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Every farmer i talk to about this doesn't store their data in compatible formats (yet) There are no standards.

• jppope 6y ago
  why is that?
  • brianhorakh 6y ago
    Requires skills in both science and tech that only commercial farmers have, big companies don't share good. Plus Lots of data points, proper measurements require self calibrating "field suitable" lab equipment that doesn't exist or is highly cost prohibitive. Im actively spend 60+ hour weeks solving this. Have been for almost three years (im solving for spacex/mars missions, but it'll work here on terra firma too) Expect to see early prototypes in 2022.
    • jppope 6y ago
      any links to your work or way I can follow what you are doing?
• bovermyer 6y ago
  That's not what I mean. Commercial agriculture is heavily dependent on, and influenced by, companies that zealously guard what they see as their intellectual property. When I say "open agriculture," I'm referring to protecting free experimentation and open seed culture.
  • brianhorakh 6y ago
    More likely we'll move away from seeds towards sharing clones of rooted cuttings. Much more predictable. Open cutting exchange is a good idea actually. Trace genetics.
    • bovermyer 6y ago
      How would you go about sharing that, in a predictable way?
    • edgyquant 6y ago
      I doubt it as that opens up the possibility of one disease wiping out the whole population ala the old breed of Bananas that candies are based on which went extinct in the 70s IIRC.