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I hope this email finds you doing well!  I wanted to share some information with you information about an industry organization called AgGateway.  I know our about AgGateway, a non-profit organization focused on eConnectivity in agriculture. I'm hoping we can set up a time to talk about your company getting involved with AgGateway - I'm fairly certain you would see a great benefit.

Our company is seeing more reasons than ever to focus on increasing establish electronic connections connectivity with trading partners , so that we can seamlessly exchange business information and data. As a result we can be as efficient and cost-effective as possible, and better serve customers along the supply chain. AgGateway has made that happen for us.  I don't know about your company, but the complexity of managing more and more data can be overwhelming and time consuming.  There's no question that the challenge of managing increasing amounts of data quickly and accurately can be problematic. AgGateway has helped us reduce the effort it takes to manage that data, so that we can spend more time dealing with servicing our customers and utilizing the data to make quicker and better business decisions. The more companies we can connect with, the better the entire system works – which is why it's in both our interest and yours for you to be involved. 

I’m I'm not sure how much you may know about AgGateway , so I wanted to provide some basic information, and would like to discuss with you some of the particular benefits our company has gained, and why we believe we need to continue to participate in AgGateway to help design the future of eAgriculture.  AgGateway is its members, so when I refer to "we" or "our" below, I am referring to the members of AgGateway.AgGateway's Mission:  To promote, enable and expand eBusiness in agriculture

What AgGateway is:

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– it's a collaborative, membership-driven association with broad representation across many ag segments

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Who’s involved?:

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. It has more than 200 member companies

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click here for a listing), including ag retailers, manufacturers of ag inputs and outputs (e.g., seed, crop nutrition, crop protection, feed, grain, and precision ag),

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and companies in the specialty chemical, crop insurance

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and transportation sectors, as well as software and data service providers

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. Both business and information technology (IT) professionals from these member companies collaborate on AgGateway activities

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. They work together to develop and implement common industry standards and tools

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Why does AgGateway exist?

To enable the entire agriculture community and specialty chemicals to use eBusiness to exchange information to. The goals are to:

• Improve business processes and standard messages
• Improve end user/farmer/producer productivity
• Streamline the supply chain
• Reduce pain points/issues in doing business
• Enhance traceability and food safety
• Support sustainable agricultural practices

How is AgGateway structured?

AgGateway is governed by a strategic board and an operational management board.  The work of AgGateway is determined by 8 active councils that work collaboratively in some areas and autonomously in other areas.  Those councils represent the following segments/sectors:

• Ag Retail
• Allied Providers (any company that provides Raise productivity
• Cut costs
• Enhance traceability 
• Allow companies to better meet customer expectations.

Work at AgGateway is done through councils – right now there are eight councils focused on these work areas: Ag Retail, Crop Protection, Crop Nutrition (fertilizer), Grain & Feed, Precision Agriculture, Seed and Specialty Chemical. There is also an Allied Providers Council, which includes companies that provide services to the industry, such as crop insurance, hardware, software, warehousing, transportation, etc.

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Our Focus:

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• By developing and collaborating on industry standards, guidelines and other means to enable eBusiness
• And implementing those standards and tools

Invitation:

Work of AgGateway and the councils is supported by a Strategic Board and Operational Board, as well as a small staff.

I’m sure your schedule is very busy, but if you could provide 2-3 day/times opportunities in the next few weeks, that you might be available for find 30-45 minutes to discuss AgGateway and eBusiness eConnectivity with me in the next couple of weeks it would be appreciated.   If If you would like think others within your company to should participate in the call, please let me know.   , that works fine, as well. I can set up a conference call for us (and your group) , along with AgGateway's Director of Member Relations , Marilyn Hunter.   In addition, I would like to invite you to our If you're curious about the dues structure and membership information, you can find it under "Join Us" on the AgGateway website. I also invite you to attend one of AgGateway's upcoming face-to-face meetings.  Each of these meetings would provide you (and/or any others from your company) the opportunity , as a way to experience AgGateway activities and its networking opportunities.   The projects that AgGateway works on, are collaborative in nature and provides great networking and trading partner interaction.  Here’s some information about our Our two face-to-face meetings this year are:

 MidMid-Year Meeting:

• June 12-15, 2017
• Prairie Meadow Casino - Altoona, IA
• Website link for agenda, hotel, etc.

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• November 6-9, 2017
• Hilton Resort & Spa - San Diego, CA
• Webpage link

If you would like to see what our membership dues are and how to join AgGateway, our By-Laws, etc., you can go to our website:  http://www.aggateway.org/JoinUs/JoinAgGateway.aspx

Thank you for your consideration and I look I hope we can talk soon about AgGateway. It's a discussion that can benefit your company and ours, as well as the efficiency of our industry as a whole – a true win-win. I look forward to hearing from you soon.! 

Best regards,