[LINK] Data drought

[David Boxall]

On 23/11/2016 2:06 PM, David Boxall wrote:
> Looks like decades of procrastination have finally caught up with us.
And no, we don't just want it for Netflix:
<http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/data-drought/data-drought-internet-speeds-slow-agricultures-digital-revolution/news-story/fce9b3d8d9f8b8040382ed2fa7a5b2b4>
> FARMERS are battling to gain access to the mobile and fixed broadband connectivity they need to tap into the global digital agricultural revolution.
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> The revolution promises to change the face of agriculture, allowing farmers to shift their focus from managing paddocks and herds down to square metres and individual animals.
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> The Australian Farm Institute’s 2016 report Implications of Digital Agriculture and Big Data found: “As agriculture becomes more exposed to ‘big data’ the number and size of files being uploaded and downloaded from farm mach­inery platforms will increase dram­atically.”

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