Recent Newsletters
NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2024
- AEF Steering Committee and Team Leaders met in Frankfurt at VDMA
- AgGateway Annual conference: November 11 – 13
- Successful AEF presence at EIMA in Bologna
- Review FIRA USA Conference: October 22 – 24
- AEF Topics at the VDI LAND.TECHNIK Conference: November 6 – 7
- The AEF Tech Week 2025 at Panasonic in Munich
- Announcement AEF Spring Plugfest in Milwaukee
- New AEF Member Companies
- Upcoming events 2025
NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2024
- Review Plugfest
- AEF Chair Group re-elected during General Assembly in Bologna
- News from AEM: Interoperability in Action to Improve Farming Operations Worldwide
- High Speed ISOBUS (HSI) Discovery Station
- Digital Camera Testing during Fall Plugfest in Bologna
- Review AEF Communication and Marketing (CM) summer activities in North America
- Exciting Changes Ahead: The New Online SUT Editor is available
- AgIN at AEF Plugfest: Networking in a great community!
- The Latest from Autonomy in Ag
- AUX-O to be removed from AEF Conformance Tests
- New AEF Member Companies
- AEF at EIMA 2024
- Upcoming events
NEWSLETTER JULY 2024
- AEF toward the future – Webinar organized by Federunacoma
- AEF and ISO met together in Tokyo
- Review of successful AEF Information Day in Tokyo
- Autonomy in Ag – Planting seeds towards an interoperable
- AEF participated in the Celebration of Modern Agriculture on the National Mall in Washington DC
- Review Workshop Day
- AEF 2024 Fall Plugfest in Bologna
- New AEF Member Companies
- Upcoming events 2024
NEWSLETTER MARCH 2024
- AEF starts new project called Autonomy in Ag (AUT)
- AEF Steering Committee and Team Leaders met in St. Valentin
- Announcement Ag on the mall
- Invitation for AEF Information Day in Tokyo at JAMMA - Monday
- Review from the AEF 2024 Spring Plugfest in Houston
- High-Speed ISOBUS (HSI) meeting during Plugfest week
- AEF Project INFO – What’s that?
- AEF wins AE50 award for Agricultural Interoperability Network
- AEF sponsored ASABE AETC conference
- Green Week in Berlin 2024
- AEF participates in the International Agricultural Autonomy Symposium
- DCS Team: Welcome Dennis Schäfer
- AgIN met in Kaiserslautern
- Updated AEF 005 Guideline
- New AEF Member Companies
- Upcoming events 2024
NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2023
- Registration for Spring Plugfest in Houston will be open December 15
- Review: Autonomy Day
- Trade show review: Agritechnica
- Review: Presentations at Agritechnica
- 10 years of Conformance Test
- New AEF Project team: Digital Camera Systems
- AEF ISOBUS Certified label
- Web based trainings
- Upcoming events 2024
NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2023
- Trade show preview: Agritechnica
- Presentations at the VDI conference AgEng
- Nominated for the DLG Agrifuture Concept Winner 2023
- Nominated for the Systems & Components Trophy 2023
- CEMA summit
- Review: AEF Fall Plugfest – Antibes
- Review JWG 16 at IVT Expo
- Changes in AEF Teams
- New AEF Member Companies
- Upcoming events 2023
NEWSLETTER JULY 2023
- Nebraska Tractor Test Lab (NTTL) 103 Year Celebration
- ASABE AIM in Omaha
- AEF Fall Plugfest – Antibes
- Meetings in Duluth
- Thank you Anita Sennett
- New AEF staff: Birgit Wagner
- Changes in AEF Teams
- New AEF Guidelines
- New AEF Members
- Upcoming events 2023
NEWSLETTER APRIL 2023
- Upcoming Fall Plugfest: Antibes
- General Manager presented AgIN during VDI conference “Smart Farming”
- High-Speed ISOBUS presented on Industrial Ethernet Week Panel
- Can All Your Farm Equipment Speak the Same Language?
