Source: Todd Fitchette, FARM PROGRESS, 4/21/22


A tire company may have found a win-win for farmers and their domestic supply chain needs. Bridgestone began working to shore up its domestic supply of natural rubber about a decade ago. The idea isn't new. The U.S. produced guayule (pronounced why-u-lee) at the Manzanar Japanese Internment Camp near Independence, California during World War II. Guayule is a woody desert shrub native to Mexico and the Southwest U.S. Bridgestone is growing the perennial crop on its 300-acre research ranch near Eloy, Arizona as it looks ahead to multiple processing plants across the Southwest.

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