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Ames, Iowa
July 24, 2008
Becker Underwood
announces a significant expansion in the production capacity of
its St. Joseph, Missouri, facility to meet the increasing demand
for inoculants for soybeans, peanuts, peas and lentils grown in
North America.
According to Chris Feiden, manager of the St. Joseph, Missouri
plant, Becker Underwood is currently installing new
state-of-the-art fermentation units.
“This is a very aggressive project that will nearly triple our
production capacity for the 2009 growing season compared to
2008,” Feiden points out. “The expansion is taking place now.
We’re targeting January 1, 2009, as our completion date, which
will ensure that we’re up and running to produce inoculants for
the 2009 growing season.”
Paul Holliday, Business Unit Head – Inoculants, says Becker
Underwood is making this investment in anticipation of a
continued increase in demand for the company’s biological
products.
“While many input costs in agriculture are going through the
roof, more growers across the U.S. and Canada have found
inoculants to be a low-cost input that offers an outstanding
return on investment,” he says. “This strong ROI, combined with
the freshness guarantee of our VAULT® brand soybean inoculants,
helped us to a record year in 2008. We’re projecting even
greater demand for 2009. The expansion that we’re undertaking
will help make sure that we’re in position to meet the needs of
the marketplace.”
For more information on inoculants, seed enhancements and the
many other products offered by Becker Underwood, please visit
the company’s recently redesigned web site:
www.BeckerUnderwood.com.
Becker Underwood,
Inc., founded in 1982, is an international developer of
bio-agronomic and specialty products. In addition to being the
leading manufacturer of seed coatings and colorants, the company
is also the leading global producer of inoculants, beneficial
nematodes, and a wide range of agricultural and horticultural
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