LinkedIn Case Shows the Limits of Data Ownership
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A recent ruling on a case involving LinkedIn's collection of user data helps answers some, but not all, of our questions about how the law will ultimately treat ag data.
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10 Minute Lunch Break Webcast: Becoming Ag Data Transparent
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We are launching a series of short, informative webinars on a variety of ag law topics. Our first video is about becoming Ag Data Transparent.
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 MoreDicamba will show us the promise--and limitations--of big data in 2017
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Dicamba complaints are soaring in the US this summer. Big data is going to answer a lot of our questions about who is to blame, but also show us the limits of what ag data can tell us today.
Read MorePutting Farmers in Control of Ag Data-RFD TV
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RFD-TV covered the hearing before the US House Committee on Agriculture's subcommittee on general farm commodities. Please check out the report by Sarah Mock below.
Read MoreRural Broadband: Possibility or Pipe Dream?
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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 MoreThe Future of Farming: Technological Innovations, Opportunities, and Challenges for Producers
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I 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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Unlawfully "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 MoreJohn Deere and Precision Planting Merger Ends Before It Begins
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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.
Read MoreAre You Liable if Your Big Data Platform is Negligent?
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Who is responsible when an ag data platform recommends to a farmer that he do something wrong?
Read MoreSorry, Right to Repair Advocates: You may be right, but John Deere is on the Winning Side of History
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My response to the Motherboard Right to Repair article: Why American Farmers are Hacking Their Tractors with Ukrainian Firmware.
Read MoreAg Data and Price Fixing
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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.
Read MoreElon Musk and Agriculture
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What 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 MoreAg Data Transparency Evaluator Launches New Website
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The Ag Data Transparency Evaluator has launched a new website to help farmers better understand their technology contracts.
Read MoreAmerica's First Ag Data Case
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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.
Read MoreChange is Coming to the Dairy. And not from Regulators.
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Farmers 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 MoreAg Data Predictions for 2017
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The clouds that house America’s agricultural data are going to see a lot shifting in 2017. Here are my predictions for 2017.
Read MoreThe Year in Reverse: 2016
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Here's a look back at the five biggest ag law and technology stories from 2016.
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