Unlawfully "Tying" Ag Data Platforms Together

Unlawfully "Tying" Ag Data Platforms Together

You just spent six figures on a new piece of farm equipment. Now you read the fine print and realize that you must also sign-up with the equipment manufacturer's cloud based data platform. You want the equipment, but not the proprietary data platform that comes with it. What do you do?

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John Deere and Precision Planting Merger Ends Before It Begins

John Deere and Precision Planting Merger Ends Before It Begins

If you haven't heard from now, Monsanto has terminated its agreement to sell its Precision Planting division to John Deere.  Only those inside these companies really know what led to the end of this agreement, but the press releases help us piece together what happened.

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Ag Data and Price Fixing

Ag Data and Price Fixing

As more ag data moves from farmers' tractors and computers into the cloud, the temptation for companies to use this data to price fix will only grow.

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America's First Ag Data Case

America's First Ag Data Case

A number of poultry growers have filed suit against Tyson Foods, Perdue Farms, and other poultry integrators alleging that growers’ production data was shared among integrators to depress the amounts paid to growers.  This is the first case where farmers’ ag data is at the center of the lawsuit.

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Speed Kings: DOJ Suit Puts the Brakes on High Speed Planting Merger

Speed Kings: DOJ Suit Puts the Brakes on High Speed Planting Merger

The Department of Justice recently filed suit to prohibit John Deere's acquisition of high speed planting technology from Precision Planting.  This article takes a closer look at the suit.

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