2024 November Member Updates

2024 November Volume 18 Number 10

Starts Next Week!!!

Welcome New Member!

Gearing Up for a Great Week

By Brent Kemp, President and CEO

By this time next week, we will be gathered in Austin, Texas, USA, for AgGateway’s North America Annual Meeting and Conference. As of this writing we have more than 150 individuals registered to attend over 40 sessions (excluding any trading partner to trading partner quick connect meetings) over three days. I’m excited for a number of reasons. Read more >

Annual Conference Crunch Time

By Ben Craker, Portfolio Manager

For anyone attending the North America Annual Conference that is interested in getting an update on AgGateway activities, here is fair warning – you will be busier than a one-legged man at a kickball tournament.

Six different working groups are poised to present their deliverables and wrap up. After reviewing what they have done, the vast majority will have a discussion on what needs to happen next in the area. That means 2025 is going to be very busy with new working groups spinning up in the first quarter. Here is a quick rundown of what will happen next week. Read more >

Gateway to Ag Careers Program Welcomes Ten Students to Annual Conference

AgGateway is pleased to announce that the 2024 Gateway to Ag Careers Program will welcome ten college students to attend our Annual Conference next week.

Supported by AgCIO Roundtable, the Premier Sponsor, with additional support from Syngenta, the Gateway to Ag Careers program offers students the opportunity to attend learning sessions and network with attendees at the AgGateway Annual Conference while making valuable contacts with agriculture industry leaders. This year’s program drew a record number of applications for the award. Read more >

AGIIS Deep Dive Available at Annual Conference

By Nikki Marshall, Member Services Program Manager

Over the past three months, the Ag Industry Identification System (AGIIS) Update has provided readers with tips and tricks to better understand functionality of the database. We hope you’ve found these articles informative and that you have been able to apply these tips in tricks in your daily usage of the database. Read more >

Tuesday Keynote to Focus on Environmental Reporting and Lessons from Other Industries

By Paul Schrimpf, Director of Marketing and Communications

Both keynote presentations at this year’s North America Annual Conference are focused on challenges and opportunities around environmental reporting for sustainability and carbon programs. While the opening general session’s panel discussion on Monday, 11 November will take an “inside” look at the current state of environmental reporting through the eyes of ag retail and technology manufacturing, Tuesday’s afternoon keynote scours other industries facing similar challenges for best practices and lessons learned. Read more >