The recent AEF Machine Plugfest, held from June 10-12, 2025, brought together around 100 participants from member companies to test the performance of multi-branded TIM (Tractor Implement Management) machine combinations in real-world conditions.

From July 20 – 22, 2025, Austin Gellings, AEMs Senior Director of Ag and General Manager Norbert Schlingmann had speaking opportunities at Tech Hub LIVE in Des Moines.

A few months after its founding, the team met for an internal plugfest and workshop in Munich at OSB connagtive.

In an era where data interoperability is crucial for agricultural success, the AEF Agricultural Interoperability Network (AgIN) is poised to make a significant impact. The AEF AgIN Project, launched in June 2021, will standardize agricultural cloud-to-cloud data exchange, connecting established agricultural platforms without introducing a new one.

From September 8 – 12, 2025 the AEF Fall Plugfest will be held in Marienfeld, Germany at Hotel-Residence Klosterpforte, Klosterhof 2-3, 33428 Marienfeld.

In the last couple of months, the AEF office got requests from the membership about ISOBUS trainings or who could support. We started to investigate and asked well-known members if they could imagine providing ISOBUS development workshops and trainings.

These companies have recently joined the AEF.

AEF Fall Plugfest, VDI conference LAND.TECHNIK AgEng 2025, Agritechnica