On-Farm

On-Farm

Want to get involved in any of the activities below? Contact Member Services at Member.Services@AgGateway.org. 

Interoperability in Field Operations

AgGateway’s open-source ADAPT software enables agriculture-data interoperability, helping ag retailers, agronomists and growers better manage data and apply it to make improvements in their operations.

  • ADAPT (Agricultural Data Application Programming Toolkit) and the ADAPT ISO plugin were collectively named one of the top three innovations of 2019 by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).
  • Version 2 was released in 2019; the ADAPT team is preparing upcoming releases of the ADAPT Framework, the ADAPT Plugin, and the ISOXML Plugin.

All three AgGateway regions are working with ADAPT:

  • In Latin America, a working group is assessing how ADAPT for can be implemented to support crop production in Brazil.
  • In Europe, an AgGateway team is working to develop an ADAPT interface for the Homologa database. This interaction point enables FMIS and other companies to get machine-to-machine (M2M) access to the most up-to-data information about the use of allowed crop protection products throughout Europe.
  • AgGateway's Europe regional group has been bringing together companies and ag data specialists to standardize data exchange for farm inputs, specifically for seed, fertilizer and crop protection products. By standardizing on a data exchange standard, companies can better support sustainable agriculture, increase transparency and improve interoperability, as well as provide opportunities to boost innovation.

Aerial Imagery

Images from satellites, airplanes and drones can be used to detect drought, pest damage and other field characteristics. But much of the aerial imagery produced today lacks sufficient metadata to enable users to get the most value out of the imagery they receive. AgGateway’s Aerial Imagery Project (PICS) is defining metadata standards. The specification is in its final review by the working group. See also this flyer. 

Smarter Irrigation

AgGateway’s precision ag irrigation standard (PAIL) enables faster and easier data exchange, helping growers and experts evaluate weather, soil and crop data, to make more informed decisions for smarter energy and water use. The first two parts of the project have been approved by ASABE (ANSI ASC) as a U.S. national standard and were submitted to ISO to become a global de jure standard. The third part is in final review by the AgGateway working group. See more in this flyer. 

Traceability

AgGateway’s Traceability Working Groups have identified numerous points in the supply chain to improve digital connections for traceability -- in particular, a neglected area of what is known as the "last mile of integration" from retailers to the farm location and back.

  • In-Field Identification: This Working Group released a RESTful Web API that is now on Version 4. The API provides the ability to capture the product shipped to the farm and load this into the tractor display. The ADAPT ShippedItemInstance plug-in is a direct follow-on to this effort. Version 4 of the API also can serve as an advance shipment notice from the farm to a processor or grain elevator.
  • Traceability API: This working group released v1 of a RESTful Web API that allows the linking of Traceable Resource Units (quantity and quality of an item or product) across Critical Tracking Events. The focus of the working group was on commingled grain, from the combine to a grain cart or semi-trailer, and into a destination storage bin. The API can also assist with fertilizer and crop protection applications in a field.
  • In Europe, AgGateway is standing up a special interest group on Farm and CropField identification, with the goal of enabling the linkage of crop-related data from different industry sources through standardized identifiers.

Potato Production Chain Data Exchange

An AgGateway team in Europe will support machinery manufacturers in implementing data sharing in the potato production chain. The goal is to support precision farming in the growing, harvesting and storing of potatoes through implementation of machine-to-machine data exchange standards.

Milking Robots 

Farmers will benefit from easier exchange of data between milking and feeding equipment as an AgGateway team in Europe develops a standard interface for this exchange, in alignment with the initiative of the International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR).

Process Computers in Animal Production

AgGateway teams in Europe would like to develop a standard interface to exchange data with process computers used in pork and poultry production, such as climate computers and systems for feeding, weighing and counting. The goal is to support sensor-based monitoring of animal and plant production. The work will also enable compliance with the food industry’s demands for transparency.

Want to get involved in any of these activities, or pursue a new activity? Contact Member Services at Member.Services@AgGateway.org or +1 (866) 251-8618.