The new fungicide Bayer’s Crop Science division released Tuesday has deep Kansas City roots. Not only is the product — Absolute Maxx — being produced in the company’s largest manufacturing plant — on Kansas City's East Side — but the impetus came from farmers in the area, too. Product Manager Thorsten Schwindt said the company gathered information from corn and wheat farmers in Kansas and the Great Plains about what they needed to increase yields and withstand the wheat disease stripe…