R&D

Missouri Is On the Cutting Edge In Health Innovation

Cutting-edge biomedical research is taking place across Missouri every day. In world-renowned hospitals, and communities and organizations such as the Stowers Institute, the Cortex Innovation Community and the Missouri Innovation Center, ... 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

Pet Food Solutions Company Announces New Headquarters In Missouri

Solid Gold Pet, America’s first holistic dog food brand, is relocating its headquarters to Missouri, and increasing its staff with plans to hire more than 20 new employees in the coming ... Read More

Missouri-based Monsanto Launching New Digital Farming Platform

Missouri-based Monsanto Co.’s Climate Corp. unit has completed development on a new in-field sensor network, which includes an industry first soil nitrate sensor, and plans to expand its software infrastructure to ... Read More

Missouri Proves Prime Choice For Israeli Agtech Companies In U.S.

In 2014, plant scientists and business leaders from St. Louis, Missouri, visited Israel in the hope of “planting seeds” that could one day draw expanding Israeli agtech companies into the St. ... Read More