enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Holden Foundation Seeds - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Foundation_Seeds

   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 ...

3. Stine Seed - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stine_Seed

   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 ...

4. Pioneer Hi Bred International - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Hi_Bred_International

   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 ...

5. Garst Seed Company - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garst_Seed_Company

   In 1931, Garst and Thomas Hi-Bred Corn Company was founded by Roswell Garst and Charley Thomas in Coon Rapids, Iowa, and was "instrumental in promoting the use of hybrid corn." [ 1 ] During the Cold War , Garst formed a relationship with Nikita Khrushchev and assisted the USSR in modernizing its corn production.

6. Jolly Time: Not Just Popcorn but a Unique Way of Business

   www.aol.com/news/2014-07-29-jolly-time-popcorn...

   Sioux City, Iowa, once promoted itself as a metropolis-in-the-making, a new Chicago straddling the westward bend of the Missouri River. It was a natural crossroads for grain and livestock.

7. Corn production in the United States - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_production_in_the...

   The US is the world's largest producer of corn. [8] According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the average U.S. yield for corn was 177 bushels per acre, up 3.3 percent over 2020 and a record high, with 16 states posting state records in output, and Iowa reporting a record of 205 bushels of corn per acre.