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Dan Bigham on Tuesday stands in the field where he planted soybeans that earned him a winning entry in the 2023 Asgrow National Yield Contest. Bigham and his father farm more than 3,000 acres of ...
The Upjohn Company acquired Asgrow in 1968 in a stock swap. [2] In 1994, Mexico-based company, Empresas La Moderna SA purchased Asgrow for $300 million. At the time, Asgrow was the fifth-largest seed company with $270 million in sales. [2] [3] Monsanto purchased Asgrow from Empresas in 1996 for $240 million dollars. [4]
As a result, DeKalb was the leader in U.S. hybrid seed corn sales from the mid-1930s until the mid-1970s (Crabb 1948. Roberts 1999). [2] In 1982 DeKalb formed a joint venture with Pfizer, called DeKalb-Pfizer Genetics, and in 1985 the name was changed to DeKalb Corporation. The seed business was spun off as DeKalb Genetics Corporation in 1988. [4]
The genetic makeup of a soybean gives it a wide variety of uses, thus keeping it in high demand. First, manufacturers only wanted to use transgenics to be able to grow more soybeans at a minimal cost to meet this demand, and to fix any problems in the growing process, but they eventually found they could modify the soybean to contain healthier components, or even focus on one aspect of the ...
The U.S. 10-year Treasury note yield inched higher, hovering near a three-week high of 4.428% and pressuring rate-sensitive equities, as market bets strengthened on a more cautious Fed in 2025.
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The goal was realized by takeovers of several companies, including Asgrow, Petoseed, Royal Sluis, Bruinsma Seeds, and Genecorp. [3] [4] In 1996, Romo sold the field crop business of Seminis to Monsanto for $240 million. [5] In 1999, Savia took Seminis public, in which Savia retained control of the company. [6]
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