Rural Issue

Expect to see more ‘non-traditional’ data management partnerships

Monsanto’s 2013 acquisition of The Climate Corporation is an example of the “non-traditional” data management partnerships that farmers and ranchers can expect to see more of in the future.

So says Chris Tingle, head of water optimization in North America with Syngenta.

“Where the gap in the expertise really is, in the sector right now, is people that can take these huge volumes of data and move that into a recommendation for the grower,” Tingle says. “For us to do that in a quick way, we have to rely on people and companies where that is their core competency—and sometimes that falls outside of the traditional ag sector.”

Tingle was part of a panel discussion on data collection and management at this week’s Global Water for Food Conference in Seattle, Washington.  He discussed that topic in a follow-up phone interview with Brownfield.

AUDIO: Chris Tingle