2024 August Member Updates

2024 August Volume 18  Number 7

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From the President

eConnectivity Goes Beyond the ‘E’

By Brent Kemp, President and CEO

Many of you may recall AgGateway’s long term tag line, “Collaboration for eConnectivity.”

The term eConnectivity was originally embraced at a time when retailers and manufacturers were fully awakening to the errors and inefficiency of processes that relied heavily on triplicate forms, hastily scribbled notes, and the fallibility of human intervention. Read more >


Portfolio Update

Summer Outreach and Near-Term Initiatives

By Ben Craker, Portfolio Manager

I got to attend Tech Hub Live in Des Moines last week, where I served on a panel to discuss progress in standardization over the last year. This was a great opportunity to share everything AgGateway has achieved both directly through the efforts of our working groups as well as in collaboration with other organizations to impact data interoperability.

However, the work is not done, and part of the purpose of going to events is to drive awareness and encourage implementation. Without broad industry implementation of the standards and other tools we’ve developed, our discussions will not result in end users seeing any change. Read more >


Member Services

AGIIS Learning Series 1: Search Tips

By Nikki Marshall, Member Services Program Manager

In the July AGIIS Update, we talked about using this forum to provide AGIIS subscribers with various tips and tricks for a more successful user experience. This is the first of our multi-part series and I hope you will find it valuable, informative, and worth your read.

To start off, I would like to begin with the basics: A simple entity search using the web interface. Read more >


Programs

Gateway to Ag Careers Program Launches for 2024

By Paul Schrimpf, Director of Marketing and Communications

AgGateway is pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for its 2024 Gateway to Ag Careers Program. This program offers an opportunity for selected students to attend the AgGateway Annual Conference this fall to network with agriculture industry professionals, take in high-value learning sessions, and get a deeper understanding of the career opportunities available in high-tech agriculture.

The 2024 program’s premier sponsor is the AgCIO Roundtable, with additional financial support from Syngenta. Read more >


Events – Education – Outreach

Making Connections at North America Summer Conferences

Last month, AgGateway staff and volunteers hit the road to attend two major Midwest North America agriculture events of importance to our constituents – The International Conference on Precision Agriculture (ICPA) in Manhattan, KS, and Tech Hub Live Conference and Expo in Des Moines, IA. Read more >

International Conference on Precision Agriculture (ICPA)


Events – Education – Outreach

Latin America Region In-Person Meeting
20 August | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm (BRT)
Eldorado Institute | Campinas/SP
Theme: "Data Interoperability in the Carbon Chain

2024 North America Annual Conference
11-13 November 2024
Austin, TX USA