AEF Vice-Chair Andrew Olliver and General Manager Norbert Schlingmann, were speakers at the AgGateway Annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, USA on Nov 8, 2021. The presentation included background information about AEF, its initiatives and the AgGateway partnership...

AEF was present at the EIMA 2021 show in Bologna with a booth in cooperation with REI and FederUnacoma in hall 36 stand A25. Information about AEF products were provided, i.e. the AEF functionality concept, AEF ISOBUS Database, AEF Conformance Tests with a focus on how these tools are supporting manufacturers, dealers and end customers in their Agriculture 4.0 approach.

VISIT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, FOR MARCH 9-11, 2022 PLUGFEST!
For the first time ever, the spring Plugfest in USA will be held in conjunction with an agriculture trade show, Commodity Classic. The show is being held in the heart of New Orleans, Louisiana – a truly unique city rich in culture and renowned for its abundance of live blues and jazz music and cajun cuisine...

The preparations for the AEF Spring Plugfest in New Orleans, which will take place from March 9 to 11, 2022  are already in full swing.

Be there when a knowledgeable audience meets to test and exchange ideas and promote your company as a gold, silver or bronze sponsor. We have put together three sponsoring packages that offer you a variety of presentation options. Please refer to the PDF for detailed information on services and costs...

The AEF as pacemaker for ISOBUS Functional Safety
Right, Functional Safety is important, but what’s that again and how does it relate to the ISOBUS?
Per ISO25119, a functionally safe system performs in a way that does not present unreasonable risk of injury to operators or bystanders. For that reason, the ISO25119 describes an approach to assess the risk of malfunctioning behavior and then provides a risk-based set of requirements for product design, production, operation and maintenance...

AEF is pleased to introduce two new projects to its members:
Task Controller 2 and Agricultural Interoperability Network.

Task Controller 2
We welcome Mike Schmidt from AGCO and Rajashri Munot from John Deere as the Team Leads of the AEF project Task Controller 2.
The aim of this project is to develop and release the next generation of Task Controller. The scope for Task Controller Generation 2 will include the latest revision of the ISO 11783 standard for an ISOBUS Task Controller, along with many clarifications to that standard. In addition to developing new AEF Guidelines and providing updates to the ISO standard, a new AEF conformance test environment will be created for all functionalities of TC2.

Agricultural Interoperability Network
We also welcome Volker Zippel and Slawi Stesny as the new Team Leads of the AgIN project.
In the middle of the year the AEF held a kick off meeting for a brand-new project called the Agricultural Interoperability Network, or AgIN for short. There were around 60 participants from various AEF member companies in that first meeting attending from different corners of the globe. Traditionally AEF project kick off meetings have always been held face to face, which might have excluded potential attendees due to geographical location, but the current (online) way of working meant that there was no exclusion of any interested party in AgIN.

A subgroup of physical layer experts from the High Speed ISOBUS team created AEF RIG 041 “High Speed Implement Bus – Physical layer – Communication channel and breakaway connectors”. This guideline defines the specifications of the standardized High Speed ISOBUS breakaway connector system allowing communication at 1000 Mb/s between a tractor and implement. Additionally, this guideline defines the specifications of the full communication channel used in the implementation of high speed ISOBUS...

FJ Dynamics International
FJDynamics, as indicated by the name, is a group of active and dynamic scientists, engineers, business professionals, and global partners working together on digital and autonomous solutions for agriculture, construction, gardening, surveying, and facility services.
www.fjdynamics.com

Kiwon Electronics CO., Ltd.
Kiwon Electronics Co., Ltd. has been producing electronic parts for automobiles and electronic parts for remote devices for 40 years since its establishment in 1975, and developed the first electronic voltage regulator for automobiles in Korea.
www.kiwonele.co.kr

xarvio® Digital Farming Solutions a brand by BASF Digital Farming GmbH
xarvio Digital Farming Solutions is at the forefront of the digital transformation of agriculture, optimizing crop production. xarvio offers digital products, based on a global leading crop model platform, which deliver independent, field-zone-specific agronomic advice that enables farmers to produce their crops most efficiently and sustainably.
www.xarvio.com

APV - Technische Produkte GmbH
APV, which was founded in 1997, has now more than 150 employees which work for APV in Austria and internationally. The company produces high quality products to support organic weeding, grassland & pasture rehab, seeding & spreading, fertilization as well as snow and ice removal. Not only organic farmers, but also more and more conventional farms trust APV's products for the sustainable cultivation of their fields.
www.apv.at

K.U.L.T. Kress Umweltschonende Landtechnik GmbH
K.U.L.T. Kress Umweltschonende Landtechnik GmbH has been one of the leading companies for innovative and precise weeding technology for over 30 years. Cultivation solutions are always determined and designed for the individual needs and requirements of the customer.
www.kult-kress.de

dev4Agriculture
dev4Agriculture was founded in 2018 by Frank Wiebeler with a focus on ISOXML and agrirouter. We support manufacturers of agricultural machines, electronics equipment and software through consultancy, custom development and customizable software products.
www.dev4agriculture.de

ASABE / Agricultural Equipement Technology Conference (AETC)
February 14-16, 2022
Kentucky
www.asabe.org

LAND.TECHNIK 2022
February 25 – 26, 2022
www.vdiconference.com

AEF Spring Plugfest in conjunction with the Commodity Classic
March 9 – 11, 2022
New Orleans / Louisiana
https://commodityclassic.com

ASABE / Annual International Meeting (AIM)
July 17 – 20, 2022
Marriott Marquis Houston, Texas
www.asabe.org

InfoAg
July 26 – 27, 2022
Union Station, St. Louis, MO, USA

https://infoag.org

AEF Fall Plugfest
October 17 – 21, 2022

Bologna, Italy
www.aef-online.org