Company Information
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For almost 30 years, Pacific Ag Group has been one of the Nation's
leading agricultural research and consulting companies. |
 
Founded
in San Diego, California by Dr. Frank Sances in 1980, Pacific Ag Group
was relocated to the Central Coast California in 1993, where it is now headquartered
on a six acre research farm in the Edna Valley, just south of San Luis
Obispo, California. In addition to this primary site, Pacific Ag Group
has acreage in Arroyo Grande and Guadalupe, California, and year round offices in Dover, Florida. These locations uniquely place the Group in the heart of the agricultural
marketplace it serves.

Pacific Ag Group focuses
on issues involved in the production of high cash crops such as strawberries,
lettuce, broccoli, tomatoes and many others. Pacific Ag has conducted active projects with clients throughout California and Arizona,
North Carolina and Florida, and internationally in Mexico, Central America, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, France, Japan, and Israel. Corporate
clients include major agrichemical manufacturers in the US, Europe
and the Pacific Rim. In addition to this business clientele, governmental
agencies such as USEPA, CalEPA, California Department of Transportation,
and the USDA have contracted Pacific Ag Group for their technical expertise and invauable support staff.
Owner and operator, Dr. Sances holds a Ph.D. in Entomology
and Plant Physiology from the University of California, Riverside.
He has published dozens of technical papers nationally and internationally,
and is an active member in numerous professional organizations.
Having worked extensively in this field since 1977, Dr. Sances has
broad contacts in the agricultural community and government, and is
a widely recognized expert in the production and pest management of high
cash vegetables and small fruits.
Key staff members at Pacific
Ag Group include the following professionals:
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Frank
Sances, Founder and Research Director |
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Nathan
Deal, Lead Biologist |
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Ken
Ward, GLP Biologist |
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Brad Booker, Florida Ag Lead Biologist, |
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Leah Booker, Florida Ag Biology Technician, |
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Vishal Shinde, Post Doc Researcher and Entomologist |
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Oscar
Cuevas, Applications Specialist |

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Ed
Salla, Agricultural Engineer |
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Adalberto Arevalo, Applications Technician |
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Alejandro Espinosa, Ranch Supervisor |
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Susie Layous, Controller |
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Laura Shively, Administrative Assistant |
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Pete Marine, Florida Ag Research Operations Manager |
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Melina Piroso, Technical Illustrator |
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Steve Autry, Winemaker |
Pacific Ag’s state of
the art laboratory facilities include a complete plant pathology laboratory,
a new entomology lab and insect rearing facility, and a chemistry
lab with gas chromatography and general chemistry capabilities for
research project support. Lab projects have included pesticide residues
in plant tissues, wine fermentation studies, and analysis of mineral
constituents in soils and fertilizers.
In addition to these
activities, Pacific Ag Group also operates an engineering lab dedicated
to developing and testing specialized agricultural equipment. Extensive
libraries of statistical and field testing software for efficacy data
management and field residue GLP projects are maintained. Perhaps
the most impressive of the equipment assets at Pacific Ag are the
light and heavy field application spray and soil fumigation rigs.
These modern machines are complete with supply trailers, tow vehicles
and personnel, that are all highly mobile, allowing them to operate
within a 500 km radius of their headquarters. This zone of activity
and influence encompasses the most important agricultural areas in
the Western United States.
Please visit the website of our affiliated companies:
www.agforensics.com
www.Sanluisinstitute.com
www.aliancefarmgroup.com
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