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The new wholly owned subsidiary in Hainan province will focus on nutrition enhanced corn research, seed production and feed corn production

China based Origin Agritech Limited, an agriculture technology company, announced that the company established a new subsidiary in Hainan Island to expand the capacity of nutrition enhanced corn production. 

The new wholly owned subsidiary in Hainan province will focus on nutrition enhanced corn research, seed production and feed corn production by taking advantage of the three corn growing seasons per year on Hainan Island. Over 50,000 Mu contract growing of feed corn has been initiated for the 2022 growing season, and significant growth is expected for next growing season.

Origin Agritech nutritionally enhanced corn reduces the need for expensive additives such as soybean meal for feed stock companies. As global grain prices surge, it offers great cost savings to feed stock companies. Origin Agritech is currently in discussion with numerous feed stock companies for large orders as well as for partnerships, such as the previously announced collaboration with BaoDao Feed Limited.

“I am very proud of our scientists for having bred a corn variety that is having such a positive impact for feed stock companies and for the entire food supply chain,” said Dr Gengchen Han, Origin Agritech’s Chairman. “With our leading position in GMO and gene editing technology, we expect to market more nutrition enhanced corn hybrids in the near future and thus help to increase China’s domestic food production.”

The new wholly owned subsidiary in Hainan province will

Agrotech, China, Company News

Origin is currently in trials to develop new corn varieties that have been genetically engineered to have balanced amino acid content.

Headuartered in China, Origin Agritech Limited, an agriculture technology company has recently announced that it is developing nutritionally enhanced corn using CRISPR technology.

Origin is currently in trials to develop new corn varieties that have been genetically engineered to have balanced amino acid content. If these trials are successfully completed, it will validate Origin’s next generation methodology in applying CRISPR technology to develop new corn varieties.

CRISPR gene editing does not introduce foreign DNA into the corn and as such more closely mimics gene mutations that frequently occur in nature. Additionally, the time and cost of developing genetically engineered corn using CRISPR is a fraction versus what it would be using traditional GMO technology. 

Dr Gengchen Han, Origin Agritech’s Chairman, said, “Our nutrition balanced corn trait would not only significantly reduce the need for costly additives in animal feed, it will also pave the way for many more applications of CRISPR technology.”

Origin is currently in trials to develop