AgGateway Receives ASABE Innovation Award

AgGateway Receives ASABE Innovation Award

ARLINGTON, VA [12 January 2026] AgGateway is pleased to announce that it has received a 2026 AE50 Award for the release of its ADAPT Standard and ADAPT Standard Plugin. Sponsored by Resource magazine, a publication of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), the AE50 Award program annually recognizes top innovative new products of the previous year.

The AgGateway ADAPT Standard is a data model expressed as JSON Schema with standardized data type definitions designed for business-to-business transfer of agricultural production data. Created using connectCenter, an innovative data modeling tool developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Open Applications Group (OAGi), ADAPT Standard is the result of collaborative efforts of AgGateway member experts and built on nearly a decade of open source development. It is the world’s only standard that supports a broad range of field operations data that has been implemented by leading farm management information systems.

The accompanying ADAPT Standard Plugin links the ADAPT Framework to the ADAPT Standard, ensuring that legacy data formats can be translated via existing integrations into the new, open industry standard format. ADAPT Standard is a high-value tool in the ADAPT set of resources alongside the ADAPT Framework and other ADAPT plugins. For more information, visit the ADAPT Standard website.

“We’re thrilled that ASABE is recognizing this milestone achievement in farm data interoperability,“ says Jim Wilson, AgGateway’s Chief Technology Officer. “In accepting this award, we thank the ADAPT Committee members for their dedication of time, talent, and expertise to bring ADAPT Standard to the agriculture industry, and the National Agricultural Producers Data Cooperative for their sub-award under NIFA grant 2023-77039-41033 for supporting the development of the ADAPT Standard plugin.”

The AE50 awards will be presented at the ASABE Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference, February 8-11, 2026 in Louisville, Kentucky.

About ASABE
Founded in 1907, ASABE is a worldwide community of engineers, technology specialists, educators, researchers, and public servants whose work extends our knowledge and understanding of sustainable agricultural, food, and biological systems. Through peer-reviewed publications, standards, technical events, and professional engagement, the Society supports their efforts in achieving a shared vision of a world in which all have the food, water, energy, fiber, and safe environment needed to thrive. Learn more at www.asabe.org.

About AgGateway
AgGateway is a global, non-profit organization with the mission to develop the resources and relationships that drive digital connectivity in global agriculture and related industries. Learn more at www.aggateway.org.


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