Greetings and happy holiday’s ADC supporters, it is a busy time of
year for the ADC. We have been supporting course activities by helping
set up accounts for several precision ag classes where college students
will be educated on real life use of agricultural data. This includes
data collection from multiple systems, organizing, archiving and sharing
through the ADC environment as well as learning how best to utilize
agricultural data to bring value to the farm. We are also busy making
upgrades and enhancements to the platform enabling easier use for
different universities that are leveraging the system to manage their
on-farm research projects and collaborations with cooperating growers.
Additionally, several of our board members have been busy at fall and
winter conferences discussing the value of data and hurdles farmers are
encountering when trying to optimize their operations using their data.
The board members are using these opportunities to educate the industry
on the importance of farmer-controlled data. Along those lines, we
recently published an article on PrecisonAg.com
discussing data privacy on the farm and how it relates to recent
regulations regarding personal data enacted by the European Union (EU).
We plan to post more articles going forward, so if there are any
specific topics you would like us to address drop us a note.
We hope everyone had a productive 2018 though there were many challenges
from both the markets and Mother Nature across the country. The ADC
believes farmers and the industry need to make better informed decisions
going forward to successfully navigate these challenging times. We are
doing what we can to ensure everyone in the industry, individual
farmers, ag retailers, service providers, universities and other
research organizations can effectively collaborate and securely share
and leverage the vast amounts of data being generated in today’s farming
operations.
As we gather with family and friends in the coming weeks and reflect
back on the past year and begin looking forward to 2019, it is clear
data will play an increasing role within the agricultural industry. With
this in mind, it will be essential for farmers to have a private,
secure, online way to store and manage their information. If you would
like to become more involved and help support the ADC’s efforts please
contact us at join@agdatacoalition.org.
December 2018 Newsletter