Sensors, drones, weather satellites and robots are examples of technologies that make farming ‘smart’. In this article we present the results of our review of the literature that concerns the ethical challenges that smart farming raises. Our reading suggests that current ethical discussion about smart farming circles around three themes: (1) data ownership and access, (2) distribution of power and (3) impacts on human life and society. Discussions that fall under these themes have however not yet reached a satisfying conclusion, as there seem to be different ideas at work in the background regarding the purpose and function of digital farms in society. The pros and cons of these rivalling ideas are rarely foregrounded in the discussion. We suggest that future research should focus first on the content of these goals, especially on the content of societal and commercial goals and whether and how they can be combined in differing contexts. This will offer a lead to think about what data ought to be shared with whom, to set preconditions for trust between stakeholders and –eventually- develop appropriate guidelines and codes of conduct for future farming digitalization trajectories.

传感器，无人机，气象卫星和机器人是使农业“智能化”的技术实例。在本文中，我们介绍了对智能农业提出的伦理挑战的文献回顾的结果。我们的阅读表明，关于智能农业的当前道德讨论围绕三个主题：（1）数据所有权和访问权；（2）权力分配；（3）对人类生活和社会的影响。然而，属于这些主题的讨论尚未得出令人满意的结论，因为关于数字农场在社会中的目的和功能，在背景中似乎有不同的想法在起作用。这些相互矛盾的想法的利弊在讨论中很少被提及。我们建议，未来的研究应首先关注这些目标的内容，特别是关于社会和商业目标的内容，以及在不同情况下是否以及如何将它们结合在一起。这将使人们思考应该与谁共享哪些数据，为利益相关者之间建立信任的前提条件，并最终为未来的农业数字化轨迹制定适当的指南和行为准则。