Onward to the AgGateway Annual Meeting

Chuck Zimmerman

I’ll be on the agriblogging highway this weekend for the AgGateway Annual Meeting. This will be my first time attendance and I’m looking forward to seeing members I know and meeting news ones. There is a very full agenda of technical sessions and more discussions of industry standards and guidelines. The standards were discussed at the mid-year meeting by committee …

Ag Groups, AgGateway, Audio, Crop Protection, data, Irrigation, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture, Technology

AgGateway Preparing for Annual Conference

Cindy Zimmerman

“Create, Engage, Grow – 2.0” is the theme for the AgGateway 2022 Annual Conference, November 14-16 at the Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach, Clearwater Beach, Florida. “We are doing things to create new digital resources, to engage new people, to grow the organization, and to overall bring better data interoperability,” said AgGateway Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Jeremy Wilson. …

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Familiar Faces With AgGateway Staff

Cindy Zimmerman

There were several new staff members at the AgGateway mid year meeting this week in Altoona, Iowa. A familiar face in the industry, Jeremy Wilson joined the organization as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and North America Regional Director, effective January 1, 2022. Wilson replaced Brent Kemp, who was selected to serve as the organization’s President and Chief Executive …

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Landus Ag CEO Offers Insights at AgGateway Meeting

Cindy Zimmerman

“The Transformative Power of Connected Data in Ag Retail” was the theme for Matt Carstens keynote address to the AgGateway Mid-Year Meeting Monday in Altoona, Iowa. Carstens, who is President and CEO of Landus Ag, drove home the importance of the farmer and the ag retailer in unlocking the full potential of ag data. “We’ve got to have those two …

AgGateway, Agribusiness, AgWired Precision, Audio, data, Precision Agriculture

EarthDaily Agro Announced at VISION Conference

Cindy Zimmerman

At the 2022 Precision Ag VISION Conference this week, EarthDaily Analytics announced the rebranding of its Geosys division to EarthDaily Agro and released a new, next generation software platform. “Geosys has been a pioneer in the agriculture data and analytics space for more than 30 years,” said Dave Gebhardt, General Manager of EarthDaily Agro. “The new Geosys platform is just …

AgWired Precision, Audio, data, Precision Agriculture

Benson Hill and CropTrak Collaborate for Sustainability and Innovation

Cindy Zimmerman

Benson Hill, Inc. today announced a relationship with CropTrak that allows them to accelerate collection of agronomic data to improve product performance and farm sustainability. The CropTrak relationship provides the technological infrastructure to accelerate this connection and further positions Benson Hill as a leader, providing the ingredients needed to deliver more healthy and sustainable food and feed products. “Our collaboration …

Agronomy, CropTrak, data, Food

Farmobile Works with ARA to Improve Supply Chain Profitability

Carrie Muehling

Farmobile is partnering with the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) to help ARA members maximize revenue when it comes to commercial fleets. Farmobile’s Bradford Warner has a background in logistics, and he noticed when he came to the agriculture industry that it lagged behind others when it comes to efficiency and managing fleets. “It’s been a very promising relationship, because when …

AgWired Precision, ARA, Audio, data

Farmobile Honored with AgTech Breakthrough Awards

Cindy Zimmerman

Ag data company Farmobile has been named ‘Blockchain-based AgTech Solution of the Year’ and ‘Yield Forecasting Solution of the Year’ in the inaugural AgTech Breakthrough Awards program. The mission of the AgTech Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize innovation in a range of agricultural and food technology categories, including Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) based agricultural technologies, …

AgWired Precision, data, Precision Agriculture

Farmobile Announces Farmobile Index for Harvest

Cindy Zimmerman

Agricultural data company Farmobile LLC today announced the release of the Farmobile Index for Harvest — a crop progress and benchmarking tool that provides daily, state-level crop insights as corn and soybeans are harvested. Users can view total aggregated harvested acres/yield for an individual state or a group of states and chosen date ranges. Uniquely crowd-sourced by and for the …

AgWired Precision, data, Farming, Harvest, Precision Agriculture

U.S. Court Rules for Farmobile in Farmers Edge Lawsuit

Cindy Zimmerman

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously ruled in favor of Farmobile in an appeal brought by Farmers Edge, which had sued Farmobile and its founders for breach of explicit or implicit contract, breach of duty of loyalty, and misappropriated trade secrets. The action was brought against Farmobile founders Jason Tatge, Farmobile CEO, Heath Gerlock and Randy Nuss, in …

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