Blockchain technology is not taking off in agriculture as some had expected. CoBank’s Tanner Ehmke says the shared supply chain technology is being used by Walmart to track leafy greens and by Cargill internally but hasn’t been picked up industry-wide in the commodity sector. He tells Brownfield Ag News, “Commodities are co-mingled from multiple locations and sent through a very vast network of handlers and shippers and that has complicated the adoption of blockchain.” Ehmke says most farmers don’t see a need for it, “Really think about it.
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