It’s time to put down the pen and use an FMS to save time, increase accuracy for planning, make timely decisions, and streamline relationships.

The Agricultural Data Coalition is asking for feedback on where you think farm data is headed in the next the five years.

Nothing emphasizes the need for data to be stored in the cloud more than the risk of losing it permanently, says contributing writer Reinder Prins.

All parties need to recognize ag data as a commodity like any other: something of value that needs to be guarded and that can be used to one’s advantage.

Jeff Bradshaw, CTO at Proagrica, gives his thoughts on four predictions for data trends which will shape the agriculture sector in 2020.

This last week I had the pleasure of visiting a variety of growers and agronomists in South Australia. With 100-plus degree temperatures, 20-plus mph winds and enough flies to drive me crazy, I witnessed one of South Australia’s earliest...

Have you struggled with selecting a farm management system? That's understandable, and you're not alone. Lots of farmers like you need a tech platform that supports their business, but with so many different types of software options out there...

By now anyone who knows me is aware that I’m a fan of Moneyball and Sabermetrics. The ability to grind through a lot of data and have that data make sense by bringing it down to 1 number has...

Earlier this year scientists revealed the first-ever image captured of a black hole. Thought to be impossible, the feat required the collaboration of more than 350 astronomers over several years, and their efforts recently earned them the Breakthrough Prize...

It’s hard to open any agricultural website at the moment, or even LinkedIn or Twitter for that matter, without reading about the rising trend of hemp cultivation in the U.S. Hemp was legalized in the Farm Bill that President...

At the InfoAg Conference last week, a common and prevalent theme throughout several discussions on the trade show floor, as well as during sessions, suggested the ag industry is on the cusp of truly beginning to utilize data within...

Heightened interest in farm data has arisen since commercialization of precision agriculture technology. Venture capitalists, agricultural service providers, farmers, and policy makers are all concerned with farm data. Farm data are prone to inherent problems and analysis shortcomings that...

https://youtu.be/4vUynG5Wrl4 Jonah Kolb of Moore & Warner joins PrecisionAg's Paul Schrimpf for a discussion of data and technology in the near and medium term for precision agriculture stakeholders working in the U.S. Midwest....

Currently, data is being collected at the highest rate since the inception of precision agriculture in the mid-90’s. Today, there exists a variety of precision agriculture hardware and digital technologies that enable farm and field level data to be...

You know the line, “I’m from the federal government and I’m here to help”? In 20 Nebraska counties, work the USDA is doing this season has the potential to positively impact 95% of American producers within five years, based...

Irrespective of which agricultural website, magazine, or newspaper you read at the moment, it is clear that there is a heavy focus on data in our industry. Collecting and storing data is pretty straightforward for most but, depending on...

It has been nearly two years since I published my thoughts about "building your own" and, as the topic is still as relevant now as it was back then, I think it is time for a follow-up article to...

The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture is helping to facilitate a new relationship between farmers and the digital world, reports Food Tank. Using the emerging tools of Big Data, the CGIAR Platform is developing approaches for solving complex...

Leading the way in using drive increasingly sophisticated data and analytics tools to drive efficiencies and cut waste in agriculture and food production is John Deere, writes futurist Bernard Marr on Forbes.com. The 180-year-old manufacturer of farming and industrial machinery...

Plenty of challenges come with managing growers’ data. Defining when one crop year ends and the next begins. Establishing boundaries. And trying to work with inconsistent, inaccurate, or ‘dirty’ data tops the list. Editor's note: This...