STARTUP PROFILE - TerrAvion Using ‘Old’ Technology for New Analytics

by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers

Posted on March 09, 2017 04:47 PM

Robert Morris admits it would be “cooler” and easier to find venture capital funding if he used drones to map out farmland in California, Chile and other places that his firm is operating.  But the fact is, Cessna aircraft piloted by flight school instructors is much more cost effective and...

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STARTUP PROFILE - GeoVisual Using Imagery to Build a Better Crop

by sthara Communications Manager, Western Growers

Posted on March 09, 2017 04:38 PM

In several ways, Jeffrey Orrey, chief executive officer of GeoVisual Analytics, has been prepping for a business connection with agriculture for a long time.  He grew up in California’s Castro Valley in the Bay Area and got his undergraduate degree at UC Santa Barbara.  For years he was in close...

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