to study rural life
- New Web site designed to provide information about USDA program, By Doug Beizer. Federal Computer Week, August 18, 2009. "A new Web site launched by the Agriculture Department uses social media tools to track the progress of the Rural Tour, a program started by White House officials to learn more about people who live in rural communities, according to USDA officials..."
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