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Around The Vineyard
Vineyard Technology & Equipment
By: Cheryl Gray
A t the moment a bottle of wine is uncorked manufacturing of sprayers used before harvest
time. Mark Ryckman, Progressive Ag sales manag-
and poured, the labor and innovation of
the equipment industry helping to bring
that wine from vineyard to table becomes inex- er and co-owner, keeps a close eye on technology
focused on improving crop yield for his customers.
tricably tied to the end product consumers enjoy.
Across the United States, vineyards are dependent “New mapping software and drone technology
upon their equipment suppliers to provide them are bringing in some great technology advance-
with the latest technology and product support ments into the spraying industry with variable rate
to keep costs down and produce a high-yield, application,” says Ryckman. The company manufac-
high-quality harvest. tures its signature LectroBlast Electrostatic Sprayers
with patented design elements aimed at delivering
Take, for example, Progressive Ag, Inc., of better coverage and reducing spray drift, both of
Modesto, California, whose company history which cut time and cost. The technology-driven
reflects a cutting-edge approach to the design and sprayers also promise delivery on other cost-saving
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