Print This PageCreating Monsanto's Gothenburg Water Utilization Learning Center
Construction on the Water Utilization Learning Center began in July 2008 and was completed in June 2009. This $6 million facility, which is the first of its kind in agriculture, focuses on water utilization – or how do we maintain or increase crop productivity by maximizing the crop’s water use, and what are the tools farmers need to do this?
The groundbreaking was performed with Gothenburg, Monsanto and state officials, and a crowd of more than 300 onlookers. The learning center is located just 2 miles south of Gothenburg, NE on Highway 47. The 155-acre site includes the learning center, a 20,000-square-foot breeding station and a smaller building to dry corn. The facility also features up to 80 demonstration plots dedicated to top genetic and biotech traits and particular agronomic practices, such as tilled, strip-till and no-till plots.
- Watch the construction of Monsanto’s Water Utilization Learning Center
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- Listen to Chandler Mazour, Gothenburg Site Manager, talk about the creation of the center
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