Max Armstrong shares the work of Martin Barbre whose company is working on a system that will allow a farmer to file acreage information with USDA's Farm Service Agency right from home. His company – My Ag Data – has the technology in place to make electronic certification possible. However, the wheels of government move a little slower.

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