Agrible Inc. has been appointed to the interim board of a coalition to address the importance of big data privacy, security and transparency for growers and will work to promote security principles for farm data.

As farmers face continuing economic challenges, a FarmLink analysis of its proprietary benchmark data found that for the second year in a row approximately one third of farm operations could have earned additional revenue in 2015, totaling $8.1 billion across the U.S.

"You can't manage what you don't measure!" is a phrase attributed to both Peter Drucker and W. Edwards Deming. This phrase is as applicable to farmers as it is to managers at Toyota or Amazon.

Managing precision ag data is a yearlong process, says Ohio State University Extension. Here's are some reminders and tips on how to help farmers get the most out of it.

According to University of Illinois researchers, big data is already extensively used at the genetics and consumer ends of the food and ag supply chain.

Dealer-to-dealer panel presentation to provide options and explanations for making data management service a profitable venture at the 2016 Precision Farming Dealer Summit.

According to University of Illinois researchers, if the science of ag (the why) is not integrated within the sector's Big Data applications, serious mistakes could result.

It's easy to get confused about the two terms, precision agriculture and Big Data. Big Data is much more than precision agriculture, but precision ag operations often generate key elements of the data needed for Big Data applications.

Big Data — the current buzzword of choice. Today it's very easy to be overwhelmed by the hype around Big Data. University of Illinois researchers attempt to start unraveling exactly what it is and what it means for agriculture.