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Bayer celebrates opening of cotton technology exhibit at Bayer Museum of Agriculture
Oct. 14, 2014
Committed to furthering agriculture information and education in the communities it serves, Bayer CropScience celebrated the grand opening of its Cotton Technology Exhibit at the Bayer Museum of Agriculture. In addition to the new exhibit, Bayer CropScience and community leaders were on hand to unveil a major museum expansion, which includes an interactive “Major Crops” display focused on corn, cotton, peanuts, rice, sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers and wheat.
“Through the exhibit and our museum sponsorship, we seek to help further preserve, promote and display the history and science of cotton in the United States in a unique and vibrant way. Through educational efforts like this, we seek to instill a lifelong love of agriculture in students and help inspire the next generation of agriscience leaders who will cultivate solutions to the world’s most pressing cotton and other agricultural issues.” said Lee Rivenbark, vice president of global cotton for Bayer CropScience.
The new Cotton Technology exhibit is the latest Bayer CropScience investment in the Lubbock area, US. Other recent investments include a cotton research and development lab and the recently announced Plant Sciences Building being constructed with Texas Tech. Overall, Bayer CropScience plans to invest close to $1 billion in capital projects in the United States between 2013 and 2016.
A long-standing thought leader in advanced cotton seed research and development, as well as cultivating new and improved farming methods, Bayer CropScience is also a pinoeer in high-quality cotton varieties globally. This includes FiberMax® and Stoneville® cotton seed varieties, and Bayer CropScience’s unique e3™ Sustainable Cotton Program. The program is a transparent, environmentally responsible, economically viable, and socially equitable program that provides stringent guidelines for farmers in the United States who grow Certified FiberMax Cotton® or authentic Stoneville® cotton.
Source: Bayer CropScience News Release
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