The USDA’s Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities program represents an investment of over $3.1 billion into US agriculture. The statistics for the program huge: USDA selected 141 proposals from corporations, non-profits, and universities to study ways to increase climate-smart production practices for US farmers and livestock producers.

AGCO application product specialist Joe Dimler dives into the significance of the company’s smart spraying collaboration with Bosch BASF. Dimler said the company has a roadmap to expand the technology’s data collection abilities a few years down the line to include plant health, population stands, fungus detection and pest detection.

Why create a Model Ag Data Use Agreement? Because ag data contracts are, for the most part, a mess.

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.

Whether it’s at a conference booth, a nearby dealership or even the local coffee shop, talk about farm data is everywhere.