From Precision Agriculture to Market Manipulation: A New Frontier in the Legal Community

This Note seeks to explain the legalities of using data produced by precision agriculture in the commodities futures market. Part I will explain, in a brief overview, (1) what precision agriculture is; (2) the issues precision agriculture creates; and (3) the commodities market. Part II explores why and how farmers should own the agricultural data they produce and determines that agricultural data can be legally used in the commodities markets. This Note concludes that although farmers could allow traders to use their data, it is currently not in their best interest to do so.