New Concepts in the Updated Core Principles for Ag Data

New Concepts in the Updated Core Principles for Ag Data

The updated Core Principles for Ag Data now address the need for simple contracts, properly identifying data sharing partners, anonymization and AI.

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Updated Core Principles for Ag Data (2024)

Updated Core Principles for Ag Data (2024)

Ten years ago American Farm Bureau published the Privacy and Security Principles for Farm Data. In 2024, these “Core Principles” for use of ag data have been updated.

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Using Ag Data to Win Your Case

Using Ag Data to Win Your Case

A more in-depth look at how we used good ag data to prevail in recent case involving flooding of farmland.

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Translating AI's Legal Issues for Agriculture

Translating AI's Legal Issues for Agriculture

The legal issues surrounding artificial intelligence will impact agriculture, too.

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Five Questions to Ask Before Signing a Soil Carbon Contract

Five Questions to Ask Before Signing a Soil Carbon Contract

Farmers’ options for signing a soil carbon contracts are multiplying. What are some considerations before signing up the farm?

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Ag Data Collection for the USDA's Climate-Smart Commodities

Ag Data Collection for the USDA's Climate-Smart Commodities

USDA’s Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities will require a lot of ag data. Let’s make sure we get the contracts with farmers right.

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The Digitalization of Grain Contracts

The Digitalization of Grain Contracts

Modernizing grain contracts will only make US grain marketing more efficient.

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A Look at the Principles for Transparency in Ag Climate Markets

A Look at the Principles for Transparency in Ag Climate Markets

A group of companies has developed a set of transparency principles for carbon market developers in agriculture. What do they say and what happens next?

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Apple CarPlay Will Soon Control Your Car. Will Apple TractorPlay be Next?

Apple CarPlay Will Soon Control Your Car. Will Apple TractorPlay be Next?

Does the next generation of Apple CarPlay foreshadow the next generation of farm equipment monitors?

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The Six Building Blocks of a Soil Carbon Contract

The Six Building Blocks of a Soil Carbon Contract

Carbon is number six on the periodic table. Similarly, soil carbon contracts have six basic elements.

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Are NFTs the Answer to the Ag Data Ownership Question?

Are NFTs the Answer to the Ag Data Ownership Question?

NFTs are allowing people to buy original digital videos of NBA players. Could the same technology help recognize farmer ownership of ag data from their farms?

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Using Ag Data to Prove Crop Damage in Court

Using Ag Data to Prove Crop Damage in Court

Good ag data proved invaluable in a recent case involving crop damage.

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Who is the Ag Data Watchdog?

Who is the Ag Data Watchdog?

A reporter recently asked me—who is the ag data watchdog for farmers?

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Secondary Use of Ag Data is a Privacy Violation

Secondary Use of Ag Data is a Privacy Violation

We often think of data privacy in terms of disclosure of information, but the concept of privacy is much broader.

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Creating Carbon Credits

Creating Carbon Credits

There are three things farmers should understand about carbon credits: who creates them, how they are packaged into a salable commodity, and who buys them.

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An Ag Data Checklist for Evaluating Carbon Platforms

An Ag Data Checklist for Evaluating Carbon Platforms

As more carbon reduction programs are marketed to farmers, here is my checklist for understanding the possible long-term implications for the farm.

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How the Ag Data Landscape Has Changed in Five Years

How the Ag Data Landscape Has Changed in Five Years

Five years ago, the Ag Data Transparent effort launched to help educate farmers about what happens to their data when shared with an online platform. How have things changed since then? This article takes a look.

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Can Ag Tech Increase Your On-Farm Risk?

Can Ag Tech Increase Your On-Farm Risk?

Ag tech frequently decreases on-farm risks of injury or damage to property, but are the ways that ag tech adoption can also increase a farmer’s risk?

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Ranking the 5 Levels of Ag Data Transparency

Ranking the 5 Levels of Ag Data Transparency

Not every ag tech provider treats ag data transparency with the same level of care.

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The FieldView-Tillable Breakup: What Went Wrong

The FieldView-Tillable Breakup: What Went Wrong

Think no one cares about what happens to ag data? The FieldView/Tillable break up will convince you otherwise.

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