Saturday, February 5, 2011

Monsanto opens $6M water utilization center - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The $6 million center was designexd for studying cropping systems comprised of agronomic practices and biotech traitsincludingy water-use efficiency technologies such as drought-tolerant cropping systems. The center will help Monsantio advance research to helpimprove farmers’ productivity in the Western Greagt Plains. More than 80 cropping and irrigatiojn demonstrations are featured atthe 155-acre farm and learningh center. The center will be hardwired to eventuallgy conduct virtual tours of robotics and seed analytics facilitiex in remote locations suchas Monsanto’s breedintg facility in Ankeny, Iowa, or the company’s Mo., research facility.
Gothenburg Learning Centert Lead Chandler Mazour said Monsantop selected the site because of its locatioh in the transition zone from dryland acresx to irrigated acres on the western High Plainx and that Monsanto needs that diversity to determines how to use future technologies in adding value to crops. Creve Coeur, Mo.-based Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON), led by President and CEO Hugh develops insect- and herbicide-resistant cropsd and other agricultural products. It is one of the largestr employersin St.
Louis with 4,000 local

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