Once the sun comes up, farmers have an enormous amount of work that must get done. There are cows to look after, corn crops to monitor and equipment to maintain. With so much activity going on, however, there is another issue that is creating even more work around the farm-regulatory compliance.

Part of the planned Food Safety Modernization Act requires manufacturers of produce to store information to verify that food products were grown in an environment free of certain conditions, such as livestock runoff and other field tests.