The initial launch will include 20,000 acres in 2021, and Benson Hill anticipates acres will expand to tenfold by 2022.

“On the production side, in advance of the pandemic, we were prepared for a busy spring season,” says Steve Coulter, senior vice president of Koch Agronomic Services.

This recent accelerated growth for Agrellus is being attributed to the social distancing measures put in place to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Weigh on on the latest AgPro poll.

Photojournalist Russ Hnatusko visits Sparks Cedarlee Farm.