UPL partners with Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University

UPL has joined the Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University as an industry partner. In this role, UPL provides financial support to the center and will have a representative serving on the ISRC’s industry advisory council, which provides guidance on research funding priorities for the center.

“UPL is committed to collaborating within the agriculture industry to provide new, innovative solutions that alleviate grower challenges. The Iowa Soybean Research Center shares this commitment, and we are excited to partner with them in delivering innovative research and resources to soybean growers,” said Lynn Justesen, UPL Technical Service Lead for Row Crops.

“UPL is an exciting addition to the center’s forward-thinking group of industry partners,” said Greg Tylka, director of the Iowa Soybean Research Center and a professor of plant pathology and microbiology at Iowa State. “With a shared focus on sustainability and regenerative agriculture efforts, UPL will be a good fit,” he said.

“We welcome UPL’s support of the center and in helping us meet the needs of Iowa’s soybean farmers through innovative research toward the goal of maximizing farmer profitability by optimizing productivity and sustainability,” said Ed Anderson, senior director of research for the Iowa Soybean Association and chair of the Iowa Soybean Research Center’s industry advisory council.

The center is a formal collaboration of Iowa State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the Iowa Soybean Association and industry partners. Together, representatives from ISA and the industry partners make up the ISRC’s Industry Advisory Council. UPL is the center’s 10th industry partner, joining AMVAC, BASF, Bayer, Cornelius Seed, Corteva Agriscience, FMC, GDM, Merschman Seeds and Syngenta.