Data Management

Data Management Emerges as Key Issue

The challenge with using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or "drones" in farming is less the technology and more the task of managing and acting on the vast volume of data it generates, a conference at Harper Adams University has heard.
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Being the Data Security Blanket for Customers

Talking with farmers, there seems to be a distinct divide between those who are embracing the big data revolution and those who are skeptical of it. One farmer colorfully likened the risk of independent companies or government agencies accessing his data without permission as “a sign of the apocalypse.”
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Farmers, Agriculture Technology Providers Reach Agreement on Big Data Privacy

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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Wandering Swath Width Syndrome: Yield Monitoring Errors

While we often focus on the importance of yield monitor calibration relative to logging accurate yield estimates during grain harvest (Luck & Fulton, 2014), there are other yield monitor settings that can inadvertently influence yield estimates.
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