Ag Data Transparent: 11 Certification Questions
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Companies that are Ag Data Transparent have answered these 11 questions about how they collect, use, share and store ag data.
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2019: The Year in Reverse
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A look back at some of the more popular ag tech blog stories from 2019.
Read MoreIs Vertical Integration Good or Bad for AgTech?
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Two swine industry innovators won the THRIVE-Forbes Innovation Icon Award for the products they’ve developed for raising hogs. Will the swine industry be faster or slower to adopt new technologies like these than other, non-integrated ag industries?
Read MoreSwine Innovation Summit: What you missed.
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I recently attended the Swine Innovation Summit to learn about the latest livestock tech. Here is my summary.
Read MoreDrafting the Model Ag Data Use Agreement
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We have created a model agreement to address farmers’ concerns with ag data collection, use, and control.
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High-Speed Planter Wars
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John Deere recently filed suits against AGCO and Precision Planting claiming that their high-speed planting technologies infringe on Deere's ExactEmerge patents. What are Deere's claims against Precision Planting and AGCO? What are the possible outcomes?
Read MoreWhat Should AgTech Learn from GDPR?
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The US is still long ways from adopting a GDPR style regulation that applies across the country to protect data privacy, but what parts of GDPR are a step in the right direction for ag tech?
Read MoreFilling Potholes on the Road to Rural Broadband
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Qualcomm is building the next generation of chips to run on a 5G network. These have enormous possibilities for ag technology. Will the US be ready to harness these 5G devices when they arrive or will innovation move elsewhere?
Read MoreWhat's Old is New Again: What New Holland's Methane Tractor Means for Ag
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At the Farm Progess Show this summer, New Holland rolled out a new concept tractor that appeared mostly conventional but had one stand out feature--it runs on methane rather than diesel. My first impression when seeing this was--didn't we have this same concept 50 years ago?
Read MoreWhen your ag tech provider is sold, what happens to your ag data?
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DuPont Pioneer's acquisition of Silicon Valley based Granular might have you wondering: what happens to all that data you tech provider collects when its sold?
Read MoreUnlawfully "Tying" Ag Data Platforms Together
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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?
Read MoreFour Takeaways from the Ag Data Platforms Conference
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I recently attended the Precision Ag Data Platforms conference in Champaign, Illinois. Here are my reflections on the state of the ag data platforms industry.
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