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LAWRENCE COUNTY — There’s a lot to see at the University of Missouri’s Southwest Research Center.
On one side of Highway H, there’s a vineyard dedicated to testing different kinds of grapes. On the other side, there are blackberry plants that are supposed to bear all of their fruit on one side.
But right now, it’s hard to match the interest in another plant growing on a small patch of soil in an undisclosed location that just might be the Show-Me State’s new cash crop.
Researchers are monitoring growth of four different varieties of seed donated by St. Louis-based Tiger Fiber and experimenting with different row spacings, David Cope said in a Tuesday interview at the center.
