<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445448930348226725</id><updated>2011-10-11T17:44:50.146-07:00</updated><category term='Agriculture'/><category term='facebook'/><category term='Field days'/><category term='Fieldays'/><category term='National'/><category term='twitter'/><category term='Landamark Farm Software'/><category term='farming'/><category term='dropbox'/><category term='datasafe'/><category term='farm management'/><category term='social media'/><category term='New Zealand Farmers'/><category term='cloud'/><category term='iagri'/><category term='Farming Smarter'/><category term='Applied Farm Management'/><category term='gmail'/><category term='farm'/><category term='Farmers Weekly'/><category term='farm software'/><title type='text'>Farming Smarter - i.Agri Newsletters</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6445448930348226725/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>LandMark Software</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17121560910537495596</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_19WX6aCqQ5I/S5BYtXHmtwI/AAAAAAAAAAY/8TcaULKl0M4/S220/farm_small.png'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445448930348226725.post-5678404781679234998</id><published>2011-07-06T18:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T18:48:55.359-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Landamark Farm Software'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cloud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social media'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='datasafe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='facebook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gmail'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='twitter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iagri'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dropbox'/><title type='text'>iAgri Newsletter - July 2011</title><summary type='text'>Keep in Contact
To keep up with the modern world, we’ve been using the internet more and more to communicate with our subscribers. Trouble is, only 30% of our client-base opens the emails or visits our website. This makes it very difficult for us to provide the sort of interactive service we want to develop with our clients. Presumably some of our emails end up as spam. We try to avoid using the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/feeds/5678404781679234998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/2011/07/iagri-newsletter-july-2011.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6445448930348226725/posts/default/5678404781679234998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6445448930348226725/posts/default/5678404781679234998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/2011/07/iagri-newsletter-july-2011.html' title='iAgri Newsletter - July 2011'/><author><name>LandMark Software</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17121560910537495596</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_19WX6aCqQ5I/S5BYtXHmtwI/AAAAAAAAAAY/8TcaULKl0M4/S220/farm_small.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ph2zHPd-rP4/ThTgLdZqJ9I/AAAAAAAAADI/oUVh_P0-Whc/s72-c/gmail-logo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445448930348226725.post-2967099302913107848</id><published>2011-02-02T17:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T14:18:04.975-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Farming Smarter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Applied Farm Management'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='farm software'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='farm management'/><title type='text'>"Applied Farm Management"</title><summary type='text'>Farm Management is about managing and optimizing farming "systems". It includes, Financial Management but is much more than just that. Farm Management takes into account the best and most up to date scientific, technological, economic and market research available and applies it to farming systems with the objective of achieving the best outcomes in terms of overall profit and sustainability. It </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/feeds/2967099302913107848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/2011/02/applied-farm-management.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6445448930348226725/posts/default/2967099302913107848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6445448930348226725/posts/default/2967099302913107848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/2011/02/applied-farm-management.html' title='&quot;Applied Farm Management&quot;'/><author><name>LandMark Software</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17121560910537495596</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_19WX6aCqQ5I/S5BYtXHmtwI/AAAAAAAAAAY/8TcaULKl0M4/S220/farm_small.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_19WX6aCqQ5I/TUoKeUiTZJI/AAAAAAAAACk/3WcIeuya1nc/s72-c/lincoln.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445448930348226725.post-4993030415165917697</id><published>2010-06-28T17:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-01T22:03:42.357-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fieldays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='National'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Field days'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Farmers Weekly'/><title type='text'>Post Fieldays</title><summary type='text'>The Fieldays have come and gone. Considerable numbers visited our site and we had many good conversations with very interested farmers, advisors and consultants. None-the-less, it will be a while yet and quite a bit of following up before we know how fruitful the whole exercise has been.Going to the National Fieldays is an expensive exercise, especially if you are, like us, headquartered in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/feeds/4993030415165917697/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/2010/06/post-fieldays.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6445448930348226725/posts/default/4993030415165917697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6445448930348226725/posts/default/4993030415165917697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/2010/06/post-fieldays.html' title='Post Fieldays'/><author><name>LandMark Software</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17121560910537495596</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_19WX6aCqQ5I/S5BYtXHmtwI/AAAAAAAAAAY/8TcaULKl0M4/S220/farm_small.