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RSS farmersMonsanto Processes 50% More Genetic Data Per Day With Platform
White Paper Louis-based company, 85 percent owned by Pharmacia Corporation, is a leading provider of agricultural products to farmers. Monsanto is a St. Monsanto was using its largest mainframe to run gene discovery applications, but advances in genomics tools... [03 Jul 2008]
Consorzio Produttori Bionature Automates Processes and Ensures Product Quality
White Paper Consorzio Produttori Bionature, a poultry farmers' association, produces top quality poultry products under the Del Campo brand. Consorzio Produttori Bionature wanted to develop a standard technology for management of farms with different poultry... [30 Apr 2008]
Defra IT - blowing budgets and showing up late
News The biggest IT project affected is the 'Whole Farm Approach' - a web-based system for the country's 120,000 farms, and farmers who sign up will be able to start simplifying the way they do business with government. [07 Feb 2008]
Advanced Call Center Solution Improves Efficiency, Delivering Premium Services to Rural Farmers
White Paper Juan Valdez is the face of the Federacion Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia (The National Federation of Colombian Coffee Growers) and Cafe de Colombia. The 100% Colombian Coffee logo was developed by the Federation in March 1981. [10 Jan 2008]
Sheep ID tags to combat disease outbreaks
News Electronic tagging of sheep will be mandatory for UK farmers from 31 December 2009 as part of a European Union ruling to help combat disease outbreaks such as foot and mouth. It could also mean greater movement restrictions have to be placed on the... [19 Dec 2007]
Fonterra Co-Operative Group Establishes Global Financial Visibility, Enhances Strategic Planning
White Paper Fonterra Co-operative Group is a leading multinational dairy company owned by 11,600 New Zealand dairy farmers. Its global supply chain connects shareholders' farms in New Zealand to customers and consumers in 140 countries. [05 Nov 2007]
£1.5bn farm subsidy chaos: "Inept" planning blamed
News Poor planning and a lack of testing of IT systems have been blamed for "inept" delays in the payment of £1.5bn of vital EU subsidies to thousands of UK farmers. The UK government developed a complex system for administering the scheme, which maps... [06 Sep 2007]
Agribusiness Portal a Ray of Hope for Farmers
White Paper The Assam Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium was established to help farmers in the North Eastern States of India earn higher incomes by modernizing their approach to agribusiness. The consortium wanted to collect essential information relating... [05 Sep 2007]
Insurance Company Streamlines Claims Processing With Web Services-Based Solution
White Paper The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is the third largest home and auto insurer in the United States. Farmers wanted to streamline its claims management process to eliminate inefficiencies. The solution, based on the Microsoft .NET Framework... [03 Jul 2007]
Visible Breakthrough: Michigan Milk Producers Association Serves Farmers Faster on a Secure Infrastructure
White Paper Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA), created by a small group of local farmers in Howell, Michigan, in 1916, produces more than three billion pounds of milk annually. MMPA wanted to control costs, preserve the value in custom-developed... [09 Jun 2007]
Integrated Olive Products Company Improves Control and Production With Web-Enabled System
White Paper The challenge was to manage farmers' ticketing procedures, which previously had been organized farmer-by-farmer. Established in 2001, Integrated Olive Products Company aims to make Jordan a leading producer and seller of high quality olive oil... [30 May 2007]
United Farmers of Alberta Improves Overall Agility of Retail Operations
White Paper United Farmers of Alberta (UFA), a farm-supply and petroleum marketing co-operative, was tracking and analyzing mission-critical information using paper-based reports generated by an existing legacy system. [01 May 2007]
Avaya Business Continuity, Mobility Solutions Help MMG Insurance Manage Growth, Improve Responsiveness
White Paper Founded in Houlton, Maine, in 1897, MMG Insurance is a regional property/casualty insurance company which had initially focused on the needs of local farmers. MMG wanted an IP telephony-based communications infrastructure that would satisfy its... [25 Apr 2007]
RFID Solutions for Livestock and Animal Tracking
White Paper There are a host of challenges facing livestock farmers today. It is well known that the adoption of RFID is happening around the globe. But where are the success stories and in which market sectors? One industry that has realized the benefits of... [13 Apr 2007]
Leading Insurer Improves Agent Services and Reduces Administrative Costs With Web-Based System Built Around Adobe Intelligent Document Platform
White Paper Farmers Home Mutual Insurance Company offers a wide selection of personal insurance products through a network of more than 1,500 independent agents in four states. Farmers Home Mutual adopted the Adobe Intelligent Document Platform as part of a... [11 Apr 2007]
