Eighty-seven percent of surveyed producers couldn't say they'd signed a data-sharing agreement. Ninety-two percent have never been paid a cent for the data.

Those numbers come from the American Dairy Coalition's poll of 657 dairy producers, conducted February 24 to March 14, 2026. The Bullvine Podcast traces where that data actually goes: from your FARM Environmental Stewardship evaluation, through co-op aggregation, into corporate Scope 3 disclosures, and finally into loan pricing that swings a borrower's margin 5 to 25 basis points. The FARM Version 2028 comment window closes October 2.

What You'll Learn

• Why "voluntary" may describe your co-op's enrollment, not your consent
• The five steps between your bulk tank and somebody's cost of capital
• What Dutch farmers get paid for the same data — and the deposit t ...