Editor鈥檚 note: The is part of a series touring various agriculture facilities.
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Tammy Wilson plants, waters and checks seeds as part of germination tests at the Bayer commercial soybean processing facility in Stonington, Ill.聽
Photo by Phyllis Coulter
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