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OPINION: The future of agricultural innovation is reliant on the sector being more open with its data.

The financial, operational and managerial benefits of Ceres Tag ear tags are significant, according to Kenneth Irons, managing director at Precision Farming.

The financial, operational and managerial benefits of Ceres Tag ear tags are significant, according to Kenneth Irons, managing director at Precision Farming.

The next era of farming will start with taking full advantage of data, says LIC chief executive Wayne McNee.

Who has your data and what are they doing with it?

Farmers can now order, initiate and record fertiliser and spray applications on their farms at the click of a button.

Averages are a great mathematical tool and brilliant for hiding poorer performing results because they get dragged up by higher results. 

Farmers are doing well at collecting data, but must now look at how to manage that data and use it to make better on-farm decisions, says dairy farmer and agricultural data expert Hayden Lawrence.

Getting all dairy farmers around the country to see the value of providing nutrient management data to their respective dairy companies presents quite a challenge.