The absence of legal and regulatory frameworks around the collection, sharing and use of agricultural data contributes to the range of challenges currently being faced by farmers considering adoption of smart farming technologies. Many laws potentially influence the ownership, control of and access to data, in this paper we examine the attitudes of farmers to the collection, control, sharing and use of their farm data. Australian agriculture and the attitudes of Australian farmers to the adoption and uptake of smart farming technologies is used to highlight the tensions., however the issues and challenges raised are common to many agricultural industries throughout the world. We combine insights from a survey of Australian farmers with a legal analysis of the way in which agricultural data are collected, controlled, shared and used. We argue that the lack of transparency and clarity around issues such as data ownership, portability, privacy, trust and liability in the commercial relationships governing smart farming are contributing to farmers’ reluctance to engage in the widespread sharing of their farm data that smart farming facilitates. At the heart of the concerns is the lack of trust between the farmers as data contributors, and those third parties who collect, aggregate and share their data. The aim of this paper is to examine the issues giving rise to this lack of trust. We conclude with recommendations on how to address these concerns and facilitate the improved adoption of smart farming technologies, focusing on the need for the social architecture of the agricultural data relationships to change. To achieve this change, open dialogue, education and awareness raising and good data governance are essential to help build trust in the adoption of smart farming systems.

围绕收集，共享和使用农业数据缺乏法律和法规框架，加剧了考虑采用智能农业技术的农民当前面临的一系列挑战。许多法律都可能影响数据的所有权，控制权和访问权，在本文中，我们研究了农民对农场数据的收集，控制，共享和使用的态度。澳大利亚的农业和澳大利亚农民对采用和采用智能农业技术的态度被用来强调这种紧张关系，然而，所提出的问题和挑战对于世界上许多农业产业来说都是普遍的。我们将对澳大利亚农民的调查中的见识与对农业数据的收集，控制，共享和使用方式的法律分析相结合。我们认为，在管理智能农业的商业关系中，诸如数据所有权，可移植性，隐私，信任和责任等问题缺乏透明度和清晰度，这导致农民不愿广泛共享智能农业所促进的农场数据。担忧的核心是作为数据贡献者的农民与收集，汇总和共享其数据的第三方之间缺乏信任。本文的目的是研究导致这种缺乏信任的问题。我们以关于如何解决这些问题并促进智能农业技术的更好采用的建议作为结尾，重点是改变农业数据关系的社会架构的需求。要实现这一变化，请打开对话，