2026 January/February Member Updates

2026 January/February Volume 20 Number 1

Three Takeaways from FarmCon, and What They Mean for AgGateway

By Brent Kemp, President and CEO

Just a couple of days after celebrating the turnover of the New Year, I boarded a plane for Kansas City to attend the FarmCon Conference. Billed as the “conference for creative minds in agriculture,” the panel discussions, keynotes, and breakout sessions covered topics as varied as U.S. agriculture policy, branding and marketing, communicating a legacy, the market outlook for the year ahead, and more. Read more >

Innovation Tour in Manitoba: A Connectivity and Ag Tech Immersion

By Ben Craker, Portfolio Manager

Late last month, I had the opportunity to participate in the Agriculture Technology Ecosystem Tour across Manitoba. The trip was organized to review different projects, standards, and initiatives in government, industry, and academia focused on improving agricultural productivity in Canada – primarily through the adoption of technology and resolving interoperability issues. Read more >

Inside the Numbers

By Chris Crutchfield, AGIIS Product Manager

AgGateway’s Ag Industry Identification System (AGIIS) serves as a centralized repository of agricultural eBusiness reference data for industry subscribers. AGIIS provides industry-standard data elements and unique identifiers that form the foundation for efficient electronic interactions between companies. As we begin the new year, this is an ideal time to share an overview of the current state of AGIIS—by the numbers. Read more >

Shaking Off the Cold and Getting to Work

By Ben Craker, Portfolio Manager

This year the snowy cold Corn Belt winter is thwarting those wistful glances we usually take over the time horizon in early February. The new growing season is only a scant couple months away, but it’s hard to see through the snow glare and blistering cold. Read more >

Team Revamp Shifts Focus to Maintenance and Enhancements in 2026

By Jeremy Wilson, EVP/COO and North American Director

As I’m sure you are aware, a couple of years ago we made the decision to invest in a process that would allow AgGateway to convert the ADAPT toolkit from a module imbedded into software platforms to read/write various file formats via licensed plugins, to a full-blown standard for exchanging field operations data. Read more >

ICPA Coming to Brazil This July

By Jose Alexandre Loyola, Region Director

In 2026 the Brazilian Association of Precision and Digital Agriculture (AsBraAP) and the International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA) will jointly hold the 17th International Conference on Precision Agriculture (ICPA) and the 11th Brazilian Congress on Precision and Digital Agriculture (ConBAP) in Porto Alegre (RS), at the PUC Events Center, from 13 to 16 July. Read more >

ManureDB: Understanding the Variability of a Critical Soil Amendment

By Paul Schrimpf, Director of Marketing and Communications

AgGateway’s work toward standardizing laboratory analysis of soil data after assuming stewardship of the Modus standard by releasing the v2 method codes and current work on the Version 2 schema is important, but only one aspect of overall industry work to understand and improve nutrient use and soil health. Read more >