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Big Ag Companies Slow Following Through On Data Transparency Pledge

By Johnathan Hettinger/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | January 25, 2018

Just nine of 30 agribusiness companies have followed through on a pledge to implement the Farm Bureau’s 2014 “Core Principles” for transparency in the collection of farmers’ data. Among those who have yet to do so are some of the industry’s biggest players.