Big data and farming - Business Insider - 0 views
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the real potential is what happens when the data from thousands of tractors on thousands of farms is collected, aggregated, and analyzed in real time.
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Monsanto says its sensors on harvesting equipment generate about seven gigabytes of data per acre.
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Some farmers are worried about security and how companies could use and profit off their farms’ data. “A lot of the data we keep track of is sensitive to the farm, and I’m a little concerned if someone else got a hold of it,” Marshall says.
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