Indianapolis, Indiana
June 10, 2009
Dow AgroSciences LLC and
Mycogen Seeds have expanded and moved their current corn
breeding field research station to a new location in Mt. Vernon,
Ind. As announced last June, Dow AgroSciences purchased three
acres of land located just west of the intersection of Lamont
Road and Lower Mt. Vernon Road and has now completed
construction of the new site.
The new Mt. Vernon research station site has expanded working
and storage space to allow for continued growth. The new
facilities include an office and seed lab building as well as an
equipment storage building.
“This growth project of our corn breeding field research station
in Southern Indiana is just one of many projects we’re excited
to complete as we continue to grow our branded seed business and
our industry-leading traits, such as HERCULEX® Insect
Protection,” said Don Blackburn, North America Seeds and Traits
Field Breeding and Development leader. “We expect our Seeds
business to grow and are excited about the planned launch of
SmartStaxTM in 2010 and our Dow AgroSciences Herbicide Tolerance
(DHT) technology scheduled for launch in corn in 2012.”
The Mt. Vernon Field Station has three basic breeding programs:
conventional grain corn breeding, silage corn breeding, and a
germplasm enhancement breeding program. The breeding programs
are effectively coupled with a hybrid testing program comprised
of 65,000 yield trial plots in 2009 with plans for continued
growth.
Project costs were not disclosed.
During an Open House event at the new field research station,
Site Leader Jerry Rice and Blackburn presented $1,000 donations
to both the Mt. Vernon High School FFA Chapter and the North
Posey High School FFA Chapter.
Dow AgroSciences LLC, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, is
a top-tier agricultural company that combines the power of
science and technology with the "Human Element” to constantly
improve what is essential to human progress. Dow AgroSciences
provides innovative technologies for crop protection, pest and
vegetation management, seeds, traits, and agricultural
biotechnology to serve the world's growing population. Global
sales for Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow
Chemical Company, are $4.5 billion.
Mycogen Seeds is a retail seed company of Dow AgroSciences and a
developer and marketer of leading grain corn hybrids, the market
leader in SILAGE-SPECIFIC™ corn hybrids and sunflower hybrids,
as well as an industry leader in canola, alfalfa, soybeans and
sorghum.
®HERCULEX is a trademark of Dow AgroSciences LLC
™SILAGE-SPECIFIC is a trademark of Mycogen Corporation
SmartStax™ multi-event technology developed by Dow AgroSciences
and Monsanto.
™SmartStax and the SmartStax Logo are trademarks of Monsanto
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