Open AccessCommentary
Data Governance in the Dairy Industry
by
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
, 6, 7, 8, 9
, 10 and 9,*
1
Department of Animal Science, McGill University, Montréal, QC H9X 3V9, Canada
2
VES-Artex, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729, USA
3
Nalytix LLC, Hartland, WI 53029, USA
4
Office of Legal Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
5
USDA—ARS Livestock Behavior Research Unit, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
6
Prairie Estates Genetics, Middleton, WI 53562, USA
7
FoGS Global Research and Consultancy Centre, Ahmedabad 382010, Gujarat, India
8
Dairyland Laboratories Inc., Arcadia, WI 54612, USA
9
Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
10
American Family Insurance Data Science Institute and Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Academic Editor: Sébastien Buczinski
Received: 22 September 2021
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Revised: 11 October 2021
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Accepted: 12 October 2021
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Published: 15 October 2021
Simple Summary
There are no existing laws that regulate data usage in the dairy industry in the U.S. Therefore, challenges regarding data management, availability, use, and security are a growing concern. These concerns are especially important in the light of the growing dependency and monetization of such data. Although some codes of practices have been published, these are voluntary, which makes them legally vulnerable and without guarantees under the law. Thus, in this paper, we propose creating a Farmers Bill of Rights to standardize data governance and data regulations and to promote an equitable relationship of dairy data governance between farmers, industry professionals, and companies.