But this time, a new, more shadowy issue also emerged: growing - TopicsExpress



          

But this time, a new, more shadowy issue also emerged: growing unease about how the largest seed companies are gathering vast amount of data from sensors on tractors, combines and other farm equipment. The increasingly common sensors measure soil conditions, seeding rates, crop yields and many other variables, allowing companies to provide farmers with customized guidance on how to get the most out of their fields. Farmers worry that a hedge fund or large company with access to real-time yield data from hundreds of combines at harvest time might be able to use that information to speculate in commodities markets long before the government issues crop-production estimates.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 18:17:26 +0000

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