- Review: Spring Plugfest 2023 in Orlando was back in conjunction with the Commodity Classic
- AETC Conference in Frenso
- AEF at World Fira 2023 in Toulouse
- New Tractor Implement Management (TIM) Landingpage
- New AEF staff: Marcel Urban
- AEF Tech Week 2023 in Wageningen
- Upcoming events 2023
NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2022
- AEF appoints new Chair Group
- Review AEF Fall Plugfest
- Thank you Peter van der Vlugt
- Thank you Rainer Hofmann and Peter Hieronymus
- Jan-Hendrik Wölker left AEF
- AEF Tech Week
- UT3 launch planned in Q1 – 2023
- Announcement AEF Spring Plugfest Orlando March 2023
- Review SIMA Show
- Review EIMA Show
- Industrial Vehicle Technology Expo USA
- New AEF Members
- Upcoming events 2022 / 2023
NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2022
- AEF Fall Plugfest – Planning underway
- Autonomy in Agriculture – where does the AEF fit? – AEF Meetings in Milwaukee
- AEF at ASABE Annual International Meeting (AIM)
- AEF Taskdata Validator
- Team Lead Positions Changed
- New Released Guidelines
- New AEF Members
- New events
NEWSLETTER March 2022
- AEF Makes History with Next Generation, High-Speed ISOBUS Demonstration
- Review: Spring Plugfest 2022 in New Orleans in conjunction with Commodity Classic
- Ag on the Mall
- ASABE/ AETC
- Common project AgGateway and AEF: Data Link
- UT3 - Looking for member support in Acceptance Testing
- Second High Speed ISOBUS guideline published as Released International Guideline (RIG)
- New AEF Members
- Upcoming events
NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2021
- AgGateway annual conference: November 8-10, 2021, Nashville, Tennessee
- EIMA 2021 show review
- Plugfest New Orleans
- Become a sponsor for AEF Spring Plugfest now
- Functional Safety Update
- New AEF Project Teams
- Guideline AEF 041 RIG 1.0 – High Speed Implement Bus – Physical Layer – Communication channel and breakaway connectors published
- New AEF Members
- Upcoming events
NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2021
- AEF Steering Committee Meeting
- AEF General Assembly 2021
- AEF Virtual Plugfest
- AEF offering reduced membership fee to new members
- Data Management Update - New ideas for Standards for Transport operations
- TC-GEO Conformance Test FMIS
- AEF at the EIMA 2021 show
- AEF ends working relationship with CertTech
- Team Lead position changed
- Upcoming events
NEWSLETTER JULY 2021
- AEF Fall Plugfest 2021 canceled – Virtual Plugfest planned!
- Change in John Deere Steering Committee member
- Team Lead Positions Changed
- AEF ISOBUS Database – Even More Improvements!
- Data Management Update
- Fileserver Release
- Wireless-Infield-Communication field test
- Support for AEF Security Team needed
- New AEF Members
NEWSLETTER MARCH 2021
- Thank you Mark Benishek
- AEF changed organisation structure with the start of 2021
- Plugfest 2021 planning underway, Stuttgart, Germany
- FederUnacoma Round Table: ISOBUS Interoperability
- High Speed ISOBUS (HSI) Demonstration at AGRITECHNICA 2021 – Support Needed!
- AEF and ISOBUS articles created for N.A. digital forum
- ISOBUS Conformance Testing for Resale Value and Compatibility
- An Essential Resource: the AEF ISOBUS Database
- Eight of the Most Compatible ISOBUS Functionalities for Precision Farming
- Plugfests, ISOBUS and Project Teams: the AEF Tackles Tough Ag Industry Issues
- Plugfest: An Event for Friends and Competitors
- Introducing TIM — a Farmer’s New Best Friend
- The Three Things You Need to Know About M2M
- What Exactly is Under the ISOBUS Hood?
- New Security Team Lead: Bradley Nielsen
- New Deputy for Wireless Infield Communication team: Tobias Nothdurft
- AEF and AgGateway align to deliver digital solutions for Agriculture
- New AEF Member: Materna
- New AEF Member: Junkkari Oy
NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2020
- AEF General Assembly
- Thank you Marcello Mongiardo
- Core Membership changes and additions
- May we present…
- AEF Tech Talks
- EIMA Digital preview
- Service Council review
- Project Universal Terminal (UT 3) ramps up in 2020
- Open position for Security Team Leader
NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2020
- AEF ISOBUS Database – Improvements
- ATLAS - High Level Architecture
- Attention all users of the AEF ISOBUS Conformance Test!
- WIC presentation at ASABE Annual International Meeting (AIM)
- AEF at AGROSALON
- AEF to present at EIMA Digital Preview
NEWSLETTER JUNE 2020
- ATLAS - What are the use cases?
