teaching at Oregon State University's College of Agricultural Sciences. It further provides academic scholarships for students enrolled in agricultural studies in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain region. Today In 2004 the company was divided into two separate corporations. R.M. Wade is a distributor of agricultural equipment and a real estate holding company, while Wade Rain, based in Tualatin, Oregon, continues as an operating company selling irrigation and mining products, currently headed by Edward H. Newbegin and John Wade Newbegin. References External links Wade Rain Companies based in Beaverton, Oregon Agricultural machinery manufacturers of the United States Companies established in 1865 Irrigation companies