2025 July Member Updates

2025 July Volume 19 Number 6

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The Impact of AI: Unpacking MYM Takeaways

By Brent Kemp, President and CEO

Long-time agriculture CEO and current industry consultant Matt Waits delivered quite a keynote at the 2025 North America Mid-Year Meeting. He challenged attendees to think about how AI will impact agriculture and interoperability in the years to come. It was a compelling -- if cloudy -- vision and generated significant conversations throughout the remainder of the week. Matt’s keynote is available on AgGateway’s Instagram. The most common question I was asked was, “if things progress this way, where does that leave AgGateway?” Read more >

North America Mid-Year Meeting

By Paul Schrimpf, Director of Marketing and Communications

The Mid-Year meeting returned to Altoona, IA last month and again delivered a solid three days of project work, networking, and learning for more than 100 attendees.

“The Working Groups and Committees came together and were ready to review progress and make decisions on courses forward for the second half of the year,” says Portfolio Manager Ben Craker. “We’ll have a number of new and continuing projects to focus on as we build toward the Annual Meeting and Conference in Florida in November.” Read more >

Mid-Year Post Mortem: Busy Months Ahead

By Ben Craker, Portfolio Manager

With the Mid-Year Meeting in the rear-view mirror, there are a number of new working groups on the horizon. And after four days of sessions and some excellent networking we successfully wrapped up several working groups and shuttered a few others. We also had some great discussions identifying new work streams and focusing on concrete deliverables for a variety of topics. Watch your inbox for several calls to participate that we will release in the next month or two. Read more >

Kahler Finds Value in Engagement

By Paul Schrimpf, Director of Marketing and Communications

Kahler Automation has been a member of AgGateway for several years and gets the most out of its membership through active participation in working group activities and attending the two annual meetings.

“We’ve assigned key personnel to contribute to AgGateway working groups in areas of agriculture that align with our business and the needs of our customers,” says Kahler Automation Vice President of Business Development Colt Silvers. “For example, the work on MixTicket has been of significant interest, and we’ve been pleased to contribute our people and expertise to shape the future of agtech standards in this area.” Read more >

Orientation and Training at Your Request

By Nikki Marshall, Member Services Program Manager

Happy July, everyone!

The Member Services Team greatly enjoyed getting to see a great group of member attendees that made the trip to the North America Mid-Year Meeting last month! I want to personally thank those who took the time to stop by and visit with us and verify that we have the correct information and people listed for your organization in MyAgGateway and AGIIS. It helps us ensure your team is getting the information it needs on working groups and projects of interest, and that our communications are appropriately targeted. Read more >

Gateway to Ag Careers Program Officially Launches

By Paul Schrimpf, Director of Marketing and Communications

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2025 Gateway to Ag Careers Program.

The Gateway to Ag Careers Program, Hosted by AgGateway, offers an opportunity for selected students to attend the AgGateway Annual Meeting and 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. Read more >

Foundation of Collaboration: AgGateway’s Superpower

By Paul Schrimpf, Director of Marketing and Communications

One of AgGateway’s greatest – and maybe most underrated – strengths it’s developed over two decades of work is its foundation of collaboration. It’s a place where fierce competitors with a need to solve a vexing connectivity challenge can work together to discern a solution.

It certainly wasn’t easy. In its early days evolving from the crop protection focused organization called RAPID, AgGateway aimed to widen the tent and to open up the possibility of setting standards in other industry segments, in particular seed and crop nutrition. Read more >

Inside AgGateway Webinar Series Archive Available

If you meant to take in any of the first three installments of the Inside AgGateway Webinar Series but got distracted, you can still view them on demand. Check out our archive to find the session you want to see and view it whenever you like.

The Inside Ag Gateway Webinar Series is designed to provide overviews of areas of work that are timely and of significant importance to the agriculture industry. These brief 45 minute sessions feature panels of volunteer members who are actively involved in the projects who share perspective on the status of the specific projects and a look at their future direction.