PAC Onboarding Log

CompanyContact NameEmailPhoneStatusPAC Mentor
Agworld, Inc.

Matthew Powell

Zachary Sheely

matt@agworld.co

zach@agworld.co


970-443-8633

Shannon to setup meeting with Andres to do high level walk through. Email sent to Matt requesting to schedule a time to talk 11/14/16.



Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa

Don Preusser

Dave DeCapp

PreusserDonaldH@fmh.com

DeCappDavidA@fmh.com

515-327-5700

Shannon to talk to Andres about connecting. Dennis not a good connection point.

Scott A. Shearer - Individual membership

C/O OSU - Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Scott Shearershearer.95@osu.edu

614-292-7284

Scott has already been in touch with Jeremy. Send links to SPADE and ADAPT and copy Jeremy. DONE 9/23/16


Jeremy Wilson
Decisive Farming

Tasha Schmaltz

Remi Schmaltz

tasha@decisivefarming.com

Remi@decisivefarming.com

587-433-7707

Shannon to setup meeting with Andres to do high level walk through. Email sent requesting to schedule a time to talk 11/14/16.


Red Wing Software, Inc.

Dick Moore

Kenneth Hilton


dickm@redwingsoftware.com

khilton@redwingsoftware.com


Jeremy and Andres spoke to them at InfoAg. Ben will be connect person to do initial introduction. Needed someone more technical. They want us to adopt their schema... Shannon to connect with Ben to schedule an initial meeting once we have intro presentation together. Ben following up directly (9/23/16)Ben Craker

University of Queensland, Australia 

Dr. Joseph Foley, PhD.foley@usq.edu.au

Recommended by Charles Hillyer; interested in precision irrigation information standardization  Charles Hillyer to onboard with PAIL; Dan Berne to onboard with other PAC projects (9/23/16). Dan followed up but waiting for availability to meet.

Charles Hillyer & Dan Berne

Area-wide e-Laboratory for Food, Agriculture & Environment (ALFAE) Yasuyuki Hamadayasuyuki_hamada@agri-info-design.com

+81-90-9902-0074

Recommended by Andres and Jim. Goal: to setup AgGateway Asia. Jim Wilson to follow up directly (9/23/16).Jim Wilson
Irrinet LLC

Jac Le Roux

Edelgard Le Roux

jac.irrinet@gmail.com


edelgard1@gmail.com

541-993-3992

Recommended by Dan Berne. Interested in joining PAIL. Dan to follow up directly (9/23/16). Dan followed up and they are on board with PAIL.Dan Berne
SageInsights

Jack Slovic

Austin Schwark

SlovicJohnA@johndeere.com

Austin.Schwark@sageinsights.com

518-774-9061

Email sent requesting to schedule a time to talk 11/14/16.
María Eugenia Durand – Individual Membership María Eugenia Durand eugenia.durand@unc.edu.ar

Located in Argentina

Recommend by: Rafael Andrés Ferreyra

Why joining:  Learning about and exploring collaboration opportunities in, the implementation and evaluation of international standards in the ag industry, to later focus on Argentina and Latin America.


Tucor Inc

Larry Sarver

Kathy Davis

lsarver@tucor.com

kdavis@tucor.com

724-935-6850

Why joining:  To support this concept from an irrigation monitoring and control perspective. Dan to follow up with them to see if they are interested in PAIL (10/24/16). Met with Larry and reviewed wiki and projects. Expecting involvement.

Dan Berne
Husch Blackwell LLPJoan Archerjoan.archer@huschblackwell.com 
Why are you joining AgGateway? Participate in precision ag issues generally and data privacy and security issues specifically Who Recommended?
Netafim

Lior Regev

Izhar Gilad

lior.regev@nerafim.com

izhar.gilad@netafim.com

+972-52-5017459

Dan met with key person and director of technology. Waiting on names/emails of participants. Will be participating in PAIL. Drip irrigation key player.Dan Berne
Planet Labs Inc.

Andrew Pylypchuk

Lee Smith

andrew.pylypchuk@planet.com

lee.smith@planet.com

403-360-0707

Why joining: Ag Gateway works very hard to fuse technological advancement with traditional agriculture 

Ben Craker
Plant Impact, Inc.

