Monsanto Company announced the completion of a $31 million expansion at its vegetable seed research headquarters in Woodland, Calif. The expansion, which included the building of a 90,000 square-foot state-of-the-art laboratory and office building, makes the location Monsanto’s primary site for molecular breeding of vegetable seeds.
The expansion, unveiled today during a special open house, also makes Woodland’s lab the largest of its kind in the world for vegetable seed health testing.
“The space and resources this expansion brings to Woodland will allow us to increase our research and help farmers everywhere grow more new, exciting products for the world’s dinner tables,” said Mark Oppenhuizen, Woodland’s strategy and operations lead. “It also allows us to maintain a close working relationship with our customers in an area which has become a hub for seed science and which produces more than half of all vegetables grown in the U.S.”
Steady growth over the past few years at the Woodland site spurred the expansion.
Original article on Wisconsin Ag Connection
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