For me, a visit to the US is essential to understand the role of the some of the largest R&D companies in agriculture. I drove over 8,000 miles and visited 19 different states while I was there,
I went to Washington state university to meet Ann Kennedy who works for the USDA - the most fascinating discussion about her research and tours of the laboratories about how in the US they were
The day started with a visit to the Montana state university plant science department where I spoke with professor Fabian Menalled about the area known as the golden triangle of wheat grown in Montana
After checking into a Motel across the Montana boarder at 1am, I was back on the road by 4am, and with the sun rising in the rear view mirror I was soon driving through some rich alluvial soils
As an agronomist walking fields of winter cereals I began to notice patterns, none more so than highlighted in this photograph showing a field drilled on the right and then the drill bridged with
