Bayer CropScience Opens Breeding and Trait Development Station

Bayer CropScience has officially opened its Beaver Crossing Breeding and Trait Development Station near Lincoln, Nebraska. The $17 million research and development  facility will was designed to help Bayer CropScience deliver new technology for wheat and soybean varieties.

“Wheat and soybean crops play an integral role in strengthening Nebraska’s agriculture industry and its economy,” said Frank Terhorst, global head of Seeds for Bayer CropScience LP. “Through Beaver Crossing, we are expressing our commitment to using the latest scientific research and development to support the continued health of these valuable crops. Seeds innovations cultivated here will provide growers with the innovative tools necessary to meet a growing worldwide demand for food, and will provide industry leadership in sustainable crops.“

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Research and development will focus on parent discovery and hybrid wheat breeding, including research into new wheat varieties to help farmers address key crop challenges. Other research focal points include breeding for yield enhancements, drought tolerance, nitrogen use efficiency and enhanced quality wheat. The Beaver Crossing Breeding and Trait Development Station will also host soybean activities serving soybean growers in the region.

“The investment that Bayer CropScience has made in the Beaver Crossing Breeding and Trait Development Station represents the best of what Nebraska agriculture has to offer,” said Gov. Ricketts. “We are very fortunate to have such a strong partnership that advances our state’s national agricultural leadership, and I look forward to the advancements made here that will change our future for the better both locally and globally.“

“In everything we do at Bayer CropScience, we seek to leave a better world by improving outcomes for our growers and using ‘Science For A Better Life’ in all the communities we serve,” said Jim Blome, President and CEO of Bayer CropScience LP. “Beaver Crossing will help us achieve this goal through improving wheat and soybean crops, advancing our agricultural thought leadership and helping to develop future generations of agricultural innovators.”

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