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	Podcast:		Business Beat
	Episode:		Business Beat - University-made Roundup Ready seeds ready for market
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:00
	Publish Date:		2015-12-02 16:45:00
	Description:		After the patent on one of the most popular versions of genetically engineered soybeans expired this year, U.S. universities are creating new generic GMO soybean varieties, many of which are designed to guard against specific, local pests. Ninety percent of soybean seeds planted in the U.S. are genetically engineered to withstand herbicides . Often that’s glyphosate, the weed-whacking ingredient in Roundup, developed by the behemoth seed company Monsanto . The glyphosate-resistant trait transformed U.S. agriculture when the first generation of Roundup was introduced. Twenty years later, the patent for that technology has expired, leaving the door open for universities to run with the technology and layer seeds with more protections. At the Bay Farm Research Facility just outside of Columbia, Mo., University of Missouri soybean breeder Andrew Scaboo grows test plots of soybean varieties. The farm is owned by the Missouri Soybean Association with research funded by the state checkoff. “A
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