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445448930348226725.post-6854163116097531836</id><published>2010-06-10T19:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-10T20:43:44.285-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fieldays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Field days'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Agriculture'/><title type='text'>National Field Days</title><summary type='text'>It's that time of year again. As we have done for a number of years, we are setting off up north to the 42nd National Field days. Our site is in the Premiere area in the main pavilion (Site PF26).  We've had field days since the beginning of agriculture in this country and it's interesting that the basic format, from what I've read and observed over time, hasn't changed much. The content has but </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/feeds/6854163116097531836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/2010/06/national-field-days.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6445448930348226725/posts/default/6854163116097531836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6445448930348226725/posts/default/6854163116097531836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/2010/06/national-field-days.html' title='National Field Days'/><author><name>LandMark Software</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17121560910537495596</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_19WX6aCqQ5I/S5BYtXHmtwI/AAAAAAAAAAY/8TcaULKl0M4/S220/farm_small.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_19WX6aCqQ5I/TBGwOwcU-qI/AAAAAAAAAB8/e3f_4AeZzaY/s72-c/DSC00492.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445448930348226725.post-6411785375499865124</id><published>2010-05-27T15:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-13T18:00:20.275-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Farming Smarter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Zealand Farmers'/><title type='text'>Are New Zealand Farmers the best in the World?</title><summary type='text'>Are New Zealand farmers the best in the World? A recent remark on international television to this effect set one thinking. Is it arrogant to believe that we, the inhabitants of the most recently settled country in the world, are better farmers than those whose agricultural history goes back 10,000 years and more?

The TV comment was made whilst referring to our low cost dairy industry where, by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/feeds/6411785375499865124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/2010/05/are-new-zealand-farmers-best-in-world.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6445448930348226725/posts/default/6411785375499865124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6445448930348226725/posts/default/6411785375499865124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/2010/05/are-new-zealand-farmers-best-in-world.html' title='Are New Zealand Farmers the best in the World?'/><author><name>LandMark Software</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17121560910537495596</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_19WX6aCqQ5I/S5BYtXHmtwI/AAAAAAAAAAY/8TcaULKl0M4/S220/farm_small.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445448930348226725.post-4934337879588435993</id><published>2010-03-11T13:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-11T18:43:31.279-08:00</updated><title type='text'>March Newsletter</title><summary type='text'> Dependent or Independent – That is the question?Look at the disruption when Telecom’s XT network went down for the second time in recent months. Even the power outage north of the Waikato a few weeks ago shows how services we have come to depend on and take for granted can let us down. (God help us if we are up in the air when, or if, air-traffic control or GPS navigation systems let us down)  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/feeds/4934337879588435993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-newsletter.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6445448930348226725/posts/default/4934337879588435993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6445448930348226725/posts/default/4934337879588435993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-newsletter.html' title='March Newsletter'/><author><name>LandMark Software</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17121560910537495596</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_19WX6aCqQ5I/S5BYtXHmtwI/AAAAAAAAAAY/8TcaULKl0M4/S220/farm_small.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6445448930348226725.post-5552153897765937852</id><published>2010-03-04T15:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T15:48:49.802-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='farm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='farm software'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='farm management'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='farming'/><title type='text'>Farming Smarter - First Blog</title><summary type='text'>This is our first Blog. We produce software but have considerable experience in farming and farm management so will use this blog to comment on farming, the farming industry and the use of software to improve farm performance.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/feeds/5552153897765937852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/2010/03/farming-smarter-first-blog.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6445448930348226725/posts/default/5552153897765937852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6445448930348226725/posts/default/5552153897765937852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://farmingsmarter.blogspot.com/2010/03/farming-smarter-first-blog.html' title='Farming Smarter - First Blog'/><author><name>LandMark Software</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17121560910537495596</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_19WX6aCqQ5I/S5BYtXHmtwI/AAAAAAAAAAY/8TcaULKl0M4/S220/farm_small.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
