Monsanto is conducting the 2008 Technology Showcase as a tour of stops in 13 midwest locations. I’ve got the opportunity to attend tomorrow’s event in Alleman, IA. I just like saying Alleman, don’t you? So you can expect some interviews and pics right here on AgWired as we see what’s new in the world of agribusiness from Monsanto.

Here’s why Monsanto is holding these events:

• To demonstrate the multiple benefits of Monsanto corn and soybean systems can provide under different types of stressors including: insects, weeds and weather.
• To showcase Monsanto pipeline technologies in corn and soybeans.
• To educate farmers about the direct and indirect benefits of Monsanto systems in order to prepare for future agronomic input traits including drought, nitrogen utilization, and cold-tolerance. These tours help farmers experience first hand how biotech crop shelp to manage crop stress and ultimately a farmer’s risk of growing biotech crops. No other company research or demonstration plots have attempted to demonstrate (to this scale) the potential impact that certain environmental stressors could have on field crops.
• To date, an estimated 30,000 farmers and /or agriculturalists have viewed these demonstrations and learned how to increase profitability on their farms over the past three years!