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The most common questions about the Ag Data Coalition (ADC) are about the purpose of our organization, and how it’s different from any of the other ag data efforts in the industry. Much like a farmer intensely focused on their crops can sometimes lose track of current events, those of us heavily involved in the […]

With the holiday season here and another year coming to a close, we would like to look back at what the ADC has accomplished this year as well as look ahead to 2018 activities. Perhaps the most significant milestone for the ADC was officially forming our non-profit organization. This seemingly small act was the result […]

The ADC has teamed with CropLife to host a webinar on ag data ownership and control Monday 13 November at 1:00 Central. A diverse group of experts on precision ag data will be discussing the complexities of ag data ownership and control. More and more data is being generated every day on the farm and […]

We are excited to announce the ADC data repository is now available for farmers, ag service providers, and researchers to sign up for their own accounts. The ADC team met with several interested companies, service providers, and universities recently at InfoAg to share the news. There was a lot of positive feedback and excitement about […]

It has been a busy time at the Agricultural Data Coalition, ADC. We successfully completed our pilot phase with the new ADC data repository tool and completed the founding and initial organization of the non-profit. We also began working on developing a relationship with the Growers Ag Data Cooperative, with the intent to align our […]

(SPRINGFIELD, Ohio) – Alabama-based Agri-AFC, LLC, added its name today to the list of founding members of the Agricultural Data Coalition (ADC), becoming the 14th organization to join the group since its formation this spring. ADC’s mission is to build a secure repository where farmers can manage the volumes of production information generated by their […]

(SPRINGFIELD, OH) – The Agricultural Data Coalition (ADC) continues to expand its leadership diversity, as it announced today the addition of Iowa AgSTATE to its group of founding members. Iowa AgSTATE has been actively involved in digital agriculture strategy and education and summarized its work in a 2014 report on the Digital Transformation of Row […]

(SPRINGFIELD, OH) – The development of a secure, online repository where farmers can store, manage and control the information generated on their farms took a major step forward as the Agricultural Data Coalition (ADC) initiated its pilot to demonstrate how a neutral repository of data would work to connect data among growers, service providers, and […]

(INDIANAPOLIS) – Staying true to its core principle that farmers should be in control of the data collected on their operations, the Agricultural Data Coalition (ADC) today announced the formation of a farmer advisory board. The advisory board, which currently consists of 10 men and women, will help guide ADC as it develops a data […]