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Aggregated vs. Non-Aggregated Data. An Important Distinction.

By Todd Janzen posted on November 24, 2016 | Posted in Data Management
Now a few years into the movement of ag data from the farmstead into the cloud, we are seeing two different models of cloud-based platforms emerge. There are cloud-based storage platforms with aggregated data sharing; and there are cloud-based platforms without aggregated data sharing. It is important for all farmers to know the difference.
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Thoughts from the (Ag Data) Road

By Todd Janzen posted on November 22, 2016 | Posted in Data Management
The past two weeks I have been on the road, traveling to Chicago and Orlando to speak at 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.
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Making a Federal Case Out of Ag Data

By Todd Janzen posted on November 1, 2016 | Posted in Data Management
Earlier this year, Congress passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) with near unanimous support. Since so many of my articles about ag data have focused on the law of trade secrets, I thought it makes sense to see what impact, if any, the DTSA has on ag data issues.
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Looking for Knowledge Opportunities to Leverage Collected Farm Data

By Clair Urbain posted on October 5, 2016 | Posted in Data Management
John Kutz has more than a decade of experience using GPS-guided and controlled equipment in his family’s 2,000 acre farming operation in Fort Atkinson, Wis. Kutz, who farms with his wife, Natalie, and parents, Dennis and Sally, also operates a tiling business as well as offers custom farming services that include chicken litter application, planting, spraying and harvesting to area farmers.
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