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Todd Janzen is an attorney at Janzen Agricultural Law LLC (www.aglaw.us) in Indianapolis. Todd grew up on a Kansas grain and livestock farm and now practices law in the agriculture and technology fields. Todd is the past chair of the American Bar Association’s Agricultural Management Committee and authors a blog addressing legal issues facing agriculture: www.aglaw.us/JanzenAgLaw. Contact: janzen@aglaw.us.

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Here Come the Carbon Food Labels

By Todd Janzen posted on August 14, 2020 | Posted in Industry News

Source: Janzen Ag Law

Carbon food labels are coming. For a while, they are going to be messy and contentious. They are going to result in litigation and legislation.

Is Your Farm Ready for the Swarm?

By Todd Janzen posted on July 17, 2020 | Posted in Dealer Development

Source: Janzen Ag Law

The big questions for me when looking at whether a “swarm farming” concept has merit is: What problem is the swarm trying to solve? Does the swarm solve the problem?

What Does it Mean to be 'Transparent' with Data?

By Todd Janzen posted on June 19, 2020 | Posted in Data Management, Industry News

While participating in a recent podcast hosted by United Soybean Board’s Tech Toolshed (Getting to know Ag Data Transparent), the host asked this question: What does data transparency mean? I asked a few industry leaders about what “data transparency” means to them.

Ranking the 5 Levels of Ag Data Transparency

By Todd Janzen posted on May 1, 2020 | Posted in Data Management, Industry News

As someone who is immersed in legal issues related to data privacy and ownership, it should come as no surprise that I have a Google alert set up so that I get notified when a company uses the words “transparency” and “ag data” in a sentence.

A Look at the Australian Farm Data Code

By Todd Janzen posted on April 24, 2020 | Posted in Data Management, Industry News

For the most part, the Australian Farm Data Code follows the framework of North America’s Core Principles, focusing on clarity, portability, control, consent and sharing, and deletion rights. It is similarly an aspirational document, a set of guiding principles.

The FieldView-Tillable Breakup: What Went Wrong

By Todd Janzen posted on February 25, 2020

Almost no one reads tech contracts (privacy policies, EULAs, terms of service, etc.) This fact has led tech providers to go overboard, creating long and complex agreements.

Thoughts on the 40-Year Old Tractor Story

By Todd Janzen posted on January 10, 2020

Repairability is certainly an issue for some farmers, but it is not the whole story. Greg Peterson (a/k/a Machinery Pete) pointed out in the Star-Tribune that 1970’s and 1980’s tractors were built to last for decades, with proper maintenance and upkeep.

2019: The Year in Reverse

By Todd Janzen posted on December 27, 2019

As 2019 draws to a close, I enjoy looking back at the ag tech stories from the past year. Here are the highlights from the Janzen Ag Law Blog in 2019.

Forget Paris?

By Todd Janzen posted on November 27, 2019

The Trump administration recently announced that the US intended to withdraw from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.

State Data Privacy Laws: The Highway to Nowhere Fast

By Todd Janzen posted on November 8, 2019

In 1919, a young Lieutenant Colonel named Dwight D. Eisenhower led a military convoy across the United States, from Washington D.C. to San Francisco. The excursion took 62 days and left a lasting impression on Eisenhower.

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