2026 June Member Updates

2026 June Volume 20 Number 5

North America Mid-Year Meeting Registration Now Open!

The AgGateway North America Mid-Year Meeting will take place 8-10 June at Prairie Meadows Hotel and Casino in Altoona, Iowa USA. Full information including registration, hotel accommodations, preliminary agenda, and sponsorship information are available on the conference page.

Having the Standard Isn’t Enough, and Maximizing ADAPT Resources

By Brent Kemp, AgGateway President and CEO

AgGateway member meetings abound in late spring and early summer. AgGateway America Latina met virtually in mid-May and AgGateway in Europe met at John Deere’s Mannheim location for presentations and a factory tour. Our North America Mid-Year Meeting is about a week away as this newsletter goes to press, and I hope to see many of you there. It’s not too late to register and attend. Read more >

Look Who’s Coming to Mid-Year Meeting

The 2026 North America Mid-Year Meeting starts next Monday in Altoona, Iowa, but there’s still time to register and make plans to attend. You'll be in good company with representatives from leading agriculture organizations from across the value chain... Read more >

It’s Nearly Go-Time in Altoona!

By Ben Craker, Portfolio Manager

The North America Mid-Year Meeting is traditionally a time of project turnover for the Portfolio Management Center. Conference time is a common milestone for working groups to target as an end point, using the chance to be in person to present their deliverables. Meanwhile, other groups kick off new projects at the in-person meeting to help set the tone and align the team. Read more >

Directory Focused Topics Featured at Mid-Year Meeting

By Nikki Marshall, Member Services Program Manager

In just a few days, we will all be gathering at Prairie Meadows once again, for our Mid-Year Meeting. In preparation for this, I’d like to remind you of AgGateway’s mission: “To develop the resources and relationships that drive digital connectivity in global agriculture and related industries.” Read more >

Virtual Member Meeting Report

By Jose Alexandre Loyola

On the morning of 19 May, I moderated AgGateway's first Latin America Virtual Member Meeting of 2026. We engaged in two hours of deep technical discussion with leading experts in the agriculture sector, focused on real, high-impact solutions. Read more >

Precision Application Technology in Focus

Precision spraying – through ground spraying or by drones, site-specific data availability, and autonomous equipment – is changing what pesticide applications looks like. It is also identifying important considerations about the added value to farmers, including the value of capturing compliance information and tying it back to label requirements. Read more >

Modus 2.0 Standard Included in Peer Reviewed Journal

By Ben Craker, Portfolio Manager

A perhaps little-known fact is that it’s common for teams of AgGateway members to prepare papers and presentations for various technical conferences and industry events. This practice dates back to the SPADE days (you must be logged in to the Wiki to access this link) and earlier as teams began to work out ways to handle different issues related to agricultural field operations data interoperability. Read more >