Bayer moving 500 jobs from North Carolina to St. Louis

[Sherman A1]

JEFFERSON CITY — German pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG is closing its crop science division headquarters in North Carolina and moving 500 jobs to the St. Louis area, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and a company executive announced Tuesday.

Lisa Safarian, Bayer’s commercial operations-North America president, said the company is moving the crop science North American division headquarters from the Raleigh area to the St. Louis suburb of Creve Coeur, Missouri. She did not specify when.

Bayer spokesman Chris Loder said the company’s environmental science business will continue to have a presence in the Raleigh area.

Salaries for the Missouri jobs will average about $110,000 a year, state economic development officials said.

https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_news/bayer-moving-jobs-from-north-carolina-to-st-louis/article_ddaa08f9-3543-5a25-a672-c480d1def56a.html

[ROB-ROX]

1. CROP SCIENCE

I never knew they studied crops? This move means nothing expect people have to move to keep their job.