Mosanto

^Inside Monsanto Tent^

Monsanto tent

The first booth I visited at Husker Harvest

Days was the Monsanto booth. Inside the 

big tent were many desks that one could go

to for information. One that particularly 

interested me was the desk that had mason

jars set out on display. Each jar had a substance

showing each stage of the ethanol process, 

staring with corn and ending with ethanol. 

While at the Monsanto site I learned about 

Acceleron seed treatments. Acceleron 

complements the performance of Monsanto

corn, soybean and cotton products. It will

first be available in 2009 with Roundup

Ready 2 Yield soybeans. 

One last thing I did while visiting Monsanto

was the Discovery Tour. Monsanto had a plot 

set up across the street from their main tent

that displayed all their projects. They had test

crops that had shown the effects of a drought,

insects, herbicides and pesticides. The most 

interesting thing I saw was the breeds of corn

and soybeans that were grown in the early 1900's 

compared to the breeds of corn and soybeans

being used today. The difference between the

two crops was staggering.