The actual gun that shot the gold beads and produced the genetic modifications is now owned by the Smithsonian museum in Washington, DC.
Every Roundup Ready soybean in the world has a relative which was genetically transformed at Agracetus.
Acquired by Monsanto in 1996, the research and development facility was located 8 miles (13 km) west of Madison in the city of Middleton, Wisconsin, on 4.5 acres (18,000 m2).
Output of genetically modified soy plants is many thousands of transformation events per year.
[2] Monsanto closed the facility in 2016 when it centralized research to its headquarters in St Louis.