Tyler Harris
BOOSTING PERFORMANCE: Syngenta Seeds’ investment in a Trait Conversion Accelerator is paying off with increased genetic corn trails in more diverse areas. Corn growing under greenhouse lighting at the Nampa, Idaho, facility is giving the company a leg up in product development. Syngenta’s Trait Conversion Accelerator is increasing trialing, and helping target hybrids to local needs.
Drew Showalter is asked some interesting questions in his role as strategic marketing manager for corn at Syngenta Seeds. One set of questions that seems to keep coming up is, why did Syngenta build a corn breeding facility in Idaho?
“There are a myriad of reasons why we did,” he says. “One, we already had a facility there. Two, plenty of sunshine and lack of hailstorms.