Bayer and the Grains Research&Development Corp. celebrate launch of Herbicide Innovation Partnership

On Wednesday, Bayer celebrated the first visit of a high-level delegation from the Australian Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) at a ceremony at its Frankfurt site, where the company’s global weed control research activities are concentrated. In June last year, the two companies signed their Herbicide Innovation Partnership (HIP), an innovative cooperation model to jointly discover next-generation weed control solutions. This five-year agreement funded with AUD 45 million over five years has led to 39 scientists now being employed at Bayer’s Frankfurt site. Besides welcoming the scientists, Bayer and GRDC inaugurated the new research laboratories in Frankfurt.