BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Seed and herbicide maker Monsanto Co. plans to hire 24 people at a new center in southern Idaho where its scientists will study ways to boost wheat production.
The Capital Press (http://tinyurl.com/m7mfb9a ) reports St. Louis-based Monsanto has gotten the go-ahead from the Idaho Wheat Commission for the Wheat Technology Center in Filer.
Monsanto told Idaho officials in an e-mail this represents a “compelling opportunity… to apply our technology expertise in a global crop that can benefit from innovation.”
Monsanto’s work with wheat has been the topic of discussion recently.
That’s after discovery in Oregon of genetically-modified wheat that was the same strain as one designed by Monsanto to be herbicide-resistant but which was never approved.
Since that discovery, Japan suspended some imports and one Kansas wheat farmer filed a lawsuit.
