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Making Logistics a Precision Priority

By Jack Zemlicka posted on November 30, 2016 | Posted in Industry News, Precision Sales
Last month, I had the opportunity to share some of the results and analysis from our most recent benchmark study at the Western Equipment Dealers Assn. meeting in Arizona. During the course of my discussion, one of the questions I posed to the room was how many are offering some type of data management service?
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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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Major Commitment to Precision Growth

By Jack Zemlicka posted on November 2, 2016 | Posted in Precision Sales, Product Innovations
The last couple of years have seen hiring in the precision department slow as dealerships have been more conservative with where and how they invest in personnel. More emphasis has been placed on retention and cross-training of existing staff, to provide more flexibility with customer service offerings and sales.
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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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