DairyTalk 513: Who Owns the Cow Data? The Battle Over Power and Value in Cattle Breeding - by Helmut Demmelhuber

This podcast episode is based on a technical article exploring
the growing importance of data sovereignty in modern dairy
farming and cattle breeding. At the center of the discussion is a
fundamental question: who should control the vast streams of
information generated by sensors, herd management systems, and
genomic technologies? The article examines the tension between
farmers seeking greater authority over their operational data and
organizations that have invested heavily in analytics platforms
and digital infrastructure. It also explores how the EU Data Act
may reshape data access, competition, and innovation across the
livestock sector. The broader insight is that the future of dairy
farming will be influenced not only by genetics and artificial
intelligence, but also by how ownership, access, and trust are
managed in the digital economy.