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Todd Janzen

Todd Janzen is an attorney at Janzen Agricultural Law LLC (www.aglaw.us) in Indianapolis. Todd grew up on a Kansas grain and livestock farm and now practices law in the agriculture and technology fields. Todd is the past chair of the American Bar Association’s Agricultural Management Committee and authors a blog addressing legal issues facing agriculture: www.aglaw.us/JanzenAgLaw. Contact: janzen@aglaw.us.

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When Will Tesla's Electricity Come to the Farm?

By Todd Janzen posted on March 21, 2016 | Posted in Industry News

Tesla is revolutionizing the automotive industry. I keep wondering when Tesla will step into other markets and more importantly, will agriculture be one of them?

Do Farmers Need Legislation to Protect Their Ag Data?

By Todd Janzen posted on February 26, 2016 | Posted in Data Management, Industry News

With no federal laws directly regulating the storage, use, or transfer of agricultural data between farmers and ag technology providers, companies entering the ag data market struggle to interpret 50 state laws to determine whether their products and software run afoul of state privacy laws.

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What Makes Ag Data 'Ownership' Unique

By Todd Janzen posted on February 1, 2016 | Posted in Data Management

The concept of ag data "ownership" is not recognized by U.S. law. Farmers like to say they own their ag data, but the reality is that "ownership" is a legal principle that must be recognized by law.

Janzen Ag Law's Year in Reverse

By Todd Janzen posted on January 1, 2016 | Posted in Industry News

Each year in late December I like to take a look back and see what were the most widely discussed topics on the Janzen Ag Law blog for the past year.

U.S. House Ag Committee Holds Hearings on Farm Data

By Todd Janzen posted on October 29, 2015 | Posted in Data Management, Industry News

The US House of Representatives Agricultural Committee held hearings yesterday on Big Data and Agriculture: Innovations and Implications.

How VW's Diesel Engine Debacle Will Impact Farmers

By Todd Janzen posted on October 20, 2015 | Posted in Service & Support

Volkswagen (VW) has been in the news lately after university researchers discovered its "clean diesel" emissions were as much as 40 times higher than EPA regulations allowed.

Farm Data in Custom Farming Contracts

By Todd Janzen posted on September 12, 2015 | Posted in Data Management

As custom harvesters make their way across the U.S. and Canada this summer, I keep wondering what happens to all that yield data these machines are collecting.

Are Farmers Hitting the Brakes on New Technology?

By Todd Janzen posted on July 29, 2015 | Posted in Precision Sales, Service & Support

A recent post by Greg "Machinery Pete" Peterson got me thinking that increasing values on used tractors might be reflecting a different trend — is it possible the rise in used machinery prices is a sign of farmer backlash against new technology?

Is Your Farm Data a Trade Secret?

By Todd Janzen posted on June 26, 2015 | Posted in Data Management

Every agricultural technology provider likes to say that “the farmer owns the data,” but is that really true? This statement hinges on the answer to a central question: is farm data a form of intellectual property that the law protects?

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Are Livestock Farmers Being Left Behind in Ag's Big Data Revolution?

By Todd Janzen posted on June 5, 2015 | Posted in Data Management

I can’t help but wonder whether wide-spread adoption of data collection and sharing by poultry farmers could have helped stop the spread of the avian flu.

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