Yield Data Portability: Which Farm Platforms Let Your Data Out (Matrix v0)
Yield data portability is your ability to take the harvest data your own combine generated and use it outside the platform that collected it — in another FMIS, a spreadsheet, an agronomist's GIS, or a free tool like our Yield Map Viewer. The blunt state of it in 2026: every major vendor's yield log leaves the machine in a proprietary container first (Deere's JD-Data folder, FieldView's .dat, CNH's .cn1, Precision Planting's .2020, Trimble's AgData), and the only format everything accepts on the way in is the humble shapefile.
Compatibility matrix v0 (export / import, cited or marked UNVERIFIED)
| Platform | Native machine container | Open-format EXPORT | IMPORT accepts |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Deere Gen4 / Ops Center | JD-Data folder (USB) | Boundaries as shapefile from Ops Center; ISOXML task data via the TC-GEO activation (marketed for Europe); G5 ISOXML export UNVERIFIED; native yield-layer export from Ops Center UNVERIFIED | Prescriptions as shapefile (Rx folder at USB root) |
| Climate FieldView | .dat (proprietary) | Partner API: GeoJSON (documented for planting summaries); farmer-facing yield shapefile export UNVERIFIED | Rx + boundaries as zipped shapefile (WGS-84); 20|20 .dat via email-to-app |
| Case IH AFS Connect | .cn1 folder | Portal reports as PDF/CSV/XLS; direct shapefile/ISOXML yield export UNVERIFIED | Shapefile (AFS Pro 1200 manual, p.537) |
| Precision Planting 20|20 (PTx) | .2020 file (USB) | Via FieldView module or Panorama sharing | Rx as .2020 or shapefile set |
| PTx Trimble / FarmENGAGE | AgData/AgGPS | Task data as ISOXML, AgData, John Deere, CNH .cn1, AgLeader — the broadest converter in this matrix | Task data from ISOXML, JD, .cn1, Raven, AgLeader, 20|20 |
The standards that matter
- ISOXML (ISO 11783-10) — the TASKDATA.XML + binary timelog standard that task controllers and FMIS exchange. It's what our free browser-based import tool reads: drop a TASKDATA zip, see your yield points, nothing uploads.
- ADAPT (AgGateway) — the conversion framework (500k+ plugin downloads) now evolving into the ADAPT Standard: v1.0.0 June 2024, v2.0.0 June 2025 (high-definition boundaries for autonomy), v2.0.2 August 2025 — the current release as of July 2026.
- Shapefile — 30-year-old GIS format, still the lingua franca for prescriptions and boundaries on every platform above.
What farmers actually say
Our mined app-store review corpus is blunt: FieldView reviewers warn to "download your data first" before canceling, and 58% of the 74 recent FieldView reviews we analyzed are 1-star — the full numbers are on get your data out of FieldView and exporting yield data across 5 platforms. The repair side just moved (see the July 2026 FTC–Deere settlement) — the data side hasn't.
Matrix cells cite vendor documentation fetched July 18, 2026; UNVERIFIED marks mean we could not confirm from a primary source — corrections welcome via the site repo.