North America Mid-Year Meeting Registration Now Open!
The AgGateway North America Mid-Year Meeting will take place 8-10 June at Prairie Meadows Hotel and Casino in Altoona, Iowa USA. Full information including registration, hotel accommodations, preliminary agenda, and sponsorship information are available on the conference page.
From the President
By Brent Kemp, President and CEO
I invested in bifocal glasses in February. Aside from the reminder of years passing and eyes wearing out, the purchase prompted reflection on vision – specifically, organizational vision.
AgGateway was founded over 20 years ago by individuals and organizations with a vision of how connectivity and efficiency lead to more profitable business. Our volunteers presented at conferences on the dollars and time saved by implementing agreed-upon, standardized business messages. Volunteers identified the need for improved documentation and exchange of field operations records. We recognized early on that we didn’t have all the answers or even represent all the channels where farm outputs travel after harvest. So, we partnered with peers and hosted international collaborative efforts to ensure the work done in AgGateway is compatible with those other data exchange processes. Read more >
Portfolio Update
By Ben Craker, Portfolio Manager
It is hard to believe that we are already talking about the Mid-Year Meeting, but here we are. I still have snow on the ground outside my window so it seems like June is a long way away, but it will be here before you know it. Read more >
Director’s Download
By Jeremy Wilson, EVP/COO and North American Director
It's hard to believe we're already at the point of finalizing plans for the 2026 North America Mid-Year Meeting, but that's where we're at today.
Much like the Annual Conference last year, we're taking a new approach and really going back to the basics, as my colleague Paul Schrimpf likes to say. I want to encourage you to take a look at the agenda – the nearly final version is on the conference website and linked here. Read more >
This year the snowy cold Corn Belt winter is thwarting those wistful glances we usually take over the time horizon in early February. The new growing season is only a scant couple months away, but it’s hard to see through the snow glare and blistering cold. Read more >
ADAPT
As I’m sure you are aware, a couple of years ago we made the decision to invest in a process that would allow AgGateway to convert the ADAPT toolkit from a module imbedded into software platforms to read/write various file formats via licensed plugins, to a full-blown standard for exchanging field operations data. Read more >
Latin America
By Jose Alexandre Loyola, Region Director
In 2026 the Brazilian Association of Precision and Digital Agriculture (AsBraAP) and the International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA) will jointly hold the 17th International Conference on Precision Agriculture (ICPA) and the 11th Brazilian Congress on Precision and Digital Agriculture (ConBAP) in Porto Alegre (RS), at the PUC Events Center, from 13 to 16 July. Read more >
Partner Profile
By Paul Schrimpf, Director of Marketing and Communications
AgGateway’s work toward standardizing laboratory analysis of soil data after assuming stewardship of the Modus standard by releasing the v2 method codes and current work on the Version 2 schema is important, but only one aspect of overall industry work to understand and improve nutrient use and soil health. Read more >
Europe Region
By Brent Kemp, AgGateway President and CEO
I was privileged to attend both the December Europe Steering Committee meeting and the AgGateway Europe Year-End Seminar, hosted by AgroEDI Europe at their Paris offices.
The volunteer leaders on the steering committee laid out their priorities for regional work in the coming year. They identified an important role for AgGateway in bringing together existing national standards groups and stakeholders together to help them understand the state of resources and implementation across Europe. Read more >
2026 March Member Updates
From The President | Key Long-Term Topics in Focus
Portfolio Update | March Working Group Madness
Director‘s Download | Inside Agenda Changes for Mid-Year Meeting
AGIIS Update | Directory Oversight Committee Seeks Volunteers
Latin America | March Outreach and Regional Meeting