2025 August Member Updates

2025 August Volume 19  Number 7

Mark Your Calendar— Registration Opens Soon!


From the President

Thank Yous from the Road and Beyond

By Brent Kemp, President and CEO

One of the most important messages we can send is a “thank you” note. Whether it comes as a card in the mail, or an email with three or four lines, or even a text message that’s just an emoji, a thank you is not simply a polite response. It’s an acknowledgement by someone that another’s gift of time or attention is seen and appreciated.

With that, as I think about the great work we have done as an organization over the first half of 2025, I’d like to extend some “thank you notes” to individuals and organizations that have helped to make it an exceptional year so far. Read more >


Portfolio Update

Progress and Collaboration

By Ben Craker, Portfolio Manager

As we turn the corner into late summer, the Portfolio Management Center has been buzzing with progress and collaboration across multiple fronts. I also had the opportunity to be out and about at some industry events, sharing updates and driving awareness of everything we have going on. Read more >


AGIIS Insider

Learning Series 2: Bulk GLN Updates and Lookups

By Nikki Marshall, Member Services Coordinator

A while back we talked about using this forum to provide AGIIS subscribers with various tips and tricks for a more successful user experience. This is the second of our multi-part series, and I hope you will find it valuable! Read more >


Latin America

Member Meeting Next Week

By Jose Alexandre Loyola, Regional Director

As winter begins to wind down in the southern hemisphere, we’re looking ahead to the upcoming season and making plans to move AgGateway’s Latin America region forward. Read more >



Director’s Download

Boots, Manure, Wasps, and Persistence

By Jeremy Wilson, Executive Vice President/COO and North American Director

Well, I’ve got a little story to tell you about my rainy week here in central Illinois in late July. On the heels of a three-day period where no less than 6 inches of rain fell, my dad decided that we needed to patch a hole in the side of a barn that had been there the better part of two years. So at 5am I trod out to solve this problem that had pretty much become a 911 for my stubborn dad, and while walking through the pasture I successfully managed to stick a boot in mud so deep that I couldn’t extract it with said boot intact. After a good pull I was retracing my steps, now with one boot and one mud-soaked sock, back across the pasture to find myself another pair of boots. Read more >


Programs

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 >


Resources

AgGateway Data Ethics White Paper Now Available

After more than two years of review and revision, an updated version of the AgGateway white paper on Data Ethics and Stewardship is now available to the agriculture industry. Read more >


Working Group Update

Open Meetup Scheduled for Modus v2 Schema

AgGateway is inviting any interested stakeholder (member or nonmember) to join an open meetup to discuss requirements and scope for a new version of the Modus schema.

Over the last few years, work on Modus v2 method lists revealed additional topics and gaps in the current schema. These have been identified, along with several options for aligning the schema with other resources. The goal will be to agree on the needs and set scope for a future AgGateway working group that will develop the new schema. Read more >


Events and Outreach

Events – Education – Outreach


Annual Conference

November 3-5, 2025
Wyndham Grand Hotel
Clearwater Beach, FL USA