Ventria Bioscience focuses on growing genetically modified rice in northwest Mo.

Thursday, September 15, 2005

WASHINGTON -- Five months after Ventria Bioscience was forced to scuttle plans to grow genetically modified rice in Missouri's Bootheel region, the company is focusing its sights on the northwest part of the state.

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