Posts By: Tim Linden

WGCIT Sponsor Yamaha Identifies Ag as Major Growth Market

For decades, Yamaha Motor Company has been involved in innovative research, searching for technology to improve their core products as well as to find solutions for vexing problems. That effort led to the development of the Yamaha Motor Ventures and Laboratory Silicon Valley, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the parent company and an ...

Award of Honor: Tom Nassif A Natural Selection

Western Growers Chairman of the Board Ron Ratto, who also headed up the selection committee for the 2019 Award of Honor recipient, said selecting WG President/CEO Tom Nassif was as close to a no-brainer as there is. “How could we not acknowledge his service to Western Growers,” he said.  “We know we are going to ...

Ag Career by Choice Not Birth

Franz De Klotz Richard Bagdasarian Inc. Mecca, CA Director Since 2019 | Member Since 2003 Unlike so many others in this industry, Franz De Klotz was not born into agriculture. His father was a physician and his mother a nurse. However, he did grow up in Fresno, CA, and always had an affinity for agriculture. ...