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Chris Perry's Presentation at the Cybera Summit 2011; Economic Development and the Cloud. A potato farmers perspective on needed technology and application improvements to the agriculture sector. Chris' family has started a new waste to Energy Venture: " Grow the Energy Circle" Using agricultural waste, biodegradable municipal waste diverted from landfills. This is an agricultural waste to Energy Facility that could be used as a distributed dats potential data ce
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Cybera Summit 2011 - Banff
A Spud Farmer…Its true:
History of Farmingnow here’s something you didn’t think you were coming to Banff to hear…
What does ICT Cloud computing and the Neolithic Farming Revolution (end of the stone age) 10,000 years ago have in common?
Fertile Crescent
Farming Revolution – 8000 BC in the Fertile Crescent and other areas Birth of civilization and abundant populations For the first time in Human history people were “rich” Allowed a lifestyle change that brought about the luxury of free time, - beginning
of writing and art and somewhere down the road… cloud computing
They are new cutting edge technology of their time…
Important factors of theFarming Revolution Period
Producing enough food to support a healthy community, survival
Security of food supplies from raiding neighbors – began civilization and hierarchies
Rise and fall of Empires based on productivity of land, water, fertility and the cycle of Mother Nature (MNS)
So begins a quest for food production sustainability
and a required increase in yield / acreto support the growing population
Game changing events of agriculture
irrigation
Nutrient addition
Mid 1800’sJustus von Liebig
“law of the minimum”
Haber – BoschFeeding 1/3 to ½
Of the population today
Industrial RevolutionEarly 1900’s
Farming Revolution
8000BC
Green Revolution1940-70: high yielding
varieties, distribution of fertilizer and pesticides
Yield
Time
GMO
ART
ART
ART
ART
CyberInfrastructure
Reality Today
P r e d i c ti o n t h a t O n l y 6 c o u n t r i e s w i l l b e ex p o r ti n g M o r e f o o d t h a n t h ey c o n s u m e w i t h i n t h e d e c a d e
Farming’s Sustainable areas:1. Climate, Land and water2. Community, communication3. Distribution of goods, and inputs4. Energy security5. Economics
Sustainability and the return to natural cycles that support
themselves
Important factors of the Farming Revolution Period TODAY
Producing enough food to support a healthy community Planet
Security of food supplies – Food Safety
Rise and fall of Empires Population based on productivity of land, water, fertility and the cycle of Mother Nature
(MNS)
And so begins continues a quest for food production sustainability - indeed an increase in
yield / acre
How can Cyber Infrastructure Help?
1. Best Management Practices – with Knowledge of Today
2. Food safety, and real time public communication
3. Precision Agriculture dialed up – this is not new
The implementation of yesterdays ideas, with technology, data analysis and management capacity of todayEmpathy and a Desire to
feed the world!Can we together help create Alberta’s new champion
Best Management Practice
What we are doing with technology available today
Built in Alberta…
Best Management PracticeWhat we are doing with technology available today
What we are doing…
Grow, Live, Be the Change
http://www.alltech.com/FutureOfFarming/default.aspx#/?buildingIndex=0
2. Food safety, food production communication
record keeping, regulation and traceability stewardship
Real time seamless communication With variable rate technology, new regulation
and record keeping regulation, there is a dire need for advanced technical help in the agricultural field
Collaboration necessary, tecconnect center in Lethbridge a superb example of initiating the collaboration required
3. Precision Agriculture:Incredible Potential to increase the
Yield / Acre!
The technology available todayWhere it can take us tomorrow
Field Variability: Significance…
Variable Rate Technology
1000 0 1000 2000 Feet
N
EW
S
NW 26 10 19 W4; 10 (122.21 ac.)
(122.2ac.) Field Boundary
Blend336 (8.6 ac.)268 (19.0 ac.)197 (35.2 ac.)165 (36.1 ac.)137 (23.4 ac.)
1000 0 1000 2000 Feet
N
EW
S
SE 25 10 19 W4; 10 (133.58 ac.)
(133.6ac.)Field Boundary
Blend North336 (2.5 ac.)268 (11.0 ac.)197 (16.2 ac.)165 (18.5 ac.)137 (18.4 ac.)
Blend South420 (1.9 ac.)364 (4.3 ac.)306 (13.6 ac.)278 (21.1 ac.)250 (26.2 ac.)
(66.5ac.)MZ North (67.0ac.)MZ South
Infra Red and other sensor technology from satellites
Understanding an Irrigation Pivot
Variable Rate IrrigationGIS and recipe referenced
Excited “progressive Farmers say:YAAAAAAHOOOOOO!!!
Now that’s a return on Investment!
A Potato Field 2010:Planted acres: 128
operational inputs $2222/acHarvested acres: 80
Potato Fields 2011:Planted Acres: 1280
Harvested: 1097 (87%) same inputs
Potato Fields 2010:Planted Acres: 1300
Harvested: 998 (82%) same inputs
Better Potato Fields – What it needs to look like!
Yield Sept 17th Picture late June Picture late July
Yield estimate
This field:~ 20% - 20 t/ac or more
~60% - 16-19t/ac ~20% - <16t/ac
In short this means we can either increase the
yield on 80% of the field with Precision ag
technology, or reduce inputs accordingly.
What we can do tomorrow, the applications…Tech support – within Alberta we have an incredible opportunity
Unmanned Aircraft, real data, real time, every day, real recipe’s real ROI in Alberta
Integrated data hub, replicable agricultural and demographic W2E powered
Smart Energy Grid, ship data, not power - Distributed
Link the public with their food, real time, real seamless
BE a Real sustainable smart system, closed biosphere aware – We are feeding the world
Data management
Hub
ICT linkPrecision AG
GreenStar Network?
Potential clients: Water and Environmental Hub?
AB ARD open dataCenter network?
Optic Fiber
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Yes I agree, Change happens. Another reason the stone age ended was
because humans discovered farming…
let us not forget…
Tweet: "The stone age didn't
end because we ran out of stone." Change
happens ready or not
Thanks!
The OPPORTUNITYCollaboration with all the right people
are in this room to champion the Alberta / Canada Advantage, be a part of it
the technology expertise and cyber infrastructure presence The Value-add and true example of technology WOW The Rural Development and distributed wealth advocate The farmer with a need, that recognizes the technology can help us do
better, and the technology people that recognize we can help them to achieve their goals with a real application today that helps build and create a network required for tomorrow, with sustainable ROI all the way through!
Fantastic R&D presence – AB innovates, the refreshed and inspired new provincial leadership, the universities and colleges, the brilliant youth
Together Let’s make it happen!
Why make this happen?
Grow, Live,
Be the Change