Mike Eade

Keith Vodrazka

Mike.eade@plantimpact.com

Keith.vodrazka@plantimpact.com

984-465-4188

Who recommended AgGateway? -  Beck Ag

Why joining AgGateway? – Access to Ag Databases

Shannon and Jeremy held initial orientation session and they are thinking about how they will engage with AgGateway in general.

Jeremy Wilson
Levridge, LLC

Tory Bjorklund

Becky Newell

Cody Chesrown

tory@levridge.com

becky@levridge.com

cody@levridge.com



Who recommended AgGateway: Cody Chewrown

Reason for joining AgGateway: Our vision and mission closely aligns with the vision and mission of AgGateway


Tavant Technologies, Inc.

Vibhor Mishra

Roshan Pinto

vibhor.mishra@tavant.com

roshan.pinto@tavant.com

408-519-5385

248-259-3775

Who recommended AgGateway - Teddy Bekele

Reason for Joining: Collaboration between equipment manufacturers, software suppliers, crop input suppliers and agronomic services providers. Tavant would like to  contribute to the fraternity from a technical and functional standpoint.


Chronicled

Ryan Orr

Alicia Baron

ryan@chronicled.com

alicia@chronicled.com

650-575-9365

650-520-1852

Who recommended AgGateway - Wendy Smith

Reason for Joining: Business Partnership


Purity Ag, LLC

Travis Johnson

Wesley Meyer

travis@purityag.com

wesley@purityag.com

701-898-0038

605-780-9070

Who recommended: Meridian Ag Distribution

Reason for Joining AgGateway: It's required


Lagom Ag InitiativeDan Bernedan@NextChapterMarketing.com360-904-0968

Who recommended: Andreas Ferreyra (And Dan Berne)

Reason for Joining: Joining to help small farmers be successful with Digital Agriculture.


Agricultural Aerial Remote Sensing Standards Council

Dr. Tulinda Larsen

Scott McKinnie

tulinda.larsen@agrscouncil.org

scott.mckinnie@agrscouncil.org

917-696-2533

Recommended by Wendy Smith. 

Reason for Joining: They are joining to co-develop aerial remote sensing standards


Michael Larsen

Michael Larsen

mlarsen31@gmail.com

651-253-4275

Recommended by Joe Tevis

Reason for joining: It is a great organization to which I can contribute


Jeff KeiserJeff Keiser

Jeffkeiser@gmail.com

Jeff Keiser

2722 Plantation Pt

Urbana IL 61802


Formerly with Iteris (and John Deere before that), now an individual member.

Jeff previously led committees and working groups, so will just need to be re-engaged and re-invited to upcoming meetings.


Joe W. TevisJoe Tevis

jwtevis@vis4ag.com

Joe W. Tevis

1633 Woodlawn Circle

Waconia, MN 55387

www.vis4ag.com

612.325.3012

Formerly under TopCon, now individual member under his consulting firm, Vis Consulting Inc.

Joe is already deeply involved in AgGateway (from the start!) and is leading several committees and working groups.


SMAG Smart Agriculture

Primary: Gilles Begue


Secondary: Vincent Ayala

SMAG
Pépinière Technologizue Mont Bernard
18 rue Dom Perignon
Chalons-en-Champagne
51000 France
www.smag-group.com

Gilles Begue, +33(0)6.80.50.89.33, gbegue@smag-group.com

Vincent Ayala, +33(0)6.72.45.18.18, vayala@smag-group.com

Recommended by: "Your website and other general information."

Why joining: "ADAPT implementation in our systems."

Joined all 8 councils.

Per Jim Wilson 8/30/18:They are a French company. Their CEO and I delivered a joint presentation on big data in Reims a couple years ago.

From their web site's footer: France’s leading company for agricultural IT services, SMAG designs and develops software for agricultural operations and production traceability.

They are a subsidiary of InVivo.

STATUS: Jessica Trites Rolle sent welcome email and PDF'd letter on 9/5/18.

SMAG Welcome to the AgGateway Precision Ag Council 2018-09-05.pdf


SureFire Ag Systems, Inc.

Primary: Matthew Wolters

Secondary: Albert Popp

SureFire Ag Sytems, Inc.

