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DECEMBER 2015 SEEDWORLD.COM 95 The U.S. market continues to be dominated with a mind set of trait technologies as their primary objec- tive. Yet I continue to get calls and emails weekly from individuals outside the U.S. We have products being tested in France Germany Austria the Ukraine Serbia Italy Spain and Turkey. Soon we hope to be in South Africa Pakistan Iraq Colombia and Venezuela. Were not looking at the Far East. China is always a difficult market plus I know the big players are already focusing on China. Were a small company. We function better when dealing with smaller markets. Perhaps hes being modest. Current scope of 3MG in Puerto Rico is three farms of 900 acres 30 full-time employees and during the planting and harvesting season upwards of 200 workers. The Olivia head- quarters now has six full time employees with Wade Roemeling and Eds daughter Raechel directing that operation which also includes summer research loca- tions in North Dakota and South Dakota. Developing insect heat and drought tolerant hybrids is a major focus of 3MG. Sure they do plant population studies but they have a different focus on building higher yields. Our primary intent is more production per plant not more plants per acre. Were after better pro- ducing factories rather than more factories says Baumgartner. We work with some corns found in equatorial regions of Central and South America and the highlands of Mexico. Maize is an amazing crop. You can develop interesting new pedigrees which often are spinoffs from some of these unusual corns found in other parts of the world. Why so many acres Even though the research and development of new inbred lines is basic the major business thrust of 3MG is contract research work. He indicated several seed companies are now in the adop- tion stage of some non-GMO products into their marketing. Plus 3MG is remarkably diversified. Baumgartner reported they have worked with 20 different crops. Corn soybeans rice sorghum cotton and sunflower are the majors. Also they do some work with edible beans and sesame seed. Yes last year we were even approached about some breeding work with marijuana but we turned it down basically for the safety of our employees he says. Thats the real test of quality management. Baumgartner is 55. His biggest achievement to date He chuckled Perhaps that were still here after 10 years. Most told us we were crazy to even start this 10 years ago. What Im most excited about currently is to watch the development of our staff in Puerto Rico and here at our Olivia location. The amount of work that gets done is amazing. Actually Baumgartner now has 18 years in Puerto Rico because he worked eight years with Dow AgroScience before starting his own business. Hes not concerned about the reality of more rules and regulations down the road. The crux of our work is developing plants that need fewer pesti- cides less fertilizer less water he says. In essence were building a more efficient corn so if government drives more intense regulations than in a sense we are partners in this quest of a cleaner and better environment while also generating the genetics to produce more food fuel and fiber of a projected world population of 9 billion by 2050. SW