Is Farm Data a Trade Secret?
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Is a farmer's farm data their trade secret? Is is protected under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act?
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Ag's Junk Data Problem
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The rise of farm data collection programs in the last year has been amazing to watch, but I keep wondering whether some ag technology providers are collecting data regardless of its usefulness.
Read MoreDoes Your Co-op Own Your Farm Data?
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Recently I was asked this question: When a farm cooperative (a “co-op”) does work for a farmer and in the process generates agronomic data, does the co-op own that data or does the farmer? Many in the ag industry like to say “the farmer owns the data,” but the co-op’s generation of farm data presents a more complicated problem.
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