NPR reports on services Midwest farmers can sign up for allowing “big agribusiness” to collect data “minute by minute, as they plant and harvest their crops … promising to mine that data for tips that will put more money in farmers' pockets.” However, the American Farm Bureau Federation is warning farmers to be cautious, the report states, suggesting such services “could threaten farmers' privacy and give the big companies too much power.” One participant in an experimental data-sharing system from Monsanto said, "My theory is, if they have my information, and they're out there working with me, I'm hoping that they're going to bring me a better product."
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