American Farmers Want a Piece of the Big Data Revolution

American Farmers Want a Piece of the Big Data Revolution
Stephen Lee/Capital Journal via AP

This isn't your granddad's tractor.

The machines on the 5,000 acres where Jim Schmidt grows corn, soybeans, and wheat record reams of data as they work. They log how much fertilizer they spread, how much fuel they burn, how much moisture is in the soil, and how many horsepower they're producing.

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