An Incredible Year: A Look Back at Summer 2009
Continuing our look back at 2009, let’s move into the summer months of June, July and August – three busy months that always culminate in two of the industry’s more prominent trade shows: Farm Progress Show and Husker Harvest Days.
If you missed what happened in the first half of the year, read our looks back at the winter and spring of 2009.
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Monsanto celebrates the one-year anniversary of its commitment to sustainable yield. The company’s commitment is focused on doubling crop yields, reducing the need for inputs, and improving the lives of those involved in agriculture around the world. (Read More)
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Monsanto opens the Water Utilization Learning Center in Gothenburg, Nebraska, the first of its kind in agriculture. This $6 million facility is focused on water utilization: how do we maintain or increase crop productivity by maximizing the crop’s water use, and what are the tools farmers need to do this? (Read More)
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Dole and Monsanto begin a five-year collaboration to develop new products that will enhance consumer vegetable choices. The collaboration will focus on broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce and spinach and will use plant breeding to improve the nutrition, flavor, color, texture, taste and aroma of these vegetables. (Read More)
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Monsanto re-enters the wheat market by acquiring Westbred, LLC, a Montana-based company that specializes in wheat germplasm, and announces plans to develop better-yielding varieties via breeding, and ultimately, biotechnology. (Read More)
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Channel Bio Corp. launches its new premier seed brand – Channel. Channel is positioned to offer farmers the industry’s best-performing products and most innovative services. (Read More)
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At the 2009 Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois, and 2009 Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island, Nebraska, farmers have the chance to see Monsanto’s commitment to sustainable yield in action during the Yields of Tomorrow tours.
With the summer almost over and harvest soon to be underway, farmers and Monsanto turned their sights on the fall months and the beginning of the 2010 selling season. Check back to see what happened during the final months of 2009.