- Self-Certification provides next phase of conformance testing
- Introduction to the new team - PT13 Security
- Update on High Speed ISOBUS
- AEF Plugfests in 2020
- Sjaak Bontje – Loss of a team member
- New guideline for Extended Farm Management Information Systems Data Interface (EFDI) available
NEWSLETTER MARCH 2020
- AEF TIM Award ceremony
- First TIM products are present in the AEF ISOBUS Database
- AEF Core Membership changes
- agROBO food - AEF with CEMA participation
- ISOBUS Seminar at REI
- AEF, AETC and ISOBUS; A Great Combination
- New PT05 Lead Jasper Jeninga
- New PT04 Deputy Ronny Preußer
- Hara Spathi started as Project Manager for ATLAS
- Become a sponsor for AEF Fall Plugfest now
NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2019
- First TIM products certified
- AE50 award for TIM
- The guiding hand behind TIM - Hans Jürgen Nissen
- AEF Booth at Agritechnica
- AEF Speeches at VDI conference 2019
- ATLAS focuses on the standardization of interfaces in knowledge-based farming
- Further development of the AEF ISOBUS Database
- TPPL – Twisted Pair Physical Layer
- Russian Federation is interested in ISOBUS technology
- AEF at ACPA
NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2019
- New record for AEF Plugfest
- AEF Conference Day: Partnering with others in Digital Landscape
- Opportunity in Digital Farming – Lead for EU subsidized project team
- AEF at InfoAg 2019
- AEF Conformance Test Pricing Increase
- TIM – future-proof communication between tractor and implement
- AEF Steering Committee and Team Leaders meet at SDF
- Second AEF Service Council in October
- New AEF Member: Parker Hannifin Mfg Finland Oy
- New AEF Member: Proemion GmbH
NEWSLETTER JULY 2019
- Further development of the AEF ISOBUS database
- New project team: Medium Voltage
- Register now for the AEF Fall Plugfest
- Become a sponsor for AEF Fall Plugfest now
- Website and AEF web-based training in French
- Mark von Bibra: new project manager at the AEF
- Thanks to Harald Dietel
- Thanks to Martijn Holten
- AEF activity at the ASABE Annual International Meeting
- VDI workshop on ISOBUS and TIM
NEWSLETTER MAY 2019
- OEM information Sub Suppliers Certification
- Review: AEF Plugfest in Lincoln Nebraska
- Andrew Olliver, head of the AEF project team "Communication & Marketing", comments in an interview on the Plugfest in Lincoln.
- New Twisted Pair Connection for ISOBUS
- Special training modules for AEF members
- New AEF Member: Panasonic Industry Europe
NEWSLETTER MARCH 2019
- Become a sponsor for AEF Spring Plugfest now
- Review: AEF at AETC
- Review: AXEMA Technical conference
- Review: SIMA 2019 in Paris
- New AEF Member: J.ASSY Agricultural
- New AEF Member: Orion Tecnologia e Sistemas Agrícolas Ltda
NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2019
- TIM: Benefits and aims
- Announcement: AEF at the SIMA 2019
- In the video: Carsten Hühne about the AEF Ticket System
- Review: AEF Service Council in Warendorf
NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2018
- Service Council on the subject of the AEF ticket system
- Success story: Cameras on implements and terminals on tractors become compatible
- AEF Activity Report – Wireless In-Field Communication
- Road safety pilot for agricultural equipment successful tested
- AEF General Manager presentation at AgGateway annual meeting
- Review: EIMA in Italy
- New AEF Member: Dacom
- New AEF Member: HELUKABEL
- New AEF ISOBUS Database login page
NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2018
- Review: AEF Fall Plugfest in Bologna
- Review: TIM Plugfest in Bologna
- Review: AEF celebrated its 10 Year Anniversary
- Fall Plugfest and anniversary in pictures
- Thank you, Sponsors!
- New Project Team Medium Voltage
- Thank you Jaap van Bergeijk
NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2018
- New AEF Member: Geoprospectors
- New AEF Member: Multiva
- AEF joined AgGateway membership
- AEF Plugfest to include the next edition of the TIM Plugfest and 10th Anniversary Celebration
NEWSLETTER JUNE 2018
- Review: Spring plugfest in Lincoln, Nebraska
- 2008 to 2018: AEF celebrates 10th anniversary
- New AEF ISOBUS Functionality ISB
NEWSLETTER MAY 2018
- Special anniversary: 10 years AEF
- Review: Commodity Classic
- Register now: Plugfest in Lincoln