Last days of Early Bird reservations for FIRA USA

Co-organized by GOFAR-FIRA, the University of California and Western Growers, the 1st edition of FIRA USA will take place on 18 to 20 October 2022 in Fresno, California.

FIRA USA 2022 is the unique event dedicated to robotics, autonomous systems and technologies for farming: american growers producing specialty crops, corn, or small farms, will discover the state-of-art innovations to tackle labor shortages and environmental issues. Through the showroom with in-fields robot demos, a rich agenda offering concrete topics, business meetings and the exploration of research projects. FIRA USA 2022 will bring together all the players in the Ag robotics industry and the producers in California and North America.

Our organization is proud to take part to this unique event, so we are very excited to provide you a special promo code valid until June 30 to get 15% off your registration: JUNEWOM15

Please use it while registrating here: https://www.fira-agtech.com/event/fira-usa

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