GRANDVIEW — Innov8.ag partnered with Washington State University Extension, the Washington Fruit Growers company and the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission to host a Smart Orchard Field Day at Grandview
GRANDVIEW – Innov8.ag partnered with Washington State University Extension, the Washington Fruit Growers company and the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission to host a Smart Orchard Field Day at Grandview Ranch Wednesday morning. The field day showcased technologies that can automate and assist orchard data collection and growth.
The founder of Innov8.ag, Steve Mantle, said that the Smart Orchard project, a collaboration between the organizations involved in hosting the field day, is in its third year of research.
On the penultimate day of 2020 the Teton Board of County Commissioners signed off on the vacation of the old Packsaddle Road and the dedication of its replacement, wrapping up a conversation that started in 2014.
âDoes anyone have the champagne?â asked attorney Sean Moulton after the final approval during a special meeting on Dec. 30. Moulton represented the property owners in the contract negotiations with the county.
The former Packsaddle Road west of N9000W was in substandard condition and included Kayâs Hill, the precipitous eroded doubletrack that rises above Kayâs Dairy and reaches grades of 19 percent (nine more than the countyâs accepted maximum), and in the past often stranded hapless motorists, to the consternation of nearby residents and ranchers. After months of preliminary discussions in 2014 and 2015, the owners of Ag Rim and Grandview Ranch applied to reroute and rebuild Packsaddle to provide better access to ten large ranches to be developed