MagrowTec News
Labor Day
Labor Day is celebrated in different ways worldwide, but one common theme is the recognition and appreciation of the contributions made by workers in various industries, including agriculture. In recent years, there has been an increased focus on sustainability and the role of agriculture in promoting a sustainable future.
Celebrating the contributions of sustainable farmers: Labor Day provides an opportunity to recognise the hard work of farmers who prioritise sustainable practices in their agricultural production. Sustainable farmers use techniques that minimise their environmental impact, such as reducing chemical inputs, conserving water, and promoting soil health.
Promoting fair labor practices in agriculture: Labor Day also serves as a reminder to promote fair labor practices. This includes ensuring that agricultural workers are paid fairly, provided safe working conditions, and given access to health care and other benefits.
Encouraging local and seasonal eating: Another way to promote sustainability in agriculture is to encourage local and seasonal eating. This can help reduce the carbon footprint of transporting food long distances and support local farmers who use sustainable practices.
Supporting agricultural research and innovation: Labor Day can also be a time to recognise the importance of agricultural research and innovation in promoting sustainable practices. Investments in research can lead to new technologies and practices that reduce the environmental impact of agriculture while improving yields and farmer livelihoods.
Overall, Labor Day can serve as an important reminder of the crucial role that agriculture and its workers play in building a more sustainable future.
The World Day for Safety and Health at Work
World Safety and Health at Work Day is celebrated on April 28th every year to promote safe, healthy, and decent work worldwide. The day highlights the importance of ensuring the safety and health of workers and their workplaces, raising awareness of preventable occupational accidents and diseases that occur globally.
The celebration of this day is essential because ensuring safety and health at work is crucial to the well-being and productivity of workers, their families, and their communities. Unsafe work environments can lead to injuries, illnesses, and even death, causing physical, emotional, and financial harm to workers and their loved ones. Therefore, the day serves as a reminder to employers, workers, and governments to prevent workplace accidents and illnesses and promote healthy work environments.
By promoting safety and health at work, we can create a more sustainable and productive world that benefits not only workers but also businesses and society.
New Video Testimonial – Jake Rothert – Florida, US
We recently met Jake Rothert from Rothert Farms in Florida. He is an example of a customer that uses biorational products (organics/biologics).
This type of product is expensive and has lower toxicity, so you need a much higher dose transfer for the kill, which he has improved with MagrowTec. He is also using less conventional chemistry and reduced the spray events.
We have more and more growers using these products, especially as some conventional are getting banned.
So whether you use a tractor boom, greenhouse, backpack, air blast sprayer etc., or Bayer, BASF, Syngenta product, or Insecticide, Fungicide or Herbicide or use a John Deere, CASENH or AGCO etc or conventional chemistry, biologic, bio-stimulant or organic products, MagrowTec makes better solutions or solutions better.
April 22nd – Earth Day
MagrowTec – Accelerating innovation to grow more using less scarce resources and helping farmers invest in Our Planet.
To learn more about what we are doing
New Installation in Iowa – USA
Another John Deere equipment with MagrowTec Technology in the USA.
That is MagrowTec bringing innovation to farmers, enabling them to grow more by using less and solving the compromise between profitability and sustainability. MagrowTec helps farmers be more profitable, or indeed profitable, by being sustainable.
MagrowTec customers are seeing multiple benefits, such as 20% + increased coverage & up to 70% drift reduction, besides additional benefits such as water and chemical savings, extended spray windows, and decreased labour requirements.
New video testimonial in Belgium
We’re delighted to share another great customer story!
After using MagrowTec, this Belgium grower experienced a great reduction in drift, besides reducing water usage by 20% and chemicals by 15%.
“If we could sum up the MagrowTec system in one sentence, I would say efficacy & efficiency, and this is fully in line with what the Common Agricultural Policy is asking us today, to be more environmentally friendly and sustainable.” (Claude Van Den Abeele)
Gary Wickham joins Conall Ó Móráin, host of That Great Business Show podcast
Last Friday, our CEO & Co-founder, Gary Wickham joined Conall Ó Móráin, host of That Great Business Show podcast.
That was a great opportunity to explain how MagrowTec’s magnetic assist technology is helping save the planet and save farmer’s pockets by using technology and innovation to reduce agricultural waste.
The episode is 27 minutes long and it’s well worth a listen!
MagrowTec announces the appointment of a new Head of Marketing and Global Head of Sales Support
MagrowTec is delighted to announce the promotion of Ana Sampaio to Head of Marketing and Julien Mallet to Global Head of Sales Support.
Ana joined MagrowTec 3 years ago and has advanced through progressively more responsible positions in the Marketing department, where she played a key role during the rebrand from MagGrow to MagrowTec.
Ana holds an MBA in Marketing from Anhembi Morumbi University and is a dynamic and creative professional with a proven track record of 16+ years in generating and building relationships and managing projects from concept to completion.
In her new role, Ana will oversee the Marketing team and all MagrowTec Brand & Marketing initiatives going forward, reporting directly to the CEO, Gary Wickham.
Julien joined MagrowTec in 2021 as a Business Analyst, leading the development of the MagrowTec ROI calculator app and the rollout of the company’s CRM system. Julien has also played an important role in the commercial development of MagrowTec in the French market.
A graduate of Ecole d’Ingenieurs de PURPAN, Julien has extensive experience in the commercial agriculture arena, identifying new business opportunities and building relationships of trust with customers and dealers.
In his new role, Julien will report directly to the CEO, Gary Wickham, and will be responsible for MagrowTec’s sales support function working with our sales professionals to better serve our customers and meet our sales goals.
Commenting on the above, Gary Wickham, Chief Executive Officer, at MagrowTec says: “At MagrowTec we have a long-standing policy of promoting from within whenever possible. That way we reward our talented employees and benefit from the knowledge and skills acquired over time while ensuring the continued high quality of our brand, products, and services. I’m delighted to watch Ana and Julien grow within the company and wish them every success in their new roles.”
Please join us in congratulating Ana and Julien on their promotion and wishing them the best of luck.
Meet and Greet with MagrowTec at the Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology in Salinas, CA
Tomorrow our US Crop Science and Commercial teams will be at the Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology in Salinas – CA for a Meet and Greet with the Western Growers members.
Our CEO, Gary Wickham will also be there, talking about the technology and MagrowTec’s plans for the future to continue supporting the sustainable intensification of global food production.
We’ll be at the AgTech and Logistics Hub in Wellcamp, Toowoomba
We’ll be exhibiting at the AgTech and Logistics Hub in Wellcamp, Toowoomba (Australia) tomorrow from 2 to 6pm.
It will be a great opportunity to meet farmers and show the excellent results our Australian growers have achieved with MagrowTec.
