Ryan Holt, commercial regional manager of WestBred, a Bozeman wheat seed brand research center purchased by Monsanto in 2009, will head up the monthly SCORE Roundtable at noon Thursday at the Meadowlark Country Club. He will talk about the proposed wheat-seed test plots on the northwest side of Great Falls. The Bozeman wheat-breeding research is being moved so research is closer to the Golden Triangle wheat growing area in central Montana.
Discussion will include the WestBred testing program, which is similar to the many existing university test plots operating throughout Montana.
Holt will explain how the facility will conduct conventional testing to develop better varieties of wheat that produce higher yield. The Great Falls facility will also support a new regional Wheat Technology Center in Idaho.
This SCORE roundtable is open to businessmen and women in central Montana. SCORE is a volunteer program sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration. SCORE volunteer mentors provide confidential counseling to entrepreneurs interested in starting new businesses as well as helping existing businesses with such needs as business and financial plans, marketing and transportation.
If you are interested in participating in this roundtable, contact Patricia Schlaeger, SCORE chairwoman, at gdschlaeger@yahoo.com or call 406-727-7633. Reservations should be made by Wednesday.