Documents & Presentations by Terry Griffin
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Ag Technology and Farm Labor
From the recent Women Managing the Farm Conference at K-State, agricultural technology specialist Terry Griffin shares some observations from a discussion forum he moderated, on farm technology adoption and how that impacts farm labor. Terry also hints at an emerging conflict between two major farm data services. Could this conflict get the attention of legislators? |
February 21, 2020 |
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Big Farm Data
K-State precision agriculture economist Terry Griffin looks at the ongoing issue of "big farm data": who owns it, and to what extent do farmers want to commit to a data processing venture...he tackled those and other questions as an invited speaker at an ag data law symposium hosted by Texas A&M University last week. |
February 6, 2020 |
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Autonomous Farming Systems
K-State precision agriculture economist Terry Griffin talks about the economic feasibility of autonomous farming systems, which have become the premiere topic at several precision agricultural technology conferences he has participated in this winter...he also touches upon the ongoing issue of how best to utilize and manage precision data collected at the farm level. |
January 28, 2020 |
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Trends in Farm Management Research
K-State agricultural economist Terry Griffin talks about a different kind of analysis he has just finished up: he tallied articles from a highly-respected journal to identify trends in farm management research, which indicated to him where such research might best be directed going forward. |
December 13, 2019 |
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Precision Agriculture Recap
Terry Griffin offers his take on what's up and coming in the field of precision farming technology, with autonomous and robotic field work systems leading the way. He also talks about the economics of investing in precision technology, and tells of several opportunities for producers to learn more about precision systems that would fit their operations, including the annual precision technology conference to be hosted by the Kansas Agricultural Research and Technology Association. |
November 14, 2019 |
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Creating a Top Farm
K-State agricultural economists Gregg Ibendahl and Terry Griffin review their new analysis of what makes a top farm economically in Kansas, based on 10 years of Kansas Farm Management Association data from actual grain production farms across the state: they ranked several hundred farms for their economic performance, and then evaluated the importance of five factors to those rankings. In this first segment, they look at farm size, and level of debt. |
October 8, 2019 |
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| A "Briefer" History of Farm Management | August 20, 2019 |
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Generations, Spending and Debt
K-State agricultural economists Gregg Ibendahl and Terry Griffin talk about their latest effort in a series of economics analyses which looks at the generational differences in farm and ranch management: this time, they've focused on how spending tendencies and debt load differ among the various generations. |
August 14, 2019 |
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| 16. Dispelling the Ag Technology Myths | August 1, 2019 |
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| Farm Generations and Net Farm Income | July 26, 2019 |
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