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IRG Working Group June, 2014
Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
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Agenda Call to Order Review Working Group Goals Review Current version of updated AgGateway CLU White Paper
Welcome Discuss, Adjust, Confirm with the Working Group
IRG Work Group leadership
Jeff Keiser – Chair Randy Thomas –Vice Chair
Discussion
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2014 IRG Working Group Goals Goal Statement
Metric
Strategies
Crop Producers can accomplish required crop reporting in a manner that encourages eCommerce and – Utilizes geo-referenced, digital data– o collected from field operations of ag equipment o Validated Agency database (e.g. CLU) Minimizes challenges due to common, minor seasonal variations in crop area Enables new crop reporting efficiencies and/or cost/time savings
Popularize concepts– 1. AgGateway & its membership 2. Ag Industry 3. Congressional Representatives 4. Regulatory Agencies
The paper is reviewed by the IRG Working Group and is ready to be circulated to the entire PAC and other AgGateway Councils. A Communications Plan is created and time-based roadmap is prepared for implementation.
Smaller team within the Working Group advances iterations until complete
Educate PAC and IRG generates an educational session to be delivered AgGateway on the at the 2014 Mid-Year or Annual Conference; timing impacts of new Farm dependent upon legislative achievements Bill
Smaller team within the Working Group tracks congressional progress and analyzes impact of new legislation on the PAC’s AgGateway’s mission and goals
USDA 8-Week Meeting
Continue to collaborate with SPADE Project contacts on this recurring dialog with USDA regulatory leadership and prepare comments to highlight and make progress on IRG goals
Discover methods acceptable to USDA and the ag industry that describe crop area in common terms Complete tasks around Field Boundary Reference Database
IRG Leaders and/or volunteers participate with the ongoing dialog between USDA & SPADE Project. IRG will deliver high-level overview to PAC.
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Field Boundary Reference Database • aka: Common Land Unit Sharing
Problem Statement - Discover methods acceptable to the USDA and the ag industry that encourage eCommerce by describing crop area and location in common geo-referenced terms.
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Objective Use and share digital data collected during field operations with ag equipment technology where such data is validated against a common database. Uniform description of the crop area and location enables crop producers to consistently and securely share geospatial information while assisting USDA’s objective to streamline acreage reporting.
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Background Crop producers are increasingly using Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) and precision farming field systems for planning, implementation and documentation of crop production practices. These tools enable a variety of tasks such as • calculating net revenue at field, farm, and operation-wide levels; • making land farm management decisions; and • reconciling product usage with purchases. Multiple uses for a data-collection process provides producers with a strong incentive to adopt this technology. Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
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Background Geospatial information plays an important role in the operation of FMIS processes. Field boundaries allow growers to easily – • depict the location of application of seed, crop nutrition, and crop protection products; • reconcile harvest yield data results in the context of planting, nutrition, and crop protection; • enable the producer to explore cause-effect relationships between planting and harvest areas; and • prepare crop input prescriptions to guide future application of products that will • maximize productivity, • enhance environmental stewardship, and • increase farm business profitability
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Background Permanent field boundaries are typically captured • by recording GPS positions as the boundary is driven by a GPS-
enabled vehicle, • by drawing the boundary on top of geo-referenced images onscreen, or • by using the coverage footprint of an as-applied or harvest data coming from the field controller on sprayers, combine harvesters, and other field machinery
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Background Operational field boundaries • Reflect what is actually taking place in the field during the
current crop year and will change over time as a result of modifications in land use and cropping patterns. • A continuous line that delineates the edge of a polygon (field) and becomes the boundary used for year over year decisions. • A continuous line which delineates the edge of a polygon (field) that is created by machine activities in the field during the current crop year, season, and farming operation. Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
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Recommendation See White Paper for Implementation Approach
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Benefits Allowing producers to share their CLUs and associated attributes with service providers offer multiple benefits to the producers and USDA. Such benefits could include: • Improve USDA’s programs through a better understanding and accuracy of field data. • Reduced costs for USDA and producers made possible by greater automation of program reporting within a common standard data format (CLU) that is driven by the producer’s own operationally accurate boundaries. • Lower cost (less paper, less burden on staff at county offices) and greater accuracy for USDA when servicing producers for reporting to USDA agencies. Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
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Benefits Such benefits could also include: • Reduced barriers for producers to adopt the use of spatially explicit ag records. • Reduced cost and greater convenience for producers, as they are able to report to government agencies through FMIS software they routinely use to run their business. • Value to AgGateway’s member companies. For example Crop Insurance companies could benefit from more efficient workflow, FMIS companies could benefit from providing additional services to the producer, and seed manufacturers could use geospatial data to understand yields across areas and soil types. • Improve producer productivity by enhancing their ability to analyze data by combining different data sources (both from the cropping operation and outside sources like soils, weather, etc.). Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
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Adjourn
Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
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Agenda Call to Order Review Working Group Goals Review Current version of updated AgGateway CLU White Paper
Welcome Discuss, Adjust, Confirm with the Working Group
IRG Work Group leadership
Jeff Keiser – Chair Randy Thomas –Vice Chair
Discussion
Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
3
2014 IRG Working Group Goals Goal Statement
Metric
Strategies
Crop Producers can accomplish required crop reporting in a manner that encourages eCommerce and – Utilizes geo-referenced, digital data– o collected from field operations of ag equipment o Validated Agency database (e.g. CLU) Minimizes challenges due to common, minor seasonal variations in crop area Enables new crop reporting efficiencies and/or cost/time savings
Popularize concepts– 1. AgGateway & its membership 2. Ag Industry 3. Congressional Representatives 4. Regulatory Agencies
The paper is reviewed by the IRG Working Group and is ready to be circulated to the entire PAC and other AgGateway Councils. A Communications Plan is created and time-based roadmap is prepared for implementation.
