PRESS RELEASE - The WinField United Pro team has announced the entering of a new market - Alternative Crops. This is a natural progression as WinField United Pro already services other major horticultural markets which include landscape, golf, pest control, and top 100 greenhouse and nursery companies.
WinField United looks to provide resources, technology and new product development in this space. As part of the larger WinField United organization, the company has access to a large distribution network, as well as product testing and development in its lab, located in River Falls, Wis. WinField United provides comprehensive testing which includes soil, water and tissue analysis that can be compounded with the use of satellite technology. WinField United Pro has the ability to use other cutting-edge analysis with drone flights where NDVI and DGCI can be used to look at crop health.
Two of the company's veteran sales reps will be leading the Alternative Crop Team - Drew Guffey and Rob Garcia.
Guffey grew up in western Pennsylvania working at his family’s owned and operated greenhouse business. In 2009, he received a bachelor’s degree in horticulture from Colorado State University. After graduating, he worked as the production manager for a top 25 greenhouse plant producer. For the last six years, Guffey has been working for WinField United Pro as a selling consultant, specializing in ornamental and alternative production.
Garcia grew up in Wisconsin and spent his high school years working on farms for family and friends. Garcia attended the University of Wisconsin Platteville majoring in Chemistry and Agriculture. He moved to Colorado in 1993 and has worked in the green industry ever since. He has concurrently worked in the landscape industry, ornamental industry and as a sales representative over the past 27 years. During his career, Garcia has obtained a state chemical license in aquatics, insect, weed and disease control. For the last five years, he has served as the western U.S. technical advisor for WinField United. Garcia has worked with hemp growers in Colorado for the last four years and has participated in a 55-acre hemp facility in Rifle, Colo., developing programs for growers that have produced crops from both seed and clone.
