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  • Vic Smith

Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture prepares WGCIT Startups for the Seasonal Shifts in Ag

by elyons

Posted on July 18, 2018 10:09 AM

On Monday, July 16th, the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology welcomed Paul Brierley, the Director of the University of Arizona’s Desert Research Center to meet with Center residents. Paul was accompanied by WG board-members Vic Smith (JV Smith Companies) and Robby Barkley (Barkley Ag Enterprises LLC); both also serve on the YCEDA Advisory Board in the desert. The Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture (YCEDA) is a public-private partnership bringing the science community, and the agricultural industry together to solve the needs of desert ag production.

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  • HarvestPort
  • HarvestPort

GUEST BLOG: HarvestPort Ramps Up Input Buys for California Specialty Crop Farmers with a Focus on Bringing Savings to Farmers Now

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on July 17, 2018 10:52 AM

By Heidi Burns, Head of Revenue, HarvestPort

HarvestPort (a WGA CIT member) has a new goal in 2018: to lower crop input costs for all farmers. You may know HarvestPort from their groundbreaking work as a shared economy platform, some have called them the “airbnb” of farming equipment. What you may not know is that CEO Brian Dawson and co-founder Chad Hokama have since found another way to serve the agricultural community. HarvestPort has expanded into crop input eCommerce acting as a procurement advocate for farmers.

What does this mean for your business?

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  • WaterBit Factory Floor San Jose California
  • WaterBit Block Valve Controller Assembly
  • WaterBit Carbon Submerge Test
  • WaterBit Quality Control Testing Oven
  • WaterBit

GUEST BLOG: WaterBit Smart Irrigation: Built and Tested for Toughness, Right Here in California

by WGCIT Western Growers Center for Innovation

Posted on July 12, 2018 02:06 PM

By Manu Pillai (Co-founder & President) and Leif Chastaine (Co-founder & COO), WaterBit, Inc.

You may have heard about WaterBit through a Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology event, but there’s something about our products that I bet you don’t know--every WaterBit CarbonTM node and Block Valve ControllerTM  is built and tested right here in California.

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