It seems there’s no end to the data that farm leaders can collect about their operations. There’s a large volume of data available to farmers now, which can lead to a lot of good things.

Data can help people on the farm make even better decisions, as it provides helpful insights. What leaders find out might even bring them to make a different choice than what they had done in the past or what they thought they’d decide to do at first glance.

Data can also help farm leaders learn more information about each field and how it’s producing. Very detailed information down to small field sections is widely available today. It’s amazing to think about the type of data farms can get about their ground. The financial data that farms can obtain is also very helpful when it comes to making farm decisions.

Drowning in data?

With this large amount of information can come some new issues, however. Often, farm leaders might feel that they’re “drowning” in their data. There’s so much of it and it can become difficult to sort through it all to get to what you need, not to mention interpret what it means.

What you really want are insights that lead to action so you can improve your operation’s success, yet it often seems like there’s an endless amount of data to wade through first.

How can farms focus on what they want – getting the right insights about their operation that can help with decision-making – without getting bogged down in a seemingly endless stream of data? Here are three questions that may help when it comes to sorting it out.

Three tips to sort farm data

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