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Syngenta Global AG is a global agricultural technology company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. [1] It primarily covers crop protection and seeds for farmers. Syngenta is part of the Syngenta Group, entirely owned by Sinochem , a Chinese state-owned enterprise .
Syngenta is formed in 2000 by the merger of Novartis Agribusiness and Zeneca Agrochemicals. [33] [34] By 2009, it ranks third in seeds and biotechnology sales. [35] 2007: Acquisitions: Monsanto purchases Delta & Pine Land Company, a major cotton seed breeder, for $1.5 billion. [36]
Golden Harvest Seeds, Inc. was founded April 23, 1973 when seven companies in the 13-member Funk G Hybrids conglomerate decided to end their partnership with the latter. [1] [2] Founding Golden Harvest Seeds members included Akin Seed, Columbiana Seed, Garwood Seed, Golden Seed, J.C. Robinson Seeds, Sommer Bros. Seed, and Thorp Seed. [3]
Arkansas ordered Syngenta to sell 160 acres (65 hectares) of farmland in the U.S. state within two years on Tuesday because the company is Chinese-owned, drawing a sharp rebuke from the global ...
Unusually, Syngenta is a Western company fully owned by Chinese state-owned enterprise, Sinochem. That peculiar ownership structure, however, poses more challenges today than it did a few years ...
The Basel-based company said it was still seeing strong demand, as farmers - buoyed by high prices for commodities - invested in crop protection products and new seeds. Seed maker Syngenta sales ...
Northrup-King Seed Company was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1896, and was based there until it was acquired and moved to Golden Valley, Minnesota in 1986. It is now a division of Syngenta . Company history
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.