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Owning nearly 15,000 acres of land in Iowa through his private ownership of Stine Seed, [12] In 2018, he was listed as the wealthiest in Iowa with a net worth of $3.2 billion by Forbes . [ 13 ] In 2019, he increased his fortune by $1.8 billion to $5 billion ranking him the richest Iowan and #131 richest in the United States by Forbes.
1926 - Hi-Bred Corn Company is founded in Des Moines, Iowa, with $7,000 in capital. [7] 1931 - Roswell Garst agrees to produce/distribute seed. The following year Garst partners with Charles Thomas to form the Garst and Thomas Seed Corn Company. 1935 - "Pioneer" was added to the name of the company to distinguish it from other hybrid corn ...
Onslow is a city in Jones County, Iowa, United States. The population was 201 at the time of the 2020 census . [ 2 ] It is part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area .
In 1906, C. W. Gurney incorporated the nursery as Gurney's Seed and Nursery Company, with his sons and a nephew as partners. [3] The company listed products on a generic price list for mailing purposes. In 1910, Gurney's published its first large seed and nursery catalog with a full-color cover. [1]
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Foundation corn is the parent seed from which hybrids are made. Established in 1937, in Williamsburg, Iowa by Roland Holden, Holden was the largest independent producer of foundation seed in America before being acquired by Monsanto Company in 1997. [1] [2] Monsanto was subsequently acquired by Bayer in 2018, and Holden is now part of Bayer ...
Stine Seed Company was founded by Harry Stine's father in the 1950s as Stine Seed Farm. [1] In 1997, they entered into a large-scale collaboration with Monsanto, focusing on increasing corn and soybean yields. [2] In 2014, Forbes estimated that the company was worth almost US$3 billion, with estimated sales of over $1 billion and margins over ...
Gurney's Seed and Nursery Co. is a mail-order seed and garden plant company based in Greendale, Indiana. Founded in 1866, Gurney's specializes in vegetable and flower seeds, gardening supplies and nursery stock, including trees, shrubs, perennials, fruit trees and berries, fertilizers and plant foods. [1]