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2009-09-25 | permalink
Monsanto-WestBred sale could change wheat industry
A month after giant agricultural company Monsanto bought Montana-based WestBred for $45 million, little had changed around Westbred’s Four Corners research center. On a recent morning, researchers in white coats were testing the quality of Westbred’s wheat varieties. In a field west of the labs and offices, different varieties of wheat grew in blocks that were either withered or thriving, depending on how the grain had been bred to withstand herbicides and disease.
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2009-09-25 | permalink
Monsanto-WestBred sale could change wheat industry
A month after giant agricultural company Monsanto bought Montana-based WestBred for $45 million, little had changed around Westbred’s Four Corners research center. On a recent morning, researchers in white coats were testing the quality of Westbred’s wheat varieties. In a field west of the labs and offices, different varieties of wheat grew in blocks that were either withered or thriving, depending on how the grain had been bred to withstand herbicides and disease.
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