West Coast Companies
Interview
Interview: Andrew and Merrissa Burleigh, West Coast Companies Two worlds have been steadily colliding for a long time. Agriculture and Technology. In our region, companies like West Coast Companies stand in the middle of this collision. They have worked with farmers, manufacturers, engineers, and technology developers to help the ag industry become more efficient and prosperous. We sat down with the managers of West Coast Companies, Andrew and Merrissa Burleigh, to talk about the past, present, and future of technology in ag. Enterprise: In the last 20 years, how does tech make business better for those in ag? Andrew Burleigh: Efficiencies. To be able to understand what is occurring at a higher level of accuracy. For example, in-load cells have been around forever, but more and more companies are starting to take action towards identity protection. Say the farmer brought me their product and says “It didn’t weigh this much” we can track the path of that product through separation of all the bad stuff and
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then the path of the good stuff. Or, say for some reason there’s a recall, you can track that system back down to the field and you can say this is where the problem occurred.
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