Growing Ag and Food Tech Company Establishes St. Louis Headquarters with Expanded Footprint

“We chose to expand our presence in St. Louis because of its leadership in plant science and commitment to innovation,” said Matthew Crisp, CEO and co-founder of Benson Hill.
7-May-2019 11:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Benson Hill Biosystems Acquires Schillinger Genetics, Expanding High Quality Soybean Options

Benson Hill Biosystems, a crop improvement company unlocking the natural diversity of plants, announced today at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit that it has acquired the assets of Schillinger Genetics, also known as eMerge Genetics, an...
19-Mar-2019 8:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

California Hemp Corporation Enters Sponsored Research Agreement with UC Davis Utilizing Benson Hill’s CropOS™ to Optimize Breed in Industrial Hemp

Scientists at UC Davis will utilize data from Hungry Planet Intelligence and Benson Hill Biosystems’ computational platform Breed, powered by CropOS™ to predict combinations for seed optimization.
23-Feb-2019 6:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Benson Hill Strategically Partners with the World’s Largest Brewer, AB InBev to Improve Barley Quality and Sustainability Worldwide

“For AB InBev, brewing quality beer starts with the best ingredients. That requires a healthy environment and thriving communities,” said Gary Hanning, Global Director of Barley Research at AB InBev. “Benson Hill’s powerful Breed application...
23-Jan-2019 2:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Benson Hill Teams Up with The African Orphan Crops Consortium to Combat Malnutrition Through Underutilized Crops

“The goal of AOCC is to improve the productivity and sustainability of highly nutritious crops that are critical to the health and livelihood of African farmers and consumers through the adoption of modern breeding methods,” Howard-Yana Shapiro,...
14-Jan-2019 8:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Benson Hill Biosystems Expands Commercial Team to Meet Growing Opportunity

Benson Hill has more than doubled its employee base since 2017 and continues its growth trajectory with career opportunities across technical, commercial and other functional roles.
10-Jan-2019 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Industrial Biotech Leader to Use Benson Hill’s Cpf1 and Cms1 Genome Editing Portfolio Across its Business Segment

Benson Hill empowers organizations of any size across the agri-food value chain to benefit from the most advanced tools in genomic innovation, including the largest portfolio of Cpf1 and Cms1 nucleases in industry.
11-Dec-2018 11:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

Mars Taps Benson Hill’s Crop Design Platform to Help Protect Cacao from Climate Change

“We want to enable farmers to produce more cocoa from less land,” said Dr. Howard Shapiro, Chief Agricultural Officer of Mars. “Benson Hill has built an impressive data and machine learning platform designed to provide insights that can...
11-Oct-2018 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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