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.

Standards Implementation Moves the Industry Forward

By Brent Kemp, President and CEO

“What use are standards?”

That question comes up in many contexts, and maybe you’ve heard it before, or been the person to respond to a peer, supervisor, or trading partner. I know that when I’ve had to answer, I’ve replied with words like “efficiency,” “time and cost savings,” and “consistent implementation.” I believe these all to be accurate. And now I have a new one to share. Read more >

Spring Brings Working Group Renewal

By Ben Craker, Portfolio Manager

As I write this, the remains of a recent blizzard have me looking out the window at the melting snow and hopeful that spring is just around the corner in my part of the world. AgGateway working groups are similarly starting to wrap up, with several on track to sunset ahead of the mid-year meeting in North America. At the same time, new topics are popping up with a few meetups being organized to gauge interest and set the scope for the new efforts. Read more >

Instructional Video and Resources Available on Process Modeling

For any individual involved in creating data standards for AgGateway or any organization, process modeling is an important core competency. At the recent ISO/TC 347 Data-driven agrifood systems plenary meeting in Cologne, Germany, AgGateway CTO Jim Wilson shared his expertise on the subject in his presentation, Process Modeling Essentials.

Representatives from TC 347’s 48 member-country organizations were on hand for the session, which was recorded for on-demand viewing by any interested stakeholder. A public resource page on the AgGateway wiki is available, and the video recording of the session is available on Vimeo and linked here.

The Importance of Synchronizing

By Chris Crutchfield, AGIIS Product Manager

In this month’s AGIIS Directory Oversight Committee (DOC) meeting, we had some good discussion surrounding Global Location Number (GLN) usage and duplicate prevention. This led to a conversation about applying updates from AGIIS to your company’s internal systems. Regularly applying updates not only ensures accurate and efficient orders, billing and delivery, it also helps to reduce new GLN creation and helps prevent the introduction of duplicates in AGIIS. Read more >

Piling up the Miles: AgGateway’s Work Spans the Globe

By Ben Craker, Portfolio Manager

This has so far been a busy year for anyone interested in agricultural data interoperability. That’s because virtual, hybrid, and in-person events showcased the value of the resources AgGateway has been developing for years. Below is an overview of three of the events I participated in so far. Read more >

Productive March Meeting | Fourth Embrapa Unit Joins AgGateway

By José Alexandre Loyola, Regional Director

On March 24th, AgGateway Latin America hosted its first in-person member meeting of the year at CNH headquarters in Sorocaba/SP. We welcomed 12 member attendees and engaged in a full program of education and networking. Not surprisingly, the hot topic of the day was a discussion of impacts of the Middle East war on Brazilian and global agriculture, along with other market trends affecting the region. Read more >

Data Ethics White Paper Guides Classroom Discussion on Inter-Industry Data Concerns

By Paul Schrimpf, Director of Marketing and Communications

Consideration of the ethical collection, storage and use of data is a significant issue across every industry segment, and for those who are – or will soon – be in a position to impact the handling of sensitive data. Read more >