Martin’s 30-year employee benefits experience will bolster WG Insurance Services’ demonstrated excellence in customer service to agriculture industry IRVINE, Calif. (July 9, 2019) – Western Growers Insurance Services (WGIS) is pleased to announce the recent addition of Jodi Martin, who has joined the team as Director of Employee Benefits Account Management. As Director, Martin will ...
Western Growers debuts new job board to increase number of science, tech, engineering, math professionals pursuing jobs in agriculture IRVINE, Calif. (July 26, 2019) – Western Growers is rolling out a Careers in Ag Job Center, a jobs platform exclusively for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-related careers within the agricultural industry. The job board ...
Farmers are tasked with the critical job of feeding billions more people while simultaneously battling challenges around stricter regulations, new consumer preferences, and environmental sustainability. With the rapid development of technology, they can now fight this arduous battle with more tools in their toolbox. Agriculture has always had a relationship with technology, but it wasn’t…
“I have 1,000 workers and have no way to tell them that it’s raining and work is canceled, and if they show up I have to pay them for their time.” “I don’t have an easy way to call back my seasonal workers to be sure they return this year, other than having my foremen ...
It’s all about “agtech” and “disruption on the farm” in the latest edition of Western Grower & Shipper magazine, which is now available online and in print. Click here to access the electronic version of the magazine. Some highlights from this issue: Better Together: Technology Advances in Health Care As technology evolves, the way employees ...