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Bayer CropScience Expands Wheat Program
Gil Gullickson
03/08/2012 @ 12:58pm
Crops Technology Editor for Successful Farming magazine/Agriculture.com
Wheat is often the forgotten stepchild when it comes to corn and
soybeans.
“You could almost say wheat looks like the soybean crops of 15
years ago,” says Lykele Van Der Broek, chief operating officer for Bayer CropScience.
While yields have not increased tremendously, he adds traits like glyphosate-tolerance
have made soybeans a more attractive crop and one that’s easier to grow.
There are signs, though, that wheat is getting its groove back. Bayer
CropScience executives discussed its expanded wheat investment earlier this
month at the Commodity Classic in Nashville, Tennessee.