9904 Hwy 25

Atwood, KS 67730

www.surefireag.com

Matthew Wolters (Partner/Sales)

785.626.3670

matt@surefireag.com

Albert Popp (Engineering Manager)

785.626.3670

albert@surefireag.com 

Albert Popp and Justin Ringwald (jringwald@surefireag.com) will be participating in the council.

SureFire Ag is interested in standards development and dispensing work orders

STATUS: Jessica Trites Rolle sent welcome email and PDF'd letter on 12/18/18.


SureFire Welcome to AgGateway PA Council December 2018.pdf

Kuhn North America

Primary: Ben Craker

Kuhn North America

1501 W Seventh Ave

Brodhead, WI 53520

Ben Craker

ben.craker@kuhn.com

608.516.8992

Kuhn NA joined AgGateway to “ensure compatibility of precision ag technologies, data and interoperability of our products within the industry, both for crop production and livestock.” 

STATUS: Jessica Trites Rolle sent welcome email and PDF'd letter on 12/20/18.

Kuhn North America Welcome to AgGateway PA Council December 2018.pdf


Enterprise Ag Strategies LLC

Primary: Dennis Daggett

Enterprise Ag Strategies, LLC

2253 Carver Rd

Winterset, IA 50273

Dennis Daggett

515.468.0459

dgdaggett@enterpriseagstrategies.com

STATUS: Jessica Trites Rolle sent welcome email and PDF'd letter on 1/15/19.

Enterprise Ag Strategies Welcome to AgGateway PA Council January 2019.pdf


SGS North America, Inc.

Primary: Missy Lindquist

Secondary: Nicole Rachel

SGS North America, Inc.

117 E Main St
PO Box 540
Toulon, IL 61483

Missy Lindquist, missy.lindquist@sgs.com, 309.286.2761

Nicole Rachel, nicole.rachel@sgs.com, 309.286.2761

Recommended by Corina Ardelean, joining for soil testing standardization.

STATUS: Jessica Trites Rolle sent welcome email and PDF'd letter on 3/13/19.

SGS Welcome to AgGateway PA Council March 2019.pdf


Agronomy Society of America (ASA)

Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)

Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Primary: Susan Chapman

Secondary: Ellen Bergfeld

American Society of Agronomy

https://www.agronomy.org/

 

Crop Science Society of America

https://www.crops.org/

 

Soil Science Society of America

https://www.soils.org/


Address and phone for all Societies:

5585 Guilford Rd

Madison, WI 53711

(608) 268-4951

Primary: Susan Chapman

608.268.4951

schapman@sciencesocieties.org

Secondary: Ellen Bergfeld

608.268.4979

ebergfeld@sciencesocieties.org

Chris Boomsma (cboomsma@sciencesocieties.org) and Brad Joern (brad.joern@climate.com) will be participating in the council.

Chris' direct number: 1-608-819-3917

Primary reason to join was participation in the soil testing standardization work, but also interested in other work such as traceability, crop protection, etc.

STATUS: Jessica Trites Rolle sent welcome email and PDF'd letter on 5/28/19.

Agronomy, Crop and Soil Science Societies of America Welcome to AgGateway PA Council May 2019.pdf

NOTES: Chris Boomsma, Director of Education for all three Societies, requested a conversation on 5/29, Jessica replied with available times for an initial discussion on 5/30. Chris and Jessica to talk on 6/7.

Additional info about Society activities:

Embracing the Digital Environment

ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting

November 10-13, 2019 | San Antonio, TX | acsmeetings.org


Nexyst 360

Primary: Melinda Dittmer

Secondary: Dana Persson

Nexyst 360, Inc.

3801 30th Ave NE

Willmar, MN 56201

515.238.7478

https://www.nexyst360.com/

Primary: Melinda Dittmer, 515.238.7478, melinda.dittmer@nexyst360.com

Secondary: Dana Persson, 320.630.5008, dana.persson@nexyst360.com

Recommended by Dennis Daggett. Reason for joining: "Advancing agriculture together"


STATUS: Jessica Trites Rolle sent welcome email and PDF'd letter on 6/7/19.

Nexyst360 Welcome to AgGateway PA Council June 2019.pdf
Dennis Daggett