Reservoir Farms Launches Yuma Ag Tech Hub in 2026. ## 500-acre research farm and facility will help startups test and scale innovations in the Winter Lettuce Capital, bridging the gap between lab technology and farm economics. Ag tech startups will now have the opportunity to test, develop and validate their machines and products in the Winter Lettuce Capital of the world. Reservoir Farms has announced they will have a new location in Yuma, Ariz. ## Yuma Welcomes New Ag Innovation Center in 2026. The company is partnering with the University of Arizona’s Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture (YCEDA), the Yuma Agricultural Center, John Deere and Western Growers. “I think it’s a good thing, we need to be able to bridge the gap between what we do in production agriculture with all the expanding technologies that are coming,” says Mike Pasquinelli, president of the Yuma Fresh Vegetable Association and local Yuma farmer.