From the Herald and Review – Decatur, IL – The National Corn Growers Association wants to support and develop research that will provide benefits throughout the agriculture industry.
To aid in those efforts, it is leading plans to create a research facility as part of the National Agriculture Genotyping Center. Decatur is in the running to be the site for the facility, as it was announced Wednesday as one of two finalists for the project, said Richard Vierling, the head of the Corn Growers research and development team.