Bayer Cropscience's Vegetable Seed Carrot Team Visits Grimmway Farms
WEST SACRAMENTO, CA - Grimmway Farms got an important visit from Bayer Cropscience’s Nunhems brand Vegetable Seed Carrot team recently, sharing strategies with the company to provide its key customers with the highest level of added value services.
The Vegetable Seed Carrot team took a personalized visit to Grimmway Farms’ West Sacramento facility, where they learned about the foundational programs and practices within Biologics and integrated breeding, with the foundational principles of solving challenges in vegetable crop improvements, according to a press release.
"This visit was a perfect example of a successful key customer relationship,” says Emily Watson, Carrots Crop Sales Manager. “The ability for our customers to experience and access the knowledge, resources and innovation of this facility made the visit this experience a complete success."
The Vegetable Seed Carrot team’s Biologics division gave Grimmway an extensive overview of microbial-based crop protection products, they said, putting extra focus into the background and leading research utilized in the development of these innovative biological pest management solutions. Grimmway had full access to discuss agronomic concerns, obtain key insights to the strategic direction of the biologics group, and received hands-on tour of the global headquarters for the Bayer Biologics group, the release explains.
During the visit, Grimmway Farms also received an up-close look into integrated breeding programs. The group was able to tour the Molecular and Cell Biology labs to learn about the processes behind crop improvement and experience hands-on modules about applied theory regarding how carrot samples are evaluated for color, flavor, and overall quality in the food lab and test kitchen.
Watson continued by saying that the visit to the West Sacramento facility solidified how much Bayer Cropscience as company is invested in being the leaders of innovation. Watson added that she couldn’t be more impressed with the professionalism and customer focus from her colleagues.
