Western Growers will host its 91st Annual Meeting at the Grand Hyatt Kauai from November 6-9, 2016. This year’s lineup of events perfectly blends together education, entertainment and networking, giving guests a valuable and memorable experience—all the while enjoying Hawaii! The Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa is now accepting hotel reservations for the Annual ...
Forty start-up companies pitched their heart out during the Seed Camp competition last week, and 12 have been chosen as the finalists for the THRIVE Accelerator program. Three residents in the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology— GeoVisual Analytics, Inteligistics and Specright—are among the 12. Five Western Growers’ members and leaders were part of ...
The insurance services team at Western Growers is enhancing its property casualty programs and offerings for its members. In an effort to create tailored insurance programs that meet the needs of each member, WG will analyze member operations, assess potential risk financing products and recommend solutions based on their findings. As WG looks for the ...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that all large employers (and all self-insured employers) to file new tax forms stating whether or not they offered coverage to full-time employees. The deadline to furnish required forms to employees has been delayed to March 31, 2016, and the deadline to file the forms with the IRS has ...
Earlier last month, Bayer Crop Science refused a request by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to voluntarily cancel all uses of flubendiamide, or Belt, in the United States. As a result of Bayer’s refusal to voluntarily cancel the product, the EPA has issued a formal notice of its intent to cancel the product. Belt is currently ...