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Last week I testified before a US House Ag subcommittee about farmers' ag data privacy, transparency, and ownership concerns. Although not on the agenda, Congressional representatives repeatedly asked questions about how to bring rural broadband to US farmers. Considering the number of times this subject came up during the hearing, I thought it was worth a deeper look.
Read MoreI am honored to testify before the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, on July 13, 2017 at 10:00 a.m..
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An in depth look at what means to say the farmer "owns" their ag data.
Read MoreYou 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 MoreIf 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.
Read MoreWho is responsible when an ag data platform recommends to a farmer that he do something wrong?
Read MoreMy response to the Motherboard Right to Repair article: Why American Farmers are Hacking Their Tractors with Ukrainian Firmware.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreWhat will Elon Musk's impact be on agriculture? This is what I kept thinking after reading his biography: Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, by Ashlee Vance.
Read MoreThe Ag Data Transparency Evaluator has launched a new website to help farmers better understand their technology contracts.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreFarmers might herald Trump’s executive order pledging to cut two regulations for every one new one, but “regulations” are only one of the burdens placed on farmers. And that leads me to my prediction.
For the next ten years, consumers are going to drive more on-farm changes than regulators.
Read MoreThe clouds that house America’s agricultural data are going to see a lot shifting in 2017. Here are my predictions for 2017.
Read MoreHere's a look back at the five biggest ag law and technology stories from 2016.
Read MoreEarlier this year, I asked when is Tesla’s electricity going to come to farm? This week John Deere caught my attention this week when it announced an all-electric tractor concept in France. This post takes a closer look.
Read MoreJanzen Ag Law is celebrating our first year. What better way to celebrate than a blog post on the highs and lows of what it means to start a business today.
Read MoreThe past two weeks I attended two very different ag data conferences. The first was the Big Data Dairy Management conference held by the American Dairy Science Association. The second was AgGateway's annual conference. The audiences were different, but many of the issues were the same. Here are few of my reflections.
Read MoreFarmer's should understand the difference between ag data platforms that aggregate data and those that don't.
Read MoreA closer look at the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016.
Read MoreThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued its Federal Automated Vehicles Policy. Although this policy applies solely to on-road vehicles, CNH’s recent introduction of a concept autonomous tractor suggests that NHTSA’s policy may have agricultural implications too. This post takes a deeper look at NHTSA’s Automated Vehicles Policy.
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