咨询公司GeoSilos创始人Matt Bechdol认为“作为农业创新源，精确农业正在被大数据和农业信息学所取代”（Precision ag is being replaced with“Big Data”and“AgInformatics”as sources of innovation in agriculture，全文附后）。 5年前我们思考了相关的问题，撰写了一篇有关农林工程学科专业的文章（ Zheng Jiaqiang, Zhou Hongping, Xu Youlin, Xu Linyun. From Agricultural Engineering and Forestry Engineering to Biomechinfotronic Engineering . International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering ， 2009 ， 2 （ 1 ）： 72-78 ），只是当时能力学识所限，没有考虑大数据的到来。 那么农业工程和林业工程的学科专业建设未来如何改革以及农林生产技术研究突破点与创新点又是什么，需要引起思考。 凭中国人的智慧，中国的农林工程应该可以超前思考些问题，拭目以待。 ———————————————————————————— http://www.agprofessional.com/news/240112191.html?dm_i=1ANQ,24REH,6LPYAB,7P5ZB,1 Precision ag being replaced by‘AgInformatics’ Precision ag is being replaced withBig Dataand AgInformaticsas sources of innovation in agriculture, Matt Bechdol, founder of GeoSilos, a consulting firm focused on leveraging place-based solutions for agriculture, said at a workshop at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 95th Annual Convention. “I don't like the term'precision ag'anymore,” said Bechdol. “Especially if we're not doing anything precise with it. We're going to move to predictive ag and prescriptive ag. We're going to move beyond precision ag with Big Data.” Bechdol's consulting firm helps agricultural companies maximize the use of data and conducts analyses for businesses, policy makers and economists. Bechdol said data is the modern agricultural commodity and that place-based approaches are important tools in adding value because roughly 80 percent of all data has a geographical element. A takeover of new technology is coming soon, according to Bechdol. Wearable technology, for example, like the Fitbit and Google glasses are poised to be used by farmers to help make better planting decisions in real-time while walking their fields. Bechdol went on to discuss apps but criticized their inability to provide the full picture of an organization’s data in one place. “Here's my problem with apps. Apps don'talk to other apps and that’s got to change.” He predicted a rise in dashboards and benchmarking tools that can aggregate data from various apps to make it easier for farmers to access and utilize it. On a larger scale, Bechdol said a technique called “fly and scan” using unmanned aircraft, or drones, will play an increasing role in collecting data for crop producers. Commenting on the downside of big data collection, Bechdol warned attendees to read the terms of service agreements when signing up for free email accounts or downloading operating systems on tablets and cell phones. “They make you agree to share your data with their affiliates, which I'm not saying is malicious, but it's not clear what their intentions are,” said Bechdol. With all this rapidly changing and newly available technology and data, Bechdol called upon Farm Bureau to bring stability, clarity and guidance to farmers who are unsure how to capture and utilize Big Data. “Because coming and it's going to make the difference between the strong and the weak,” said Bechdol. But ultimately, Bechdol believes Big Data and AgInformatics will help developing nations acquire the information they need to sustainably feed the world’s growing population. “I don't think the United States is going to feed the world in 2050.” Bechdol said. “I think we’re going to create innovations to help the world feed itself.”
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