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Precision agriculture and sustainable food

OpenFarm is a community for leading growers and food processors to discuss innovation and technology to promote financial and environmental sustainability. While new technologies based on data provide new opportunities for solving important problems, solutions must be accessible to all parts of the operation and demonstrate a clear impact. Hear from experts on some of the biggest hurdles in agriculture today. OpenFarm is based on community values (“open house”) and best industry practices (“open source”).

2020 OPEN FARM PANEL
2020
Irrigation strategies and peak-time cost reduction
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2019 OPENFARM PANEL
2019
Technology Adoption... What do Growers Need in the Field?
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AGTECH TALKS
JOHN CARDOZA
Sustainable Conservation
Benefits of Subsurface Application of Manure
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AGTECH TALKS
JOSE BAER
AgMonitor
Programmable Irrigation & Fertigation
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AGTECH TALKS
CONNOR KINGMAN
Azcal Management Company
Driverless Tractors - The Advancement of Agriculture
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2018 OPENFARM PANEL
2018
Sustainable Food Production... it Boils Down to Economics!
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AGTECH TALKS
KHALED BALI
Kearney REC
Tools To Improve Surface Irrigation Efficiency
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AGTECH TALKS
BURKE GREER
AgMonitor
Optimizing plantings to maintain groundwater levels in California
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AGTECH TALKS
ALI POUREZA
UC Davis
A low-cost HLB detector using smartphone and deep learning technology
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2017 OPENFARM PANEL
2017
Data Standards in Agriculture and Unlocking Value at the Farm
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AGTECH TALKS
TIM HARTZ
UC Davis
Impact of late season deficit irrigation on processing tomato yield and quality
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AGTECH TALKS
OLIVIER JERPHAGNON
AgMonitor
Groundwater management using a combination ofsupply pump data and demand ET data
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AGTECH TALKS
WIL YOUNG
University of San Francisco
Predicting Stem Water Potential (SWP) with Readily Accessible Data and Machine Learning
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2016 OPENFARM PANEL
2016
Unlocking Adoption of Water and Energy Saving Technologies in Processing Tomatoes
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AGTECH TALKS
KEVIN LANGHAM
UC Santa Barbara
Water Use Efficiency: Data Measurement and Verification
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AGTECH TALKS
JAMES NICHOLS
Nichols Farms
Grower Toolkit to Tune Irrigation
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AGTECH TALKS
TERESA CARILLO
UC Davis
Tomato Partial Irrigation Trial Results
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Submit your presentation

Please send your abstract on one paragraph before September 6 at 5pm PT. We are looking for innovative results in food and agriculture across at least two data years. The abstract and 5-slides summarizing the results will be reviewed by three professors: one from University of California, one from California State University and one from Community College. The three presentations selected will be invited to develop the presentation for a 15-minute talk.

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Community Driven

We’ve joined with leaders in the agriculture and technology sectors to bring valuable, industry-specific information to one forum.

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Seventy percent of the audience are growers or food processors.

12

We have 12 founding partners across agencies, farms, solution providers, and universities

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We have 3 ways to provide educational and cutting-edge content: industry webinars (1 hour), agtech talks (15 minutes), and field bites (2-3 minute videos)

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