The voice of the farmer drives our efforts at Ag Data Transparent. We appreciate the farmer-led groups who lead our organization.
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The complexity of carbon contracts have generated renewed farmer interest in transparent data use.
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Need help getting started to improve how you manage farmers’ ag data? ADT provides an Ag Data Use Model Agreement as an example that is tailored for agriculture.
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As 2021 draws to an end, Ag Data Transparent (ADT) celebrates a year of being true to its mission and true to the cause of transparency, simplicity and trust in Ag Data use.
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The Ag Data Transparent Board of Directors elected officers for 2022 at its recent Board meeting.
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What are farmers looking for when it comes to the use of and contracts relating to the information being generated on their operation? Transparency, Simplicity and Trust. For the last 11 days we’ve shared details on the 11 questions an Ag Tech provider must answer to earn the ADT seal. This article links you to all 11 articles which also include insight from industry experts.
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Farmers almost need a scorecard on the office wall to keep track of the many mergers and acquisitions in the agricultural industry over the past decade. When company ownership changes hands, what happens to the ag data being collected? Our final question - Question 11 covers this topic, including perspective from the National Farmers Union.
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How often have your eyes glazed over looking at pages of “legalese” and you clicked the “accept” button so you could get on with using the technology? ADT Question 10 addresses this topic including farmer perspective thanks to Jacob Westlin, Senior Director of Policy and Communications at National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG).
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Ransomware and malware attacks seem to have become commonplace. The ag industry is certainly not any more immune than any other industry - does your ag tech provider notify you if your data has been compromised? Question 9 addresses this topic with perspective from Todd Janzen, ADT Administrator and President of Janzen Schroeder Ag Law.
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The term “up in the cloud” used to mean watching the weather. Now Ag Data lives “in the cloud” but how easy is it to delete from there? Question 8 covers this topic including insight from the team at John Deere.
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Wading through ag data contracts can be as frustrating as trying to separate individual noodles in a pile of spaghetti. Question 7 relates to clarity of further use of data with perspective from our ADT Board President, Britt Raybould, who is former President of the National Potato Council and Chief Financial Officer at Raybould Brothers Farms.
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The information highway in agriculture is moving fast. With new technology on the farm growing exponentially, data is moving as quickly as a car on a racetrack. Question 6 discusses user consent including perspective from Darcy Herauf, Director, Farm Credit Canada’s Ag Expert.
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Who has to play by your Ag Tech Provider’s rules? ADT Question 5 covers this topic, highlighting thoughts from Joel Wippenfurth, Director of Business Operations and Retail Execution at WinField United.
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Combining data to see trends in agriculture is done frequently. Do you know if your Ag Tech providers are aggregating your operations’ data? Craig Rogers, Precision Farming Lead at Beck’s Hybrids, is our expert today commenting on Question 4.
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“One of the most important concerns that we hear from our farmer members about working with Ag Tech providers is on the question of ownership of the data.” Michael Nepveux, Economist, American Farm Bureau Federation, shares the importance of ownership clarity for their farmer members. Learn more as we discuss Question 3.
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The second question that companies must answer to earn the Ag Data Transparent Seal relates to data categories - it can be complex!
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What does it take to be certified as Ag Data Transparent? We are starting an 11 day series where we will feature each question a technology company must answer. We start with Question One, including comments from American Soybean Association President Kevin Scott, a soybean farmer from South Dakota.
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Ag Tech companies can save time by tapping Ag Data Transparent (ADT) to help customers trust how their data is being used. Darcy Herauf, Director of Ag Expert, Farm Credit Canada, shares the value his organization sees in ADT.
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Ag Data Transparent has updated its certification questions, with the revised questionnaire reflecting the evolving uses of ag data.
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ADT Board President Britt Raybould shares perspective on the importance of data transparency in agriculture.
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