Agtech

New Innovation Community Benefits From Missouri’s Role As Global Agtech Leader

Missouri is home to many world-class innovation districts including the Missouri Innovation Center and the Cortex Innovation Community. Now, a new innovation community is in the works, taking advantage of the ... Read More

Missouri Biopharmaceutical Company Expands, Creates 80+ Jobs

Global biopharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc., announced plans for a $200 Million state-of-the-art facility, at the company’s new campus in Chesterfield, Missouri. The facility will house Pfizer’s R&D and process development operations and ... Read More

Missouri “Perfectly Aligned” for Agtech Merger

Bayer AG has reaffirmed its commitment to Missouri Governor Nixon that the combined agricultural business of Bayer and Monsanto will have its global Seeds & Traits and North American commercial headquarters ... Read More

Missouri & Israel Strengthen Economic Partnership

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and Avi Hasson, Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Economy and Industry in Israel, signed a co-investment agreement with the target of expanding and advancing the technological economies ... Read More

Do You Know Missouri’s Joplin Region?

When you ask most people to think of Joplin, Missouri, many think of the devastating tornado that ravaged the region just over five years ago, and the images of the businesses ... Read More

Missouri’s Cortex Innovation Community Is Bringing The Jobs Of Tomorrow, Today

Have you heard about Missouri’s Cortex Innovation Community? Chances are if you live outside of St. Louis the innovation center, located in the city’s Central West End, and its coming expansion ... Read More

Monsanto’s New Greenhouse Highlights Missouri’s Agtech Prowess

Monsanto hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the company’s 36 new high-tech greenhouses. The greenhouses cover 105,000 sq. ft. and are part of a $400 million expansion of Monsanto’s Chesterfield, ... Read More

Monsanto’s Fraley Discusses GMOs & Their Importance To The Future

“Thousands of independent researchers have consistently found that GMOs benefit not only farmers and the public, but also biodiversity, soil quality, water quality, carbon sequestration—in short, the environment.” These are the ... Read More

66 Billion Reasons Why Missouri Is The Global Leader In Agtech

One of the largest mergers ever is happening right now in the world of agtech as Bayer and Missouri’s St. Louis-based Monsanto have agreed to a $66 billion definitive merger agreement. ... Read More

Missouri and Japan Build Stronger Economic Connections

Missouri, the Hawthorn Foundation and Governor Jay Nixon hosted the 2016 Midwest US Japan Association Conference in St. Louis. And it’s clear that connections between Missouri and Japan are strong and ... Read More