MyDairyDashboard has become the first livestock data company to earn the Ag Data Transparent seal of approval.

Should a US or Canadian ag data platform — whose farmers are located only in North America — become GDPR compliant? Here are the questions you should ask to determine the answer.

With the guiding principles in hand, the first step in drafting a data use policy is to identify the the types of ag data the company collects.

Facebook's recent privacy breach has made me wonder whether these same missteps could happen to an ag tech provider. I think the answer is most-assuredly yes. An ag tech provider could carelessly walk into the same trap that caught Facebook.

Tipping points sometimes occur long before their true impact can be totaled, and the recent introduction of MTZ’s new-to-North America diesel-electric farm tractor could rank in that category — especially since the competitively-priced machine will be available for sale in the last quarter of 2018.

When it comes to new Precision Ag technology and hardware, there is often a bit of anxiety about being the first to try it. I think it goes back to the tongue in cheek adage, “The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”