The development of digital tools has continued to see growth and now has some wondering how it should be monitored. Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Kip Tom, shares the impact of digital tools on agriculture, balance of regulation and policy, cybersecurity and a message to decision makers. Dairy Stream host Joanna Guza dives into the topics below with Kip:
1:18: Digital tools and the impact 
3:30: Examples of digital tools
4:48: How digital tools are changing agriculture
6:24: Balance of digital and being monitored
7:42: Should policy or regulations be put in place
8:59: Example of over regulation
10:44: Negative realities of over regulation
12:50: Who should monitor digital tools
15:50: Compliance of digital tools
18:28: Cybersecurity and protecting data
19:32: Keeping up with the development of digital tools
20:28: Message to decisionmakers
22:27: Farmers are the problem solver

 Special thanks to Connecterra for sponsoring this episode.
About the guest
Kip Tom is the chairman of Tom Farms and the former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture.

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