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Owensboro, Kentucky
August 28, 2001
ExSeed Genetics has
solidified its commitment to being the world leader in research
and development of output traits in grains with the grand
opening of the company's new research facility in Ames, Iowa.
ExSeed's new research facility is
located at the Iowa State University Research Park. It will
house all strategic research functions for ExSeed.
"Iowa State University is pleased to have played an important
role in the success of ExSeed, and we're looking forward to
expanding this partnership thanks to ExSeed's new facility in
our Research Park," says Dr. Gregory Geoffray, president of Iowa
State University. "Indeed, ExSeed's
success is an example of the potential of Iowa State's Plant
Sciences Initiative, which is why we've made it our top priority
research and economic development initiative."
Since the company's inception, ExSeed Genetics has worked
closely with Iowa State University as ExSeed developed its
value-added grains. Dr. Peter Keeling, director of research for
ExSeed Genetics, has been based at Iowa State University while
heading the company's research efforts. Stephen Howell,
director of the Plant Sciences Institute at Iowa State
University, says, "The interaction between ExSeed Genetics and
Iowa State University scientists has been a model of
academic-industry collaboration and a successful example of
applying the new tools of technology to plant sciences."
Mark Scholl, president of ExSeed Genetics, says, "ExSeed's
research facility is a major advancement for our company."
"Our world-class researchers will have the most advanced
facilities to do their work to advance our value-added
agricultural products."
ExSeed provides value-enhanced
grains to feed, food and industrial markets under the brand name
ExSeed Enhanced®. ExSeed Genetics works with a variety of seed
and production partners within the ExSeed Contracting Network to
provide animal feeders, millers and food processors ExSeed
Enhanced traits in grains that add value and improve the end-use
product.
ExSeed Genetics was the first
company to release a low-phytate corn variety, NutriDense
LP(tm), which is available on a limited basis to swine and
poultry producers throughout the United States.
Jerry Weigel, director of
nutrition and regulatory affairs for ExSeed, says the
state-of-the-art research facility will help the company work to
develop its proprietary lines of value-added grains. "The feed
industry wants corn hybrids bred with specific value-added
traits," Weigel says.
"Our new facilities will give us the latest tools to help bring
these crops to market."
ExSeed Genetics, a wholly owned
subsidiary of BASF Plant Science,
is headquartered in Owensboro, Ky. The company was formed in
1994 and has research operations in Owensboro; Ames, Iowa; and
Olivia, Minn. You can visit the ExSeed Genetics web site at
www.exseedgenetics.com.
BASF Plant Science L.L.C. represents the United States part of
BASF Group's international plant science research platform and
is based in Research Triangle Park in Raleigh/Durham, N.C.
Company news release
N3753
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