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Farmers, Agriculture Technology Providers Reach Agreement on Big Data Privacy

November 13, 2014 | Posted in Data Management
Source: American Farm Bureau Federation
A coalition of major farm organizations and agriculture technology providers (ATPs) today announced an agreement on data privacy and security principles that will encourage the use and development of a full range of innovative, technology-driven tools and services to boost the productivity, efficiency and profitability of American agriculture.
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AgGateway Releases Data Privacy White Paper

November 11, 2014
AgGateway’s Data Privacy and Security Committee has published a white paper to help the agriculture industry consider ways to incorporate data privacy best practices and standards into their operations.
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New Precision Ag Club Focuses on Advocacy and Volunteering

By Jaime Elftman posted on November 6, 2014
One of the challenges facing the agricultural industry is a generational shift on farms as well as within farm equipment dealerships. To assist in those transitions from a technology standpoint, Lake Region State College, in Devils Lake, N.D., recently developed a Precision Ag Club (PAC) to go beyond education and leave an impact on the community through precision farming.
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Get Ready for Robot Farmers

October 21, 2014 | Posted in Product Innovations
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
On most lettuce farms, workers weave between rows to cull extra heads of lettuce crowding out the healthiest plants. The practice, called thinning, is labor-intensive and a labor shortage has made it difficult to find workers for the task.
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New Generation of Robots Poised to Transform Global Agricultural Production

April 12, 2012
With reported agricultural labour shortages all over the world and demographics showing the average age of farmers steadily climbing, complacency about the security of our food production isn’t an option, the delegates to the European Robotics Forum 2012 were told. In tandem with this future uncertainty, in the Developed World at least, there are growing concerns about product quality and safety, as well as the environmental impact of agriculture.
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