Ag Equipment Manufacturers: Falling Behind Electric Car Trends
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The automotive industry is undergoing a dramatic transformation, investing billions in all-electric vehicle technology. Why isn’t the ag industry keeping up?
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Boeing 737 Max Issues are a Preview of Driverless Liability Issues to Come
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The Boeing 737 Max tragedies will force us to examine liability issues between software developers, hardware manufacturers, and their human operators. These issues have ramifications for other driverless technologies.
Read MoreThe Impossible Whopper issues a Whopper-sized Challenge to the Livestock Industry
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What does the introduction of the Impossible Whopper mean for the livestock industry? A lot.
Read MoreEPA Flyovers, Open Fields and the Right to Privacy
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In 2012, the EPA found itself in the middle of a firestorm when Iowa and Nebraska feedlot owners learned it was conducting flyovers to look for Clean Water Act violations. In 2019, we are learning about more EPA flyovers, this time in the Lake Erie watershed in northeast Indiana.
Read MoreGet Ready for Another Round of Privacy Policy Updates
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The passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) means that ag tech companies existing outside of California may still need to comply with California law.
Read MoreInternational Organization Releases Guidelines for Ag Data Research
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An international agricultural research group has created a set of guidelines for organizations using agricultural data in research projects.
Read MoreAll Electric Excavator is a Sign of Farm Equipment to Come
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Nearly every automotive manufacturer will have an electric vehicle for sale in 2019. Will we see this same trend in farm equipment?
Read MoreDo Farmers Still Care About Ag Data Privacy?
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Farm Credit Canada’s recent farmer survey shows that ag data concerns have not changed much in the last five years.
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The Ag Data Act of 2018 in the Next Farm Bill
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How much of the Ag Data Act of 2018 is included in the next Farm Bill?
Read MoreBlockchain: Understand Before Signing Up
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This year blockchain moved from little-known buzzword to early-adopter technology. Before you sign up to participate on a blockchain, however, there are some things you should know.
Read MoreThe Data Industrial Complex and The Right to Privacy
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Apple CEO Tim Cook recently referred to large data collection companies as the “data industrial complex.” There are some great lessons for the ag industry here.
Read MoreCybersecurity Threats to Precision Ag
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One of the most common questions I am asked when speaking about ag data privacy issues is: Why would an outsider want my ag data? The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just released a report addressing this question: Threats to Precision Agriculture.
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Common Contract Mistakes Made by Ag Tech Companies
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Here are some of the common mistakes that ag tech companies making when drafting their ag tech contracts.
Read MoreTen Ag Technologies that are Changing Agriculture
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I was asked to give an overview to the National Ag Law Center of what I thought were the emerging technologies and legal issues for agriculture. Here’s my top 10 list.
Read MoreReflections on InfoAg 2018
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I just returned from InfoAg 2018 and have a few observations to share.
Read MoreUSDA and Ag Data: Improving Productivity while Protecting Privacy
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The 2018 Farm Bill provides a unique opportunity for USDA to transform the way that is collects and uses ag data. I recently co-authored an article for AGree on how USDA can harness ag data to improve farm policy.
Read More6 Key Concepts from the EU's Code of Conduct on Ag Data Sharing
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A number of farm organizations in the European Union have developed a Code of Conduct on Agricultural Data Sharing by Contractual Agreement. This post takes a closer look at some of the key concepts.
Read MoreHigh-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?
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