Monsanto opens $6M water utilization center - Business First of Louisville:

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The $6 million center was designed for studying cropping systema comprisedof genetics, agronomivc practices and biotech traits including water-usde efficiency technologies such as drought-tolerant croppinh systems. The center will help Monsanto advance researcnh to helpimprove farmers’ productivitu in the Western Great Plains. More than 80 croppintg and irrigation demonstrations are featured atthe 155-acree farm and learning center. The center will be hardwired to eventually conduc virtual tours of robotics and seed analytics facilitiexs in remote locations suchas Monsanto’xs breeding facility in Ankeny, or the company’s Chesterfield, Mo., researcuh facility.
Gothenburg Learning Center Lead Chandler Mazour said Monsanti selected the site because of its location in the transitio n zone from dryland acresz to irrigated acres on the western High Plains and that Monsantlo needs that diversity to determinse how to use future technologies in addingv valueto crops. Creve Mo.-based Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON), led by Chairman, Presiden and CEO Hugh Grant, develops insect- and herbicide-resistant cropse and other agricultural products. It is one of the largest employersin St. Louis with 4,000 local employees.