FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – The “Deeper Dive” forum took place Monday in downtown Fresno’s Convention Center.
“Getting Water Tech Flowing For Agriculture” was hosted by Western Growers – as they take a deeper look into water management and innovation while trying to find solutions for growers in the Central Valley.
As the V.P. of Technology at the company, attendee Danny Royer is from Bowles Farming Company in Los Banos, and came to the forum to learn the latest tech applications that were being presented.
“I think that there’s a lot of new technology coming into the AG space – i would anticipate over the next few years we will see a lot of advancement in our ability to measure and more precisely apply water so there- there’s a lot of new technology coming out in ag space right now.” – Danny Royer, Bowles Farming Company.
Conversations were led by a host of pioneers in the ag, agtech and water space—including numerous Western Growers members and WG Center for Innovation & Technology start-up companies.
A.G. Kawamura was the keynote speaker, and discussed “Setting the Table.”
The event was designed to encourage an interactive discussion between a panel of growers and agtech professionals, as well as the audience.
The forum was offered at no cost and sponsored by The Mixing Bowl, City of Fresno, Fresno County Farm Bureau, AT&T, Fresno State, Fresno Food Expo, Fresno Chamber of Commerce and Forbes AgTech Summit.
This is the first event as part of WG Center for Innovation & Technology’s efforts to take a more solutions-orientated role, where WG plans to zero in and seek out agtech startups who are developing technologies that solve the industry’s most immediate needs.
Listen to the report by KMJ’s Liz Kern:
