The Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology in Salinas welcomed Turlock Fruit Company General Manager Neill Callis as the speaker for its June Lunch & Learn event.

For the representatives from 15 startups that were in attendance, Callis talked about the need for technologists to work with growers to develop precision agriculture – in particular, the need for “hyper specific” irrigation control.

“Right now we’re farming fewer acres [and it costs] more money,” Neill said. “It’s a system built at a capacity nature does not support with the water we have.”

For more information about joining the WGCIT and having access to its monthly Lunch & Learn events with growers, visit the Center’s website here.