PowerPollen’s Pollination-on-Demand technology will give farmers greater flexibility by allowing them to optimise the timing of pollinations
PowerPollen has announced a commercial license agreement with Bayer. The move will help corn seed production growers increase their yields. PowerPollen’s Pollination-on-Demand technology gives farmers greater flexibility by allowing them to optimise the timing of pollinations. Bayer will be providing farmers with the prescriptive expertise they need to increase their seeds’ yield and purity.
“Pollen preservation and handling technologies offer new and efficient ways to produce a crop. We are excited to partner with Bayer for commercial use of our technology,” said DrmTodd Krone, co-founder and CEO, PowerPollen.
“PowerPollen’s technology allows us to mitigate risk in the pollination process and explore several production schemes globally,” said Shannon Hauf, Senior Vice President and Head of Seed Production Innovation, Bayer Crop Sciences.
“That further enables our company to provide top genetics and technology in the highest quality seeds to our customers.”
PowerPollen’s patented technology includes collection, preservation and application of pollen in seed production fields using custom-designed tools, and pollen preservation and handling methods built to scale for commercial operations.
