2026 May Member Updates

2026 May Volume 20 Number 4

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.

Finding the Fit for AI

By Brent Kemp, AgGateway President and CEO

I had the pleasure of representing AgGateway – and agriculture in general – at the Association of Equipment Manufacturer’s Vision Council meeting last month. The event divided attendees into subgroups that focused on specific topics, and mine centered around Data and Artificial Intelligence. We touched on topics as varied as ethics, future workforce, automation, regulation, and geopolitics. Read more >

Roundtable Discussions Will Deliver Big Value at Mid-Year Meeting

By Jeremy Wilson, EVP/COO and North American Director

Hello, and welcome back to another edition of Director’s Download! May is here and spring is upon us. On my farm, we got early dry weather that allowed us to plant pretty much everything here in southern Illinois, then the flood gates opened … literally. Email me after you read this if you are interested in some newly created lakefront property. Seriously, I hope spring is treating you well wherever you are. Read more >

Top Items Slated for Mid-Year Meeting Discussion

By Ben Craker, Portfolio Manager

For those of us working in agriculture from the northern hemisphere it is a busy time of year. Some places are wrapping up planting others are just getting started, but either way there is a flurry of activity for most member-volunteers in their “day jobs.”

That often translates to working group meetings being a little more lightly attended than usual, and this year is no exception. In spite of this reality, progress is still being made. Read more >

By José Alexandre Loyola, Region Director

On April 1st and 2nd, I represented the organization at the Final Workshop of the CoPaDi Project. CoPaDi is the acronym for an initiative known as the “Collaborative Development Project for Precision and Digital Agriculture to Strengthen the Innovation Ecosystem and the Sustainability of Brazilian Agri-food Chains.” This consortium between Brazil and Japan, promoted by Embrapa Instrumental and MAPA, was created for the exchange of experiences in data interoperability for agriculture in 3 areas: crops; livestock; and agroforestry. Read more >

How Working Groups Extract Value from AI

By Ben Craker, Portfolio Manager

The AI buzz is palpable everywhere as companies large and small try to ‘rassle’ this 500-pound gorilla to the ground. That includes your portfolio team at AgGateway.

What’s interesting is the unique position we occupy. We not only look at it from the standpoint of what it can do for our work, but also what our member volunteers are doing with it. As we share and engage with them on projects, inevitably we interact on the power, functionality, and limitations of AI. Everything from simply replacing Google searches to writing code has been raised in discussions, and the boundaries and questions change as the technology shifts. Read more >

New AGIIS Synchronization Guide Available for Download

AGIIS is an essential resource for trading partners all along the crop production value chain. And to ensure that AGIIS delivers accurate and up-to-date information you rely on, we depend on subscribers to apply updates from AGIIS to your company’s internal systems. This means active and ongoing subscriber synchronization. Read more >

Register for Mid-Year Seminar Coming 28 May

The AgGateway Europe Region Mid-Year Seminar is just three weeks away. Now is the time to register and make plans to attend. The event takes place Thursday, 28 May 2026 from 9:00-16:00 Central Europe Time at the John Deere European Technology Innovation Center Mannheim, Germany.

This is an open event – AgGateway members and non-members are invited. Use this link to register. If you have trouble accessing the registration page, you can RSVP directly to Conny Graumans via email. Read more >

2025 Annual Report Now Available

It was a year filled with exceptional work and achievement in 2025, as AgGateway proudly celebrated 20 years of innovation and collaboration in agriculture. The 2025 Annual Report captures the organization’s accomplishments in delivering new and improved messages and tools for interoperability and digital connectivity, shares our extensive education and outreach efforts, and celebrates the excellent work of our outstanding volunteers. Click here to download a PDF of the report.