Smaller team within the Working Group advances iterations until complete
Educate PAC and IRG generates an educational session to be delivered AgGateway on the at the 2014 Mid-Year or Annual Conference; timing impacts of new Farm dependent upon legislative achievements Bill
Smaller team within the Working Group tracks congressional progress and analyzes impact of new legislation on the PAC’s AgGateway’s mission and goals
USDA 8-Week Meeting
Continue to collaborate with SPADE Project contacts on this recurring dialog with USDA regulatory leadership and prepare comments to highlight and make progress on IRG goals
Discover methods acceptable to USDA and the ag industry that describe crop area in common terms Complete tasks around Field Boundary Reference Database
IRG Leaders and/or volunteers participate with the ongoing dialog between USDA & SPADE Project. IRG will deliver high-level overview to PAC.
Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
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Field Boundary Reference Database • aka: Common Land Unit Sharing
Problem Statement - Discover methods acceptable to the USDA and the ag industry that encourage eCommerce by describing crop area and location in common geo-referenced terms.
Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
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Objective Use and share digital data collected during field operations with ag equipment technology where such data is validated against a common database. Uniform description of the crop area and location enables crop producers to consistently and securely share geospatial information while assisting USDA’s objective to streamline acreage reporting.
Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
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Background Crop producers are increasingly using Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) and precision farming field systems for planning, implementation and documentation of crop production practices. These tools enable a variety of tasks such as • calculating net revenue at field, farm, and operation-wide levels; • making land farm management decisions; and • reconciling product usage with purchases. Multiple uses for a data-collection process provides producers with a strong incentive to adopt this technology. Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
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Background Geospatial information plays an important role in the operation of FMIS processes. Field boundaries allow growers to easily – • depict the location of application of seed, crop nutrition, and crop protection products; • reconcile harvest yield data results in the context of planting, nutrition, and crop protection; • enable the producer to explore cause-effect relationships between planting and harvest areas; and • prepare crop input prescriptions to guide future application of products that will • maximize productivity, • enhance environmental stewardship, and • increase farm business profitability
Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
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Background Permanent field boundaries are typically captured • by recording GPS positions as the boundary is driven by a GPS-
enabled vehicle, • by drawing the boundary on top of geo-referenced images onscreen, or • by using the coverage footprint of an as-applied or harvest data coming from the field controller on sprayers, combine harvesters, and other field machinery
Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
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Background Operational field boundaries • Reflect what is actually taking place in the field during the
current crop year and will change over time as a result of modifications in land use and cropping patterns. • A continuous line that delineates the edge of a polygon (field) and becomes the boundary used for year over year decisions. • A continuous line which delineates the edge of a polygon (field) that is created by machine activities in the field during the current crop year, season, and farming operation. Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
10
Recommendation See White Paper for Implementation Approach
Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
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Benefits Allowing producers to share their CLUs and associated attributes with service providers offer multiple benefits to the producers and USDA. Such benefits could include: • Improve USDA’s programs through a better understanding and accuracy of field data. • Reduced costs for USDA and producers made possible by greater automation of program reporting within a common standard data format (CLU) that is driven by the producer’s own operationally accurate boundaries. • Lower cost (less paper, less burden on staff at county offices) and greater accuracy for USDA when servicing producers for reporting to USDA agencies. Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
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Benefits Such benefits could also include: • Reduced barriers for producers to adopt the use of spatially explicit ag records. • Reduced cost and greater convenience for producers, as they are able to report to government agencies through FMIS software they routinely use to run their business. • Value to AgGateway’s member companies. For example Crop Insurance companies could benefit from more efficient workflow, FMIS companies could benefit from providing additional services to the producer, and seed manufacturers could use geospatial data to understand yields across areas and soil types. • Improve producer productivity by enhancing their ability to analyze data by combining different data sources (both from the cropping operation and outside sources like soils, weather, etc.). Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
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Adjourn
Collaboration for eConnectivity – Ensuring Success for the Future
