2025 Marks AgGateway’s 20th Anniversary

Milestones

Celebrating 20 Years of Leadership in Digital Connectivity

By Paul Schrimpf, Director of Marketing and Communications

Milestone anniversaries provide a great opportunity for an organization to reflect on the challenges and accomplishments of the past and reenergize for the work ahead. 2025 marks AgGateway’s 20th year in service to the agriculture industry, and there is much to celebrate as we continue to advance connectivity and interoperability initiatives.

"AgGateway has proven to be an invaluable resource for SSI and the entire agriculture industry,” says Pam Rincker, SSI President and Founder. “In an industry where electronic information exchange is essential and constantly evolving, AgGateway plays a crucial role in setting standards and managing reference databases. Without these efforts, we would face the burden of handling thousands of unique connection formats as opposed to 40 or 50 with a standardized system. This has significantly improved efficient industry-level data exchange. Simply put, AgGateway makes industry-level data exchange possible.”

“When I first got involved in AgGateway back in 2010, the talk was about getting precision agriculture companies to collaborate on a data standard,” recalls North American Director and Executive Vice President Jeremy Wilson. “Ron Farrell approached me and asked me if it was possible, and I said I believed so but it would take a lot of effort. AgGateway turned out to be the perfect catalyst for building what would become the ADAPT toolkit, and as of last year, a global data standard.”

In 2025, he sees similar opportunities to move initiatives forward. “The incredibly high interest in Entity ID reminds me very much of those formative days for the Precision Ag Council that led to ADAPT,” says Wilson. “We have a lot of interest, ideas, and opinions, and this gives AgGateway the opportunity to harness this energy and bring the stakeholders together in a similar way.

“Whether you are in retail, distribution, or manufacturing,” he continues, “I think the opportunities that stand before us as we celebrate our 20th year are exciting, and we have a lot to look forward to.”

Throughout 2025, you will find perspectives on the past, present, and future of AgGateway in this newsletter. You’ll also have the opportunity to celebrate along with us through year-long media coverage, at the two annual conferences, and at agriculture events our members and staff participate in around the world.

Have an AgGateway success story to share? Reach out to Paul Schrimpf, Director of Marketing and Communications via email.