March 24, 2021

The Value of Farm Data

Purdue University agricultural economist Brady Brewer is joined by Purdue agricultural economist Nate Delay to discuss the value of your farm data in this episode of the Purdue Commercial AgCast. They discuss the types of farm data, the trust in sharing your data, and what price you’d put on that data. Farm data has come a long way and the value on it is a little unclear – a new Purdue study will help answer that